+1. I’m really eager to see how my latest parts bass will work out. I know the neck is great, now I’ll see how it pairs with the new body and Nordstrand pickups (which I’m waiting on).
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Parts basses are like blind dates, except you have the option of changing out the personality if she's hot but just wicked stupid...
Agreed..Bassmods uses off-shore made bodys and necks, good electronics (even thier "in house" stuff is good), PLEK's the frers (they offer this as a service), set up the insturment in house ( located in Sacramento) before shipping. They will answer any questions you have, and they sell thier insturments for 1K less (or more) than this guy. It looks (based on the guys email response) and sounds like the guy is simply assembling Warmoth parts,putting his own decal on the headstock, and calling them "custom"...I stopped taking my stuff ( I have a pretty good sized "herd", nothing cheap) to local "experts" that were charging me over $100 to set up a 5 string, and taught myself to do setups, fret leveling shimming necks, etc. I even routed a battery box into my Mexi J 5,and drilled out a side mounted output jack, installed a Bassmods pre..it turned out pretty good..I also re-glued a cracked headstock on an Epiphone Masterbuilt acoustic that had fallen over, and re-glued a completely broken off headstock on a Micheal Kelly Dragonfly 5 string acoustic bass..I am completely satisfied with the way all this work turned out, and my musician friends agree that the work turned out fine..how much $ did I save by teaching myself to do all this?? Thouands?
Don't misconstrue what I'm saying, luthiers that have been practicing their craft for decades are far better at this type of work than I am. They are worth what you pay them most of the time. For doing custom work. But for simple setup and assembling parts guitars and basses, anyone can teach themselves to do it and build a pretty satisfying instrument.
I've known to Rome little at Little Guitar Works for about 15 years or so, as an acquaintance. I own two of his instruments. They are works of art. I could never do what your own does. He's practiced most of his life to build these amazing instruments. But, that being said I can assemble Warmoth parts and build a pretty good guitar. So, if you want a Warmoth Parts guitar or Bass put together, and you're willing to pay someone $2,500 for it, reach out to me, I'm more than happy to help
Arrgghh! Damn spell check!
"I could never do what Jerome does"
I'm gonna check these guys out, thanks for the info.
That`s right, Warmoth does the really difficult stuff for you!
Here is my current Warmoth. Body is black limba, neck is wenge with an ebony fretboard. The Seymour Duncan pickups sound great but they are active and there is no passive option, so it`s always a bit of a concern that there`s no backup in case of battery failure.
New build coming. Stay tuned. Jazz 5 Deluxe with MM+J routing.
I`ll be going with black hardware. See the photo below. I like gold but not on this body, it looks gaudy.
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I have this neck in the classified section if any of my fellow Warmoth Owners are interested.
For Sale - Warmoth Fretless Jazz Bass Neck.Unlined custom order ebony beauty Price Drop.0
For Sale - Warmoth Fretless Jazz Bass Neck.Unlined custom order ebony beauty Price Drop.0
I wouldn’t go quite that far! I also own a Fodera, a Roscoe, a Ken Smith, and a Sadowsky. The Warmoth does hold its own sound wise.
I have a chambered mahogany body with a quilted maple top. I haven`t installed the pickups yet but acoustically the bass sounds good and has very good sustain. A nice surprise is that there are no dead spots in the usual zone, G string 5th to 7th frets.
I crunched the numbers on what it would cost me to build the “Cream P” he charges $2500 for and I came up with $1171. That includes an estimate for shipping and incidentals like a shim, shielding, etc. Body and neck are pre-finished. So I could assemble two of these for the same price and have a nice chunk of change left over.
Maybe I could get a fake Stinnett decal for the headstock?
I've been going back and forth between C&C or W&W for the Warmoth I'm (slowly) putting together. Will be interested to hear what you think of them...
I’ll definitely post my thoughts and a video of the bass once they’re installed. They’re on back order at the moment.
I received the Nordstrand clean and clear pups and installed them, I just haven’t gotten around to wiring them. Hopefully this week, then I’ll post something.
Here is my completed Warmoth jazz bass. The neck is wenge with an ebony fretboard (I've had this one for years and it's my favourite Warmoth neck). The body is a chambered Dinky J made of mahogany with a quilted maple top. Pickups are Nordstrand Big J Blade Clean and Clear. The bridge and tuners are Gotoh. The bass weighs 9 pounds, I may put Hipshot Ultralite tuners on to bring the weight down.
In the video, I'm using Carvin stainless steel round wounds. I plugged into my Sansamp RBI with the EQ turned off (everything is flat). First you hear both pickups, then neck pup, then the bridge pup.
Whew, that's a lot of info but if you need more let me know!
In the video, I'm using Carvin stainless steel round wounds. I plugged into my Sansamp RBI with the EQ turned off (everything is flat). First you hear both pickups, then neck pup, then the bridge pup.
Whew, that's a lot of info but if you need more let me know!
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I just posted a video, let me know what you think of the sound. I'm pleased with them, I'm all about clean and clear!
