Only the world's best CNC machines!

[tbz]

Ads like this make me glad I play Spectors.

Just sayin.

 

[gln1955]

Beavers? Nope. Wrong kind of beavers anyway. The absolute best basses are never made on CNC even the highest end N-axis ones. The ONLY basses I"ll ever own are so high end they don't even have a name on the headstock. That is to keep them from becoming widely known by the rabble. They are TOTALLY organic! Swamp Ash, Alder and mahogany bass body blanks are shipped to the far North of Alaska where during the long winder months the women of a secret Inuit village gently chew the blanks into proper bass shapes. Their saliva passively soaks the wood resulting in a tone so unsurpassed that it takes a mortgage on your house to put a down payment on these basses. Even the rock stars that own them won't admit to it for fear of leaking out secrets.

I've said too much about this already!

I don't know man...how many dimensions can these women gnaw in?

 

[warrplayer]

Well it sounds like it's time to polish up the old snowshoes! I must find this village!

I don't know man...how many dimensions can these women gnaw in?

There's the start of a great SyFy movie if I ever heard one.

 

[Jim C]

I'd still rather have a bass that's carved by a machine than by a person. Less prone to human error.

This is well illustrated if you look at neck profiles of some Pre-CBS Fenders.

 

[pnchad]

I'm not a huge fan of all the automation either but...

I have a Jerzy Drozd Oracle - he's an early adopter of CNC and boy, this thing is a piece of art

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

This is well illustrated if you look at neck profiles of some Pre-CBS Fenders.

What, you mean you don't like your neck to be shaped like a Toblerone bar?

 

[Mechanical]

As a certified CNC programer and operator I can tell you that there is a big difference in tolerances between machines.

Oh, a button pusher.

Tolerances good enough for wood? You're an amateur.

I make my living in a shop for high end physics equipment.

 

[edencab]

what is the CNC tolerance to sustain ratio?....do these CNC machines produce basses that work best with Tube amps or SS amps?......

 

[hdracer]

I do not have any direct experience with

Oh, a button pusher.

Tolerances good enough for wood? You're an amateur.

I make my living in a shop for high end physics equipment.

No, I build racing engines and parts.I am far from a button pushing amateur. I own my business.
You should know the differences between a new Haas and a SunShine or Baoma.
There is a big differences between a good machine and one that is third hand and has been beat.

 

[Jim C]

What, you mean you don't like your neck to be shaped like a Toblerone bar?

I've sen some 57's that had a severe V neck, some 58's-59's that had a reasonably radiuses back, and my 60's that has an unbelievable flat back.
OTOH, some were not nearly so pronounced. Different builders, different days, etc.
I have a 72 built on Cinco de Mayo that I'm pretty sure was built after lunch; super cracked and checked CAR finish with an A neck!
(and it was like this when I bought it in about 1980)

 

[Basshappi]

I for one welcome our new CNC overlords!

 

[Jim C]

I do not have any direct experience with

No, I build racing engines and parts.I am far from a button pushing amateur. I own my business.
You should know the differences between a new Haas and a SunShine or Baoma.
There is a big differences between a good machine and one that is third hand and has been beat.

Well everybody knows that if holding .0005" for a racing engines is not nearly close enough for a wood product that will probably shrink and grow by at least a few thousandths just by humidity and air temperature.

Hey Mechanical,
You have no idea about some of the talent on this board.
That was a pretty mess spirited comment about someone you know nothing about.

 

[Canadian APII]

I have no problem with CNC machining. basic body shapes and neck pockets appear good places for that. This is good for mass produced low cost instruments but I find a quality luthier can read the wood better and get better tone out of a piece of wood.

 

[Canadian APII]

I'd still rather have a bass that's carved by a machine than by a person. Less prone to human error.

True, but you now have machine error repeated multiple times before it is caught by a technician. A good luthier rarely repeats a mistake.

 

[1stnamebassist]

True, but you now have machine error repeated multiple times before it is caught by a technician. A good luthier rarely repeats a mistake.

True enough, and i'm not sure how they would deal with the bad product, but in medical manufacturing you can make bad parts all day, and they won't go anywhere but the scrap pile once QC finds them.

 

[Runnerman]

There is a big differences between a good machine and one that is third hand and has been beat.

Seriously....this is your comparison? So everyone else has beat machines and Warwick has the nice new ones. Assumption run amok.

 

[Runnerman]

True, but you now have machine error repeated multiple times before it is caught by a technician. A good luthier rarely repeats a mistake.

Another ridiculous assumption....you seriously expect a modern factory is going to...
a) not check the first part off the program?
b) not check any additional parts and/or have the ability to identify out of spec parts?

 

[2.6kHz]

The machine that goes ping! It's my favorite.

 

[mbelue]

There is always room for improvement. Especially in tools.

Anybody here ride a horse to work?

So Warwick thinks their machines are superior for their purposes? Good, who cares.
I for one would be just as impressed with their workshop full of robots or old school luthiers.
One is nearly ScyFy the other more History channel. Both are entertaining and probably educational if you're smart enough to recognize it.

Good for Warwick.

 

[Bassamatic]

Oh Come On! NO luthier is as consistently accurate as the machines are. Hand work is not better - it is just hand work. Trial and error is not a substitute for getting it right the first time.
You sure would not want your mobile phone or computer or auto engine to be hand fitted and assembled. The key is for the machine to be properly programmed.
When they are, you end up with something like the new Squiers that are gig-worthy and sell for less than $200, and the awesome new Warwicks.

And sure the wood expands and contracts, etc. but the better the starting point the less the effect.