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deepestend
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I have been going thru the Warmoth pages - anyone have a J style bass with the 2+2 headstock. I would like to see what it would look like.
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Thank you - I have a Warmoth Jazz 30" with the 4 in a row headstock but thinking about getting a 2+2 also.
thanks for the pic.
I kind of wish I'd gotten a Warmoth 2+2 headstock instead of the Fender style. I also have a little regret about not ordering a fretless neck. Pardon me, I think I might be feeling a little GASsy.
I got a neck with a 2x2 headstock to go with a jazz body, and when I put them together, it just looked wrong to me. At some point I'm going to order a G4 body to go with that neck.
That is why I want the 2+2. So it looks different that the 4 in a row.
Oh, I'm not locked into the 4-in-a-row look. I like the 2+2 look. But not on a FSO. It just doesn't work for me.
Agreed, and I have found they are generally about a 1/4 pound lighter, so I can go with a lighter body with zero neck dive. My 34" scale comes in at 6.8 lbs total, even the 2 short scales are 6.8 and 7.3 lb respectively. The big oversized fender style head stock just seems boring and repetitive to me and since I was building my own, I figured why not do it differently? But different choices for different folks, nothing wrong with that!
I do get a lot of other bass players and even guitar players/drummers asking what I am playing just because the look is unique, and haven't met anyone yet that doesn't love the different look.
deepestend
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I actually switched this back to two thunderblades. The two different pickups had very different outputs, so it didn't make sense to have this setup.
Agreed, and I have found they are generally about a 1/4 pound lighter, so I can go with a lighter body with zero neck dive. My 34" scale comes in at 6.8 lbs total, even the 2 short scales are 6.8 and 7.3 lb respectively. The big oversized fender style head stock just seems boring and repetitive to me and since I was building my own, I figured why not do it differently? But different choices for different folks, nothing wrong with that!
I do get a lot of other bass players and even guitar players/drummers asking what I am playing just because the look is unique, and haven't met anyone yet that doesn't love the different look.
Thanks - I am trying to take some weight off my bass and your text helped me. I first removed the heavy metal concentric knobs and replaced with plastic. Then the neck plate I replaced with a carved designed one. Next, I was going to have a polished aluminum control plate to replace the metal on. Next was an aluminum bridge for the brass one. But now I am going to order a new 2+2 neck. Thanks again
LennyJ
If weight reduction is your purpose, then an aluminum bridge is the right move. However, if balance & eliminating neck dive are your goals, you're probably better off with the brass bridge.
The Aluminum bridge is the last step if needed. The aluminum bridge has a brighter tone than the brass bridge.
When all is done, I will put a list of what I did to get it down.
L
I did read your response to my posts - the only difference I bring to the table is I do not care if it does not look right as far as a jazz bass. You and 13bass have given me some good ideas and now I will see where it leads me. The pictures 13bass sent me of his basses are really nice-looking bass with the 2+2 on a jazz body.
And if you read one of my earlier posts - I have owned many jazz basses and hated everyone. To me they sound terrible, and this is the first jazz style bass I actually like the sound and the way it plays.
So far - plastic concentric knobs and cut out design neck plate ready to install. Warmoth 2+2 headstock and aluminum control plate om order to replace heavy metal one.
This is the bass at the beginning - no changes.
In case I wasn't clear, and it appears I wasn't, when I said the 2x2 neck on a FSO body looks wrong, I speak only for my own tastes and my own basses. I would never tell anyone that their bass looks wrong (even if I think it does)(unless I was pressed on the issue), especially when the rest of the bass is of obvious objective quality and subjective beauty.
I'll be interested to see your finished product.
This body is actually a Fender 60th Anniversary but the pickguard is a Warmoth design. (The alternative was to have a '51 style guard & plate. I don't like mixing that with the split coil pickup.)
I always wanted to see this with a Tele style neck with a rosewood board. The right one finally came along and wouldn't you know, it's Warmoth. I think that's enough to qualify this as a Warmoth bass. (Not about to put a Fender decal on that headstock. Why give them any credit when this neck sets up so much better?)
I always wanted to see this with a Tele style neck with a rosewood board. The right one finally came along and wouldn't you know, it's Warmoth. I think that's enough to qualify this as a Warmoth bass. (Not about to put a Fender decal on that headstock. Why give them any credit when this neck sets up so much better?)
