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[kbakerde]

So I am officially a pain in my own neck! Build is off, I am selling the Jazz Body in the classifieds if anyone is interested.

I got a sick deal on a '97 American Jazz, so I jumped on it. Still have a plan for my next build, but now I have my Jazz, I want to build my Precision.

 

[Charlzm]

So... got this neck from Warmoth today.

Style: Warmoth Bass
Construction: Super Bass Construction
Scale: 34"
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Wenge
Nut Width: 1-1/2" (38mm)
Back Shape: Slim Taper
Stiffening Rods: Graphite Rods
Fret Size: 6230
Tuner Ream: GB7 (14mm)
Radius: Straight 10"
Fret #: 20
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Inlays: No Inlay
Side Dots: White Side Dots
String Nut: GraphTech Black TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Finish: Clear Satin Nitro

I'm going to remove the fretless neck from this Warmoth Z Bass body and install this new one.

Standard Z Bass,
Right handed
Flame Maple on Mahogany
Rear Rout
Pickup Rout: (P Bass (Standard Split Set), J Bass (Bridge, 3 3/4"))
Controls: (Volume 1 (Z), Volume 2 (Z), Tone (Z), X, X, X)
Bridge: Bad Ass III - String-Thru Body
Jack Rout: 1/2" (12.70mm) Side Jack Hole
Tummy Cut, Forearm Contour, Contoured Heel
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt, Neck Pocket: Standard Bass Pocket
Top Finish: Blue Dye,
Back Finish:Transparent Blue
Front Laminate Flame Maple Unique Choice: LT991
70s Bridge Pickup Reposition

 

[jcburn]

So... got this neck from Warmoth today.

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Style: Warmoth Bass
Construction: Super Bass Construction
Scale: 34"
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Wenge
Nut Width: 1-1/2" (38mm)
Back Shape: Slim Taper
Stiffening Rods: Graphite Rods
Fret Size: 6230
Tuner Ream: GB7 (14mm)
Radius: Straight 10"
Fret #: 20
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Inlays: No Inlay
Side Dots: White Side Dots
String Nut: GraphTech Black TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Finish: Clear Satin Nitro

I'm going to remove the fretless neck from this Warmoth Z Bass body and install this new one.

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Standard Z Bass,
Right handed
Flame Maple on Mahogany
Rear Rout
Pickup Rout: (P Bass (Standard Split Set), J Bass (Bridge, 3 3/4"))
Controls: (Volume 1 (Z), Volume 2 (Z), Tone (Z), X, X, X)
Bridge: Bad Ass III - String-Thru Body
Jack Rout: 1/2" (12.70mm) Side Jack Hole
Tummy Cut, Forearm Contour, Contoured Heel
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt, Neck Pocket: Standard Bass Pocket
Top Finish: Blue Dye,
Back Finish:Transparent Blue
Front Laminate Flame Maple Unique Choice: LT991
70s Bridge Pickup Reposition

Sweet - that headstock will suit the body shape better IMO.

 

[Charlzm]

Sweet - that headstock will suit the body shape better IMO.

Agreed. The Fender style headstock never looked right to me. Ought to make the bass lighter and more balanced as well.

 

[BlueTalon]

I got a neck similar to that one and tried it for about 30 seconds on a jazz style body. That didn't work either.

 

[jcburn]

I'm really interested in how the Wenge sounds on a maple neck too. I've been anning a Warmoth build around a Pau Ferro board to get a cross between rosewood and ebony but Wenge might be another option. Grain looks sweet.

Agreed. The Fender style headstock never looked right to me. Ought to make the bass lighter and more balanced as well.

 

[BlueTalon]

So that jazz style body I mentioned has been sitting around for a long time waiting for a suitable neck. I finally got one. Warmoth has been touting Brazilian ebony, and they happened to have a jazz neck in their showroom. It not only matches the style of the body, but it complements the color of the body's black limba/korina wood. (My original plan was to get a black limba veneer on the peghead of a jazz neck made of some other wood, like what was on the Warmoth-style neck that was such a horrible stylistic mismatch. But I'd have had to custom order that, and that would have made it a lot more expensive.)

The astute observer will notice the pickup configuration is not that of a typical jazz bass. Whether this is a good idea or not remains to be seen, but I am optimistic and confident that it will sound good.

It's going to be a while before it gets put together though. I'm waiting on some Ruthenium hardware from Schaller that has to be shipped from Germany, I have to finish the body, and then it goes to Texas where Michael at Turnstyle will do the electronics. When I get the body back, it will go to Mike Lull to get put together and set up. But the pictures give an idea of what it's eventually going to look like.

 

[Charlzm]

I'm really interested in how the Wenge sounds on a maple neck too. I've been anning a Warmoth build around a Pau Ferro board to get a cross between rosewood and ebony but Wenge might be another option. Grain looks sweet.

I have two Dingwalls with a wenge board on a maple neck. I honestly can't tell what the fretboard wood brings to the equation, but I have never tried any experiments where I swap necks with all other factors remaining the same.

 

[BlueTalon]

I'm really interested in how the Wenge sounds on a maple neck too. I've been anning a Warmoth build around a Pau Ferro board to get a cross between rosewood and ebony but Wenge might be another option. Grain looks sweet.

I have two Dingwalls with a wenge board on a maple neck. I honestly can't tell what the fretboard wood brings to the equation, but I have never tried any experiments where I swap necks with all other factors remaining the same.

I don't know if the difference would be discernible or not. What I know for sure is I have a wenge fretboard (on bubinga), I like it, and I'd happily get another. In fact, I did get another, this time on roasted maple.

 

[Funkinthetrunk]

Finally finished, not a great photo

 

[BlueTalon]

Finally finished, not a great photo

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Wowza!

 

[Funkinthetrunk]

Wowza!

Thank you. It came out pretty well, I think.

 

[Michael Jewels]

Very nice, Funkinthetrunk!

Mike

 

[Karl Thomas]

I am new to this thread. And I believe this is my first post on this forum. I am glad to see a Warmoth thread.

Here is my Warmoth build. It's a Warmoth body from the Showcase and a custom neck. Roasted Maple on Roasted Alder body. Clear gloss finish. The neck is Roasted Flame Maple with Roasted Flame Maple Fingerboard. White Pearloid Blocks inlays and Pearloid binding.

Hardware includes Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P-Bass Pickup. Gold Schaller tuners and Gotoh bridge. Custom gold Neckplate. My own designed and soldered controls using CTS 250k Pots with Emerson capacitor and treble-bleed mod. My own designed and printed logo. I wanted it to look like a Fender so I recreated the Fender script logo and Precision Bass text. But I also included my "KT Special Construction" script below it. I put the Warmoth logo on the backside of the headstock.

This bass sounds and plays amazingly good! Perfectly balanced too. As nice as anything from the Fender Custom Shop. Warmoth is top notch! I could not be more pleased.

 

[grouse789]

View attachment 3286941 View attachment 3286940 My apologies! I thought I had already posted pics here when I got it completed. Posted on the Geezer EMG and the Double P forums but not at the most important one. Please accept these 2 photos as repentance...and please forgive the photos for not being properly cropped. Man, I’m sinning a lot today!

I was at the Dutchess County fair in NY last summer. I stopped to hear the band play, because of the bass. The bass player had two P pickups in the same position as yours. Im not fond of the look of it, BUT it was one of the best bass sounds ive heard at a live event. Cut through like nobodys business!

 

[grouse789]

This is my 2015 Warmoth build. The neck is Teak with Goncalo Alves fretboard from the showcase, the body was custom Black Korina, with a Koa top. I finished the body in Fromans Tung Oil. Buffalo Indian coin knobs from Pintrest, and Aguilar 60's J pickups. The bridge pickup solo'd with treble turned down is simply SUBLIME!!!

 

[Valsmere]

My Alpine White Jazz body should be here this week! I will post pics as soon as it lands, I also just ordered a loaded stacked knob control plate set up. Now I have to start planning on a neck. I'm thinking dark rosewood and black tuners. Oh the bridge I ordered is black as well, the Gotoh 201. Any suggestions for pick ups? I was thinking about Fenders vintage? And of course a pick guard will be needed, I am waiting on the body before I really start looking. I will keep all posted, it is going to be my first build, getting excited!

 

[grouse789]

View attachment 3316697 View attachment 3316698 View attachment 3316699 View attachment 3316700 View attachment 3316701 View attachment 3316702 This is my 2015 Warmoth build. The neck is Teak with Goncalo Alves fretboard from the showcase, the body was custom Black Korina, with a Koa top. I finished the body in Fromans Tung Oil. Buffalo Indian coin knobs from Pintrest, and Aguilar 60's J pickups. The bridge pickup solo'd with treble turned down is simply SUBLIME!!!

Its a beast however at 10.6 pounds!

 

[Doner Designs]

I don't know if the difference would be discernible or not. What I know for sure is I have a wenge fretboard (on bubinga), I like it, and I'd happily get another. In fact, I did get another, this time on roasted maple.

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I have a neck on order. Ziricote on roasted maple but I almost went with a wenge fretboard. Now I wish I had.

Quartersawn wenge is often uninteresting but it looks stunning when flatsawn. I guess you have to use unique choice to avoid rolling the dice.

Yours looks fantastic.

 

[BlueTalon]

I have a neck on order. Ziricote on roasted maple but I almost went with a wenge fretboard. Now I wish I had.

Quartersawn wenge is often uninteresting but it looks stunning when flatsawn. I guess you have to use unique choice to avoid rolling the dice.

Yours looks fantastic.

Thank you! I'm sure your ziricote fretboard is going to look stunning.

I'm sure you remember my 3-pickup bass from previous threads. What you may not remember was that that bass also had a wenge fretboard. I had a couple of wenge thumb-rests made for it as well. (See pics.)

One thing I will mention as it relates to your post is that both of my wenge fretboard necks were purchased from the showroom, not custom ordered, so I was able to see the grain before buying and didn't have to specify a unique choice.

Oh, another thing. That neck I just bought with the roasted maple/wenge and the Warhead headstock is a 34" neck. Normally the Warhead headstocks are only on their short-scale necks, but for whatever reason, they made a 24-fret 34" Warhead neck with roasted maple and wenge, and it was just sitting there on the showroom website. I had them put gold frets on it, and it's eventually going to end up on a mahogany body with gold hardware. That's something different for me. That's also going to be a while before it's done, as I have to modify the body to take advantage of the 24 frets.

By the way, I have another couple of 3-pickup basses in the works. One of them will have three P pickups!