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#342
I just finished assembling this. Solid cherrywood body shaped like a Rick 4003S mated to a Narrow 5 Gecko neck. Two EMG 40DCs through an EMG preamp. Crispy, loud, and built to rock! A bit heavy though...

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#344
Hey Gecko owners. I'll be hitting a promotion at work within the next couple of weeks and I'm thinking about treating myself to a fretless Gecko 6 as a job well done. I'm torn about what to choose though. I do know I would like the top laminate to have straight lines, so zebrawood might be an option. But I'm afraid of a pattern like this:

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I'd much prefer it like this:
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I'm not sure what other laminate would have straight lines like that.

For core wood I'm not too concerned but I do want it to contrast the laminate. If laminate is light I want the core to be dark. Vice versa.

Pickup would be EMG 45 in the sweet spot. One vol, one tone.

For the neck I'm thinking wenge but not sure what fretboard. I guess it will depend on what top laminate I use on the body.
 
#346
BJMtz said:
Hey Gecko owners. I'll be hitting a promotion at work within the next couple of weeks and I'm thinking about treating myself to a fretless Gecko 6 as a job well done. I'm torn about what to choose though. I do know I would like the top laminate to have straight lines, so zebrawood might be an option. But I'm afraid of a pattern like this:

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I'd much prefer it like this:
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I'm not sure what other laminate would have straight lines like that.

For core wood I'm not too concerned but I do want it to contrast the laminate. If laminate is light I want the core to be dark. Vice versa.

Pickup would be EMG 45 in the sweet spot. One vol, one tone.

For the neck I'm thinking wenge but not sure what fretboard. I guess it will depend on what top laminate I use on the body.
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The only Zebrawood top they have in their unique wood choices is uninspiring. I like this bubinga top they have though!

The have some cool Camphor Burl tips too.5593D5CE-4D43-4058-B06F-0A26A3C78BB6.png
 
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#347
lowfreqman said:
The only Zebrawood top they have in their unique wood choices is uninspiring. I like this bubinga top they have though!

The have some cool Camphor Burl tips too.View attachment 3669241
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so would the unique choice laminate be the same as the regular laminate selection. If you go though the body builder, under #2 I can select zebrawood as a top laminate. If I skip that and go to #3 unique choices and select zebrawood from there I can pick one specific laminate. Just not sure if I only select zebrawood from #2 of it will give me a different piece than the one shown in #3.
 
#348
BJMtz said:
so would the unique choice laminate be the same as the regular laminate selection. If you go though the body builder, under #2 I can select zebrawood as a top laminate. If I skip that and go to #3 unique choices and select zebrawood from there I can pick one specific laminate. Just not sure if I only select zebrawood from #2 of it will give me a different piece than the one shown in #3.
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If you select zebrawood from #2, you don't get to pick the piece. You are at the mercy of the builders at Warmoth to select a piece for you. If you select an actual piece of wood from step #3 instead, that is the exact piece of wood they will use to build your bass. You have to pay extra for using step #3. (The additional cost will show-up to the right.
 
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#349
lowfreqman said:
If you select zebrawood from #2, you don't get to pick the piece. You are at the mercy of the builders at Warmoth to select a piece for you. If you select an actual piece of wood from step #3 instead, that is the exact piece of wood they will use to build your bass. You have to pay extra for using step #3. (The additional cost will show-up to the right.
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yea that makes sense. I guess I’m just wondering what the odds are of selecting #2 but getting the same piece of wood from #3.
 
#353
I plan on finishing the body with oil, maybe truoil since I have used it before. But if anyone has any recommendations I'd appreciate it.

I'm not sure what to use on the neck. Hopefully it can be the same thing used on the body, but I've never worked with canary or pau ferro before. Should I put something on the fretboard, since it's fretless? I'm also thinking of doing some sort of design on the headstock using a dark veneer, maybe ebony.
 
#355
Bo-Weevil said:
Sorry to drop in uninvited, but is there a thread on what different PU configs can offer anywhere?
1 PU? 2 PU?
Soapbar? Jazz? P? MM?
Ready to make the move to a Gecko Medium, just need to figure out the electronics.....
Thanks!
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I believe Warmoth will route the 5-string gecko bodies for any of the above pickup options. They only offer soapbar routes on their 6-string geckos.
 
#358
Thank you for the response.
I should have worded my question differently.
"Of the available PU combinations, which one would give the most versatility in tonal options?"
I'm still not "sold" on Soapbar PUs. Always had either P, P/J or J/J basses. Although I did own an old MM Sabre for a good bit.
Thanks in advance,
 
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Bo-Weevil said:
Thank you for the response.
I should have worded my question differently.
"Of the available PU combinations, which one would give the most versatility in tonal options?"
I'm still not "sold" on Soapbar PUs. Always had either P, P/J or J/J basses. Although I did own an old MM Sabre for a good bit.
Thanks in advance,
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Dual coil soapbars with series/singlecoil/parallel switching would give you the most tonal options. I have a set of Duncan NYCs in my Gecko and they are quite versatile. Basically the same pickup formula that's in Foderas, but an EMG40 shape, instead of the Bart P2 shape.
 

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