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Love the 3 pickups! Wonder what it sounds like with all 3 of them or even the first two ????
I was originally thinking about a reverse p upfront. On my other fretless j bass with warmoth neck (epoxy and roasted) the front pickup stays off. On my one fretted bass, a pj , I like to blend in a bit of the p pickup.That pj has a fender on the p and a duncan hot jazz and it really roars.
Just a question for those who have asked questions of Warmoth or contacted them by email. How many times do you have to write to them and how long do you usually wait before they get back to you?
For me, and this is recently, only once per inquiry and within a day or two.
Yeah, I've emailed them a couple of times and tried to get through by phone. It's a pretty straightforward question. I've been trying for about 3 weeks. Hopefully soon.
I have answered an email FROM THEM, where they asked about the binding in my order. The back and forth was pretty prompt. As far as me initiating a question I had to call the 253-845-0403 number. I believe I just kept calling until someone answered. Got my answer and that was it. However, during this call I was told that Warmoth is severely under staffed.
I'd post a video demonstrating it if I wasn't such a technophobe and could figure out how to do it. But there are a couple of sound clips that's I'll post here (pay no attention to the P bass in the avatar). On the second track, people have commented about the bass tone -- there were no effects used on that track, that was just me digging in to compensate for strings that were older than I would have liked.
FWIW, my guitar player says it's the best sounding bass he's ever heard.
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@BlueTalon thanks for posting ! You sound great and that second track sounds clear and outstanding! Three might be the way to go
Edit: years ago I saw and spoke to Neil Murray who has a double reverse p on this tour and as you can hear , it sounds outstanding. Hi can only imagine if he had 3!
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@BlueTalon thanks for posting ! You sound great and that second track sounds clear and outstanding! Three might be the way to go
Edit: years ago I saw and spoke to Neil Murray who has a double reverse p on this tour and as you can hear , it sounds outstanding. Hi can only imagine if he had 3!
Thank you for the compliment! Since you seem somewhat interested, I'll give you the rundown on this bass. The pickups are Fender Super 55 pickups -- split coil, hum canceling, and IMO the best J pickup Fender ever made. The electronics on it are passive. Each pickup has its own volume & tone control, plus there's a master V/T control (all tone controls are no-load), and a 6-position Turnstyle Switch. The Turnstyle is really the secret sauce to this bass.
Position one gives me full manual control of the pickups. Positions 2-6 are voice presets, wherein the individual controls are bypassed. The voices are hardwired to sound like a jazz, a P bass, a Rickenbacker, a Thunderbird, and drive. It looks complicated, but the vast majority of the time on stage, I only use the Turnstyle and the master volume. Two knobs, that's it. In practice, it's very simple and easy to use.
Now, I must be honest and say that the individual tone controls were unnecessary. They're fun to have, but for the purposes of performing, one master tone could have done the job. But I'm glad I did it the way I did it. I had the idea in my head to use really small capacitors to have a manageable tone system. The trick was finding someone who wouldn't just dismiss my idea as impossible or me as nuts. The idea worked, and my bass turned out to be a great proof-of-concept vehicle.
I'm also having Turnstyle do the electronics on a 3-pickup Rickenbacker-inspired bass I'm having built. It will be essentially the same electronics package, but with only one tone control this time. The pickups on this one are Q-Tuner EMG-style pickups. I also have a 3-pickup P bass in the works (a Warmoth jazz body with three non-reverse P pickups) (more on that when it gets closer to being).
Kellingsound also has a 12 position rotary varitone, along with a tone of other cool, solderless items.
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The Turnstyle is a rotary switch, but it's not a varitone. Well, it could be a varitone if you chose to have it wired that way. It would also be a pickup selector switch. In my case, it's a voice selector switch. It could be pretty much anything you want, because it starts out essentially as a rotary blank slate.
In fact, when I first proposed my bass idea to him, Michael at Turnstyle suggested using it as a pickup selector, I think since the idea of a three pickup bass was new to him. But I was intrigued by the idea of voice presets, which he does on one- or two-pickup basses. I ended up sending him some links to online videos, and saying things like, "The sound at 1:40 and 2:35 is the Thunderbird sound I want." It was then his job to wire that sound into one of the switch positions.
How he does that without needing a preamp is beyond me. Heck, when I pull the cover off the back, it doesn't even look like anything. All I know is that whatever he did gave me the most tonally flexible bass I have ever owned.
In fact, when I first proposed my bass idea to him, Michael at Turnstyle suggested using it as a pickup selector, I think since the idea of a three pickup bass was new to him. But I was intrigued by the idea of voice presets, which he does on one- or two-pickup basses. I ended up sending him some links to online videos, and saying things like, "The sound at 1:40 and 2:35 is the Thunderbird sound I want." It was then his job to wire that sound into one of the switch positions.
How he does that without needing a preamp is beyond me. Heck, when I pull the cover off the back, it doesn't even look like anything. All I know is that whatever he did gave me the most tonally flexible bass I have ever owned.
Thankyou for the detailed info on The puckups and the capacitors and switches.. I love the look for the ric inspired bass too. The switch seems to open a world of possibilities to your tone, especially on stage . It’s a great idea for sure.
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Still not quite finished but had to share my progress. This was bare wood when I started. Still playing it acoustic while I wait on a few things to start soldering. It's an amazing player. Massive heavy tone.
NEVER! That bass is my soul. Just building a smaller version and back up. One I can walk around the house with without fear of impaling someone 33 years I've gone without a backup, and this is fun, building a bass
I posted this over on the Warmoth forum, but wanted to give an update here.
It took 20 weeks to receive my order, which was the 72 p bass body in white pearl, matte black single ply pickguard, and an all wenge jazz neck with pearl blocks and no binding. The body arrived on Tuesday the 4th, and as soon as I opened it I noticed right away a very noticeable flaw in the finish. This had to have happened before the clear went on or the clear would have been peeling as well. There are various reasons that can cause paint to peel like that, but for it to not have been caught anywhere in the process is a little bit of a head scratcher. Whoever buffed it should have seen it a mile away. It covers an area approximately 3" x 3" and is very easy to see. Colors adjusted to show contrast or due to lighting conditions when I took the photos. The files are larger so you can see it, so heads up when you click on one. Customer service was emailed on the 4th and I'm still awaiting their response.
EDIT - Just received a response from Spike and they are sending me a return label.
It took 20 weeks to receive my order, which was the 72 p bass body in white pearl, matte black single ply pickguard, and an all wenge jazz neck with pearl blocks and no binding. The body arrived on Tuesday the 4th, and as soon as I opened it I noticed right away a very noticeable flaw in the finish. This had to have happened before the clear went on or the clear would have been peeling as well. There are various reasons that can cause paint to peel like that, but for it to not have been caught anywhere in the process is a little bit of a head scratcher. Whoever buffed it should have seen it a mile away. It covers an area approximately 3" x 3" and is very easy to see. Colors adjusted to show contrast or due to lighting conditions when I took the photos. The files are larger so you can see it, so heads up when you click on one. Customer service was emailed on the 4th and I'm still awaiting their response.
EDIT - Just received a response from Spike and they are sending me a return label.
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Turn that Bass uppppp!!!! You sound great
second track mix sounds better and live
Love that guitarist
