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Warmoth Korina Jazz PJ Completed

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BassNation

Jan 5, 2010
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Blue Turf Land
#1
After weeks of applying finish and conducting the wiring and assembly of parts, my Warmoth 30th Anniversary Sale Korina Jazz PJ bass is complete.

Korina Jazz Body w/Fromby's Tung Oil Finish (20+ coats)
Padouk Neck w/Wipe On Poly Finish (5 coats)
Ebony Fret Board
Fender Original P Bass Pickup
Dimarzio Model J Pickup
Schaller Tuning Pegs
Gotoh Bridge
CTS 500K Audio Pots
DR Sunbeam Round Wound Strings

If I change anything, I may replace the 500K pots with 250K pots. With the tone control turned up full, this bass is very bright.

Otherwise, I am very pleased with the build. I've not touched any of my other basses in several days.
 

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#2
nice!

Just out of curiosity, have you considered flats or DR Lo-Riders instead of Sunbeams? I don't like overly bright basses and it seems to have toned it down for me (compared to brighter DR strings)

How does the Fender and DiMarzio pickup blend? Is one expecially hotter than the other?

congratulations
 
#5
Thanks for the comments.

In regard to strings, my favorite strings are nickel roundwounds: DR, D'addario, Fender. The bass is bright but I've been able to dial in the sound I prefer by turning the tone control back somewhere between 25 to 50% and adding a little bottom at the amp. Maybe down the road I'll try some flats for a change.

The Fender P and the Dimarzio Model J are well matched in terms of output. The volume level is almost identical when soloing the pickups. You can hear pleasing parts from each pickup when both volumes are up. I also enjoy the ability to position my plucking fingers north and south, to go for different tones without touching the controls.

As for sound and blend between the pickups, the Fender P rings like a traditional sounding P and the Dimarzio Model J provides a dose of raw, aggressive bite; but not like a traditional Fender J pickup. The Dimarzio, to my ear, sounds more full and humbucker-like than a single coil J. I doubt that I'll be soloing the pickup very often, but it sure adds a nice cutting edge to the Fender P.

I've always been a bigger fan of P's than J's. And this is my first exploration into PJ's. I'm sold.
 
#7
Beautiful Bass, love the P/J.
I have also just completed a warmoth P. What a fantastic instrument. The neck, while a little thicker front to back, is awesome. Notes ring forever. I love it.

props to warmoth. I want to do another.
 
#10
Yes, love the Warmoth neck, Jazz width but feels a bit like playing a neck that sits between a P and J in terms of size. Perfect for my hands.

Went with Poly as an attempt at UV protection, to see if that might preserve the red coloring in the Padouk. The poly is a satin finish and the coats I added were very thin. Still feels great, and has actually smoothed out the grain to some extent.
 
#14
I haven't kept exact figures on the total price, having purchased items locally and from 3 or 4 on-line venders, but I believe somewhere around $800 to $850. I was tempted to spend more on pickups (Nordstrands or Fralins), but after reviewing clips and speaking with others, stuck with Fender and Dimarzio.

The Fender Original P or '62, as I've seen it packaged, is a terrific pickup. I own several Fender P basses with stock pickups and don't feel the need to replace them. I chose the Dimarzio Model J because it is a loud pickup, receives good reviews and seems to be fairly popular. What the heck! The P was $65 and the J was $60, an outstanding value, in my opinion.
 
#18
Terrific 20% off prices during the Warmoth 30th anniversary sale. If not for the sale, I probably wouldn't have the bass. It was just too tempting right around Christmas time.

The Fromby's tung oil is not a true tung oil. It is a wipe-on varnish and acts like a thinned out varnish. I had initially planned 12 to 15 coats, but got real picky about the final coats, finding little blems and boogers, sanding and buffing them out, going for another coat, and ended up with something like 21 or 22 coats before saying, "Enough". It's still not perfect up close, but when you add all of the parts and throw some strings on, you don't focus on the finish the way you do when the body is naked. By the way, I also added a couple coats of Howard's Bees Wax and Feed to protect the finish. Buffs in real nice.
 

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