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warmoth body - neck

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bassplayer0123

Jan 18, 2004
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#1
hello

i´m thinking about ordering a body and a neck by warmoth

the body:

front:

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back:

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it´s a swamp ash body with a flamed koa top.

the neck:

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it´s a pao ferro neck


is it a good choice ?

i´m planning to buy a MM pickup for the bridge position, and a jazz pickup in the neck posistion

what can you say about my choice?
 
#2
regarding the neck,

loose the white big fret marker dots. i think the top part will still have them won't they?

re pickups, I would rather have JJ or PJ. But if you like the driving sound of the MM over the growl of a J then that's cool.

regarding the woods, I would want to see that combo to make sure you have either enough match or enough contrast so that the two grains "go together."

I would get black hardware. Is the Koa going to be finished in glossy or are you leaving it satin or natural?
 
#8
Are you thinking of buying that very body off the Showcase? It's already been routed for Jazz pickups. A Musicman PUP won't fit and I don't know if Warmoth can/will route it for the larger Musicman humbucker.

I agree with what's been said about Warmoth quality. It's great, and I have 2 Warmoth basses. One of the necks is goncalo alves with a pau ferro fingerboard. I don't know how an entire pau ferro neck would sound but one advantage is that you don't have to worry about finishing it.

Try emailing or calling Warmoth to get an idea of the kind of tone you can expect. They've been good about replying to my emails.
 
#9
Beautiful Koa top! The neck looks great too but as others have stated, I have no experience with Pau ferro as a neck wood. It is actually harder than ebony though so it should be stiff enough. If your not buying from the Showcase I'd also say loose the neck face dots. You might also want to consider a Wenge neck. Very Phat and warm sound. I say go with the MM bridge jazz neck pup configuration! I built a Warmoth with the pup configuration and it sounded great. I went with Bassline pups and a Bassline active Pre. Very nice! :)
I have a Gecko loaded with Bart soapbars and an Aguilar OBP-3 pre. It also sounds good.
 
#10
I was cruising Warmoth's site the other day and found these beauties... Warmoth's great and they keep getting better!!!
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I REALLY WANT THAT SECOND ONE!!!!!!

There was a third one like the second but it was nicer and it's gone now :(
 

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