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Warmoth necks

#41
koobie said:
My Sting is my most resonant bass, it's also got the thickest neck. It doesn't neck-dive, but considering how chunky the neck is, I wonder if it's heavier than my other bass necks. For me, if the mass is responsible for it's sustain, it's a worthwhile trade-off.
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I weigh necks all the time. I've found that it's the stiffness that's more responsible for tonal variations than mass with a stiff neck having more of the qualities I look for in a neck such as eveness of response, fullness of tone, and sustain. A stiff neck may not be heavy and a heavy neck may not be stiff.

The steel stiffening rods of Warmoth necks add stiffness and mass. Graphite adds not as much of either, but the best for me is a light stiff all wood neck with a single action trussrod.

I also find shortscale necks are generally stiffer than long scale necks by virtue of their reduced length cantilevered from the body.
 
#42
I've built three Warmoth's to date - the bodies were all in the low 4 lb range with the final basses being around 8.7lb's with high mass bridges. I've used ultralights on all the basses and they balance just fine. Warmoth necks are a bit heavier, but not that much more if you stick to maple or maple/rosewood. I never understand why folks get solid wenge and ebony necks and then complain about neck dive... what do you expect?

JR
 
#43
JGR said:
I've built three Warmoth's to date - the bodies were all in the low 4lb range with the final basses being around 8.7lb's with high mass bridges.
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I concur with your figures, however, my goal for my recent builds has been a 6.5 lb. max. I've been sucessful with the 3 basses I've built since I set that goal but as much as I would like to use Warmoth necks on those builds, they just don't make the cut in the weight department throwing the total into the 7.5 lb range with greatly increased neck dive.
 
#44
I put a fretless maple p bass neck with ebony board on my 70s P bass, and here are my thoughts. The neck is a little bit chunky compared to newer pbasses (i think warmoth uses the classic 70s p profile for their pbass necks) , and the neck is pretty heavy. Nonetheless, like everyone else has said, it is a super stable neck, and the fit and finish on it are great. The nut is high quality, was cleanly installed (no glue or lacquer drips), and it's a pleasure to play.
 
#45
I have a 97 AM P Body that weights about 4.5 Lbs and with the Warmoth Maple Jazz Neck and 70's Style tuners the neck dive was annoying. Replace the 70's style tunes with Hipshot Ultralights, problem solved. The neck is chunkier than I'm used to. But the feel is more than OK and the tone is great IMO.

It would be nice if Warmoth offered other neck choices....traditional with single truss rods, necks with graphite rods. Options are always nice!
 
#46
JGR said:
I never understand why folks get solid wenge and ebony necks and then complain about neck dive... what do you expect?

JR
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Why? Because I didn't do my homework. I didn't know it was so much heavier than other woods. And they make them out of those woods all the time-there's a couple of rosewood and wenge ones for sale right now. So, one might assume that it would be just fine. Wrong. Not fine. My fault, of course.
When I ordered it it would have been nice for Warmoth to give me a heads-up that it was going to be heavy. But they didn't. And they don't list in-stock neck weights for some ungodly reason, like they do with bodies. If you email or call them they will weigh in-stock necks for you. But again, I just had no idea. $380.00 mistake. Never again.
 
#48
dmusic148 said:
Why? Because I didn't do my homework. I didn't know it was so much heavier than other woods. And they make them out of those woods all the time-there's a couple of rosewood and wenge ones for sale right now. So, one might assume that it would be just fine. Wrong. Not fine. My fault, of course.
When I ordered it it would have been nice for Warmoth to give me a heads-up that it was going to be heavy. But they didn't. And they don't list in-stock neck weights for some ungodly reason, like they do with bodies. If you email or call them they will weigh in-stock necks for you. But again, I just had no idea. $380.00 mistake. Never again.
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FWIW, Warmoth has a section on the site that addresses the weight and tone of different woods.
 
#57
mongo2 said:
You got a very heavy MIA neck and a very unusually light Warmoth neck.
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really? did not know that!
I did have horrible neck dive with the MIA before I put on the ultralites, now those F stamped tuners, those are monsters!
here is the bass
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It has a beautiful fretboard, you can't really see the patterns in the pic, but it is also an unstable neck, the kind where a proper setup does not last long when the weather changes, I am NOT talking summer/winter changes here :crying:

Here is the P neck from warmoth, it now has a poly finish

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