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Warmoth Owners Club!!

#2,201
Awesome Sauce said:
There are numerous problems documented with all rosewood necks, whether they be from Warmoth, EB, or anyone else. It simply isn't a stable enough wood for a bass neck. Guitars are an entirely different story.
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There are probably hundreds of thousands of problems documented with maple necks, but they remain the go-to neck for basses worldwide. All wood can be unpredictable. If you want to really lower your chances for problems, go with composite.
 
#2,202
My 3 Warmoth builds (L-R)

Late 1990s alder P body, maple J neck, rw fretboard, graphite nut, Dimarzio Area PJ pickups, Gotoh 203 bridge, Gotoh vintage tuners, black urethane auto paint on body/neck.

New ash P body, maple J neck, rw fretboard, graphite nut, Dimarzio Area J pickups, Fender vintage bridge, Gotoh vintage tuners, Warmoth clear vintage tint on body/neck.

Early 2000s alder P body, maple J neck, rw fretboard, graphite nut, Seymour Duncan Hot Stack J pickups, Gotoh 203 bridge, Gotoh vintage tuners, black urethane auto paint on body/neck.

All 3 have have distinct tones, but all 3 sound good and play great IMO. All currently have 500k volume pots and Fender TBX tone controls.

Note the older black PJ and JJ basses have slightly downsized body horns. They were considered standard P bodies at the time, and were shown that way in the old Warmoth catalogs I still own.

The ash and black JJ basses have "60s" bridge pickup location, the black PJ came stock with bridge pickup route closer to the P than 60s (seems to give more punch than 60s or 70s location).

The new ash body came with truss rod adjustment groove, the older bodies had truss rod grooves filed out by Luthier (installed plastic Yamaha covers).

Also, the older black neck truss rods adjusted with Phillips screwdriver, the new vintage tint neck adjusts with Allen wrench. An improvement, IMO.

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#2,205
RedHotFuzz said:
Sweet Babicz P-Bass! I didn't know Babicz made those. ;)

(See threads complaining about giant Babicz logo.)

Giant bridge logo aside, sweet bass!
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Thanks. Regarding the logo, I kinda like it myself. Its a little like the visible logo you see on a Seymour Duncan pickup. On a branded bass like a Fender it screams out "I have been upgraded." On the chrome I think it's subtle enough. I can see where it would bother some folks on the black where it really stands out a lot more.
 
#2,214
iriegnome said:
I love it.. How do you like the Wendge/Wendge compared to the Bubinga/Wenge?? How are they similar and different?
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They both are great, I play these exotic woods mostly because I like the feel of the raw wood plus I love the look of the darker woods.

They both have the same frets and weigh about the same. No discernible difference in tone to my ears.

The only real noticeable difference to me is the feel, the Bubinga has a much tighter grain so it feels a bit smoother, the Wenge has open grain but also has a bit of a waxy texture so it's kinda rough and smooth at the same time, if that makes any sense.
 
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Does your thumb "stick" to the Wenge neck? I generally play Modulus these days due to my finished necks feeling sticky during damp weather which here in the Upper mid-west, we have quite often. The graphite never feels sticky. My unfinished maple neck on my Warmoth doesn't either, but the original G5 necks were really thick and baseball bat like.
 
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iriegnome said:
Does your thumb "stick" to the Wenge neck? I generally play Modulus these days due to my finished necks feeling sticky during damp weather which here in the Upper mid-west, we have quite often. The graphite never feels sticky. My unfinished maple neck on my Warmoth doesn't either, but the original G5 necks were really thick and baseball bat like.
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I am not a good person to ask this question...I don't know if it's my technique or body chemistry or whatever, but I have not really experienced any issues with my hand or thumb sticking to a neck of any finish really. If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say your thumb is a lot less likely to stick to an unfinished wood or satin finished neck than a glossy finished neck. The aforementioned waxy quality of the Wenge might make it even less sticky.
 
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Since I play a lot of outdoor shows and such, I get it a lot when playing my P bass or a couple of the others. Not like I'm in glue or anything. But I don't have that issue with my Modulus and I was thinking it would be the same with the Wenge. I have heard it described as "Waxy" before. I am very interested in trying one out, but as always, I am sure I would have to buy one.. They sure look super cool in that very dark color.
 

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