NBD: Warmoth Jaguar Bass!

[Stealth]

So jealous. So much win. Love how it looks and sounds - and congrats on being the ice-breaker for the Warmoth Jaguar series.

Also, thank you, line6man, for showing the schematics again, it really is a unique setup.

 

[fasto]

And now Warmoth is making Jag bodies. Woot!

i don´t find the jaguar body on Warmoth´s website?!

 

[jtb]

Colour-matched headstock please!

 

[joeyl]

i don´t find the jaguar body on Warmoth´s website?!

read thread again

 

[parsons]

the sound combos you've achieved are awesome. ! Enjoy your new axe!

 

[hachi kid]

lol, no problem. bright orange isn't a "traditional" color choice. but, I didn't want traditional, I wanted something understated, but not at the same time. and nah, I'd have to murder myself if I were to put any kind of finish or paint on this gorgeous piece of Canary! haha.

 

[PDGood]

A much deserved bump.

Finally, someone who is thinking an original thought when building a bass! (Sure you coulda made yet another P bass variation, but I'm glad you didn't.)

The choice of pickups and wiring is well thought out and this thing really has a trunk full of sounds. I really liked all three pickups. To my ears the neck pickup did a nice job of filling the same frequencies as a mudbucker and the bridge pickup got the growl sound. The P pickup surprised me in that it didn't sound anything like a P, but I liked the sound anyway. Closer to a Rick, I thought, but may be more accurate to say that it has its own voice.

The stereo imaging is wonderful.

Well done and well documented. Thanks for all the sound files.

 

[hachi kid]

just came across this and saw your comment. thank you! I was definitely with you in that I didn't want a P or J bass. I like the shapes, and all, but they're definitely conventional.

my favorite mono tone probably has to be the neck humbucker and bridge humbucker (in single coil mode) together. it's just so clean and thumpy at the same time. what you said about the p pickup surprises me, though! that sounds like the definition of "p-tone" to my ears! it could also be that it's just what I'm used to hearing now, though. heh.

in stereo though, I'm always using the mudbucker/p-pickup split. it's rare that I use the bridge pickup. although, I'm going to get rid of the "tone switch" and replace it with a 3 way switch for the p and X2N-7. there will be a single volume knob there, too. the dual volume knobs are a hassle, and I don't really mix volumes between the two, anyway. it'd just be easier to have a switch I can use for the two pickups.

 

[Orangeclawhammr]

I had to check this out when I saw posts about this bass in the "Orange bass thread". I liked th clips with the bridge pick up best. I'd find all of these pickup choices confusing, but I can see why you designed the bass this way after hearing how the different combinations of pickups sounded.




Of course, your playing is what impressed me the most.

 

[hachi kid]

thank you very much on both counts, man. what confused you about the pickup choices, though?

 

[EagleMoon]

thank you very much on both counts, man. what confused you about the pickup choices, though?

I think he means choices as in having too many of them.

 

[hachi kid]

ah, gotcha. well, it's only 3 pickups. most guitars have 3, you know. the neck pickup was there from the start just because I bi-amp, and I wasn't really looking at it as a source of tone, but I find it to be as equally contributing as the other two pickups when it comes to getting a good tone out of this bass. it really makes it a proper swiss army bass.

 

[M.Wrenn]

this is the first production Jaguar Bass made by Warmoth, and it's FINALLY DONE!!!!


body:
solid body swamp ash
controls - CTS 500k/concentric 500k/500k, mini toggle 2 way switch for tone cut for Model 1, 3 way toggle switch (series/single coil/parallel) for coil tap for X2N-7
dual outputs
Badass III bridge string thru body
black Schaller straplocks
tummy cut and forearm contour
finish - sunset orange

neck:
Canary p bass style neck w/ Canary fretboard
standard back contour (chunky as hell!)
21 frets
Stainless Steel 6115 frets
Hipshot ultra lights w/ hipshot D-Tuner
black block inlay
Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL string nut
raw neck (^_^)

electronics/hardware:
neck position - Dimarzio DP145 Will Power Model One
middle position - Dimarzio DP146 Will Power Model P
bridge position - Dimarzio X2N-7


to be right to the point, this bass is freaking ridiculous! I can get SO many different tones out of it. it obviously gets 3 classic tones right out of the box, EB-0, P-Bass, and a Musicman. but when I start blending pickups, it just goes insane. and when I utilize the dual outputs, it just goes OVER 9000 in terms of versatility! not to mention the innate tone of the bass. unplugged, the bass is loud, REALLY clear and pronounced. you can feel every note vibrate through the whole instrument. really neat, actually. this thing is alive! every note is articulate and really punchy. kinda like a MIA Jazz I picked up in GC the other day, but it's got a bit more character to it. I think it's because the neck. speaking of, the raw neck is ridiculously fast feeling and so chunky it actually feels like an old second gen Tele bass (the one with the neck humbucker). the fretwork is near freaking perfect, too. I'm really surprised at Warmoth's fit and finish. the local guitar shop gave it a good base setup and the strings are practically lying on the frets and there's no buzz. I'm eventually gonna get a fret leveling/redressing, but I'm gonna wait a few months and let the neck wear in and everything. but in short, this is the best bass I've ever played. I don't get why Warmoth gets the bad press I've read about it. I was worried that the bass would be "dead" and etc, etc, and it's simply not. it's the best feeling, sounding, and looking bass I've ever played, and it's ridiculously versatile, too.

HUGE thanks go to Eric Wylie at Warmoth. I've said it many times before, but I can't stress it enough: without him, this bass would not be possible! VERY big thanks go to him.

Line6Man was the person who fabbed up a wiring diagram for this. Without his help on this, I'm really not sure how this would have worked out.

Also, DangerousR6 (on unofficialwarmoth.com) was my photoshop pro. He was also instrumental to helping me pull this thing together. I requested a good number of different color combos before Sunset Orange was decided upon. a video previewing and explaining the bass will be done soon.


gig pics will come hopefully soon!

I would do terrible things for that bass...

 

[hachi kid]

like pay Warmoth around $1500?...

 

[Root 5]

That is a sweet bass! I like that big ol' Dimarzio in the neck!

 

[Darkstrike]

That X2N-7 is a surprisingly good bass pickup, I put one in a P bass a long time ago, love it.

 

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this is the first production Jaguar Bass made by Warmoth, and it's FINALLY DONE!!!!


body:
solid body swamp ash
controls - CTS 500k/concentric 500k/500k, mini toggle 2 way switch for tone cut for Model 1, 3 way toggle switch (series/single coil/parallel) for coil tap for X2N-7
dual outputs
Badass III bridge string thru body
black Schaller straplocks
tummy cut and forearm contour
finish - sunset orange

neck:
Canary p bass style neck w/ Canary fretboard
standard back contour (chunky as hell!)
21 frets
Stainless Steel 6115 frets
Hipshot ultra lights w/ hipshot D-Tuner
black block inlay
Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL string nut
raw neck (^_^)

electronics/hardware:
neck position - Dimarzio DP145 Will Power Model One
middle position - Dimarzio DP146 Will Power Model P
bridge position - Dimarzio X2N-7


to be right to the point, this bass is freaking ridiculous! I can get SO many different tones out of it. it obviously gets 3 classic tones right out of the box, EB-0, P-Bass, and a Musicman. but when I start blending pickups, it just goes insane. and when I utilize the dual outputs, it just goes OVER 9000 in terms of versatility! not to mention the innate tone of the bass. unplugged, the bass is loud, REALLY clear and pronounced. you can feel every note vibrate through the whole instrument. really neat, actually. this thing is alive! every note is articulate and really punchy. kinda like a MIA Jazz I picked up in GC the other day, but it's got a bit more character to it. I think it's because the neck. speaking of, the raw neck is ridiculously fast feeling and so chunky it actually feels like an old second gen Tele bass (the one with the neck humbucker). the fretwork is near freaking perfect, too. I'm really surprised at Warmoth's fit and finish. the local guitar shop gave it a good base setup and the strings are practically lying on the frets and there's no buzz. I'm eventually gonna get a fret leveling/redressing, but I'm gonna wait a few months and let the neck wear in and everything. but in short, this is the best bass I've ever played. I don't get why Warmoth gets the bad press I've read about it. I was worried that the bass would be "dead" and etc, etc, and it's simply not. it's the best feeling, sounding, and looking bass I've ever played, and it's ridiculously versatile, too.

HUGE thanks go to Eric Wylie at Warmoth. I've said it many times before, but I can't stress it enough: without him, this bass would not be possible! VERY big thanks go to him.

Line6Man was the person who fabbed up a wiring diagram for this. Without his help on this, I'm really not sure how this would have worked out.

Also, DangerousR6 (on unofficialwarmoth.com) was my photoshop pro. He was also instrumental to helping me pull this thing together. I requested a good number of different color combos before Sunset Orange was decided upon. a video previewing and explaining the bass will be done soon.


gig pics will come hopefully soon!

Hey there, i understand it is a very old post, and just trying my luck here, can i ask if the wiring diagram is still