Warmoth Creation: Jazz-TeleRic

[jk3]

I finally have my Warmoth creation in my hands. I used 3 basses for inspiration:

Jazz: Body shape and Nut Width
Ric: Maple body, Jumbo Frets, Ric style knobs
Tele: Neck, Pickup (SD-QP), satin black paint

I think the jazz body is the sexiest bass/guitar shape ever made. I love the tone of maple from the Rics.

a little more info:
-Neck is Birdseye Maple
-Schaller Tuners
-Body is Maple (~7lbs)
-Bridge is thru body (Fender Am. Std)
-Pickup is Seymour Duncan SCPB-3 - the tonal qualities of this pup match up really well with maple. Deep & Clear as bell.

i think if i could do anything different, it would be a top route with a pickguard and control plate for more of a jazz look. but the way it is makes it a bit more unique.

i chose satin black because i plan on beating the crap out of this thing for a long time - and satin shows the scars nicely.

 

[jk3]

more pics

 

[blendermassacre]

that looks like a tone monster. Love the flat black, too

 

[jk3]

a look at the birdseye and the stainless steel jumbo frets.

 

[jk3]

sorry, here are those pics.

 

[Will Kelly]

Great looking bass IMO.

 

[blendermassacre]

did you do the finish yourself?

 

[jk3]

that looks like a tone monster. Love the flat black, too

thanks man. yeah i've got some pro-steels on it and it sounds beautiful. grindy with the tone all the way up and silky smooth with the tone rolled off.

No, warmoth did everything. I had my local guitar shop do the assembly.

 

[Rimshot]

That is sexy! Congrats.

 

[thatbasskid597]

Did you drill for the string-thru bridge? Or did Warmoth?

Very Sexy too!

 

[jk3]

Did you drill for the string-thru bridge? Or did Warmoth?

Very Sexy too!

thanks. Warmoth did the drilling. i chose the Bad Ass III option, which is the same as American Standard drilling, and also the same as Tele bridge drilling.

 

[johnk_10]

cool bass. i like the look of it's simplicity, and i really dig single coil p/tele basses. at my age, i just couldn't handle the weight. (i'm guessing that it weighs about 11-12 lbs?)

 

[thatbasskid597]

thanks. Warmoth did the drilling. i chose the Bad Ass III option, which is the same as American Standard drilling, and also the same as Tele bridge drilling.

Awesome. Where did you pick up that American Std. bridge?

 

[jk3]

cool bass. i like the look of it's simplicity, and i really dig single coil p/tele basses. at my age, i just couldn't handle the weight. (i'm guessing that it weighs about 11-12 lbs?)

yeah, its about 12 lbs. I bought a nice strap that relieves the weight a bit.

Awesome. Where did you pick up that American Std. bridge?

I got the bridge on an eBay store that is an authorized dealer for Fender parts...cant remember the name.

 

[A-Step-Towards]

Looks cool as you said i would probably top route with a control plate , but no guard.

 

[A-Step-Towards]

yeah, its about 12 lbs. I bought a nice strap that relieves the weight a bit.



I got the bridge on an eBay store that is an authorized dealer for Fender parts...cant remember the name.

reliable fender probably.

 

[kb9wyz]

Other than the bridge (I would have gone for a high mass, Gotoh probably) that thing is pretty hot to me. I don't really like the whole tele-bass thing, but that J body really rocks out the tele neck and the single pup. Nicely done, Sir. Nicely done.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Did you opt for the new "Thin profile" neck? If so, how does it fee?

 

[James Hart]

cool looking bass!

 

[joeyl]

very nice, I like the sheer simplicity of it