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Here are my twin alder bodies from Warmoth. Both finished with tried and true oil. Sold the P but still have the jazz. Used it at a big gig Thursday.
One thing I’ve noticed with every Warmoth body I’ve bought, they never need a shim. I’ve bought I’m guessing 10 or so bodies from them through the years.
One thing I’ve noticed with every Warmoth body I’ve bought, they never need a shim. I’ve bought I’m guessing 10 or so bodies from them through the years.
Awesome, somewhat close to mine.
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Are those Nordstrands on your Jazz? If yes, Big Blades or Zen? If no, what are they?
Funny you say that, I was the same, the only J bass I have liked is the one I built because of the Dimarzio pickups, definitely sold on their pickups LOL
I have built several basses, and a few tele's, and in my limited experience, it seems once you have the body weight, which Warmoth gives you, and they are fairly accurate (within a few ounces of what my scale says) then you can add approximately 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 lb for the neck. Roasted seems to tend to be a bit lighter than non roasted (probably from the removal of most of the moisture in the wood?) Then you have somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lb of hardware....depending on number of pickups, which tuners, bridge, knobs, etc. that you choose. My general rule of thumb now is to only consider bodies that are 4lb or less, and I am reasonably certain I will get a bass under 8 lbs, which is my goal, but if I see a deal, or a gorgeous body, I may wander into the 4.1 - 4.5lb range, but haven't had to yet. I usually use Hipshot ultralight tuners and the standard Gotoh 201 bridge and have La Bella DT flats on all my basses.
I actually built (have since sold) a satin black tele where the body was only 2 lb 15 ounces unfinished (the only reason I bought it LOL), and the whole thing was 6.7 lbs and no neck dive and didn't really go extra light on anything but the tuners, figuring any small extra weight in the body would help eliminate any neck dive, which it turns out, it did. A session player in Nashville bought that and loves how light it is.
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Oh no trouble - just my thoughts only. But when I get her done on a few more things - I will post more pics. Thanks also for your thoughts on my work.
Lenny
Hey thanks - I think I might go with a nice piece of ebony for the control plate. That would take some weight of her, when I first got her, she was at 9 pounds 4 ozs.
With the new knob set and the cut-out neck plate - I have her down to 9 pounds, I am shooting for 8 pounds 5 ozs. Next (tonight) I am going to order a 2+2 neck (had not thought about Roasted) yet. Did you have or did you finish your roasted neck? I do not like the feel of bare wood. My 71 neck after 50+ years is sweat polished really nice today.
Right now, she has a Hipshot B bridge (brass) and was thinking about aluminum??????? Also new hipshot light tuners, so you like the Gotoh bridge? That might be a better choice than the aluminum one (they tend to be a little brighter in tone).
Thanks again
Lenny
No finishes on any of my roasted maple necks, but I did sand two of them down incrementally with 800 grit, then 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 and they are glassy smooth. The others I didn't sand at all and after a couple months was just fine and very smooth. Many of the folks on the Warmoth forum never do anything to their roasted necks, but some do burnish them, or sand them fine, it only takes about 5 minutes for each grit, maybe 10-15 for when you get to 1500 and 2000 as you aren't really removing much material at that point. And yes, quite happy with the Gotoh bridge. Best of luck to you!
Hey, do they still give numbers here - I asked a while back, but no answer. Since I am down to my 2 P basses and this Warmoth short scale, I want to be a member here.
thanks
Lenny
thanks
Lenny
I posted this in the "Warmoth porn" thread, but I figured a double post would be OK.
For a while I had a bad Warmoth bug... here's what I ended up with (sorry for the iPhone photo!)
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-Flame maple top with faux binding on alder, Status neck, Fralin pickups and Stellartone (I dig the bat between the pickups!)
-Canary top on black korina, fretless Status neck, Gaetano Costanzo pickups and Stellartone
-Flame maple on ash (iirc), fretless maple neck, Seymour Duncan pickup and electronics
-Black korina top on black korina, maple neck and ebony fingerboard, Fender custom shop 60's pickups and John East U-Retro preamp
-Ash body, maple neck with ebony fingerboard, Fralin pickups and John East preamp
On the 100% Warmoth basses I made sure to put the logo on the headstock: credit where credit's due
I really like the canary top/status fretless ! ! ! ! !
Finally finished my fretless build!
I have always wanted a Koa/Ebony fretless, and when this body popped up on the TB classifieds it officially set the ball rolling.
The next step was specking out a custom neck with Warmoth, and deciding on pickups/electronics.
It took a long time to narrow down the exact components, but I’m in love with the final result!
Specs:
Warmoth all Koa body
-some sort of showroom piece. It’s beautiful in person, with a nice subtle flame present in different light.
Warmoth roasted/flamed neck with lined ebony board. Graphite rods, oil finish, abalone side dots.
Babicz Bridge
This came on the body and originally I toyed with going all Hipshot, but it sounds great and is a cool design.
Seymour Duncan Apollo pickups
I LOVE these pickups. Far surpassed my expectations, as I had only heard them in online clips. I decided to marry them to a passive circuit. 250k pots, VBT.
Hipshot UL Tuners
Dunlop Strap locks
Sadowsky Style Aluminum knobs
TI Jazz Flats
The combination of pickups, strings, and woods are my fretless dream. Can grind like a nice J should, but also give you all the woody upright approximations or Jaco burp when you want them. A really special bass.
I have always wanted a Koa/Ebony fretless, and when this body popped up on the TB classifieds it officially set the ball rolling.
The next step was specking out a custom neck with Warmoth, and deciding on pickups/electronics.
It took a long time to narrow down the exact components, but I’m in love with the final result!
Specs:
Warmoth all Koa body
-some sort of showroom piece. It’s beautiful in person, with a nice subtle flame present in different light.
Warmoth roasted/flamed neck with lined ebony board. Graphite rods, oil finish, abalone side dots.
Babicz Bridge
This came on the body and originally I toyed with going all Hipshot, but it sounds great and is a cool design.
Seymour Duncan Apollo pickups
I LOVE these pickups. Far surpassed my expectations, as I had only heard them in online clips. I decided to marry them to a passive circuit. 250k pots, VBT.
Hipshot UL Tuners
Dunlop Strap locks
Sadowsky Style Aluminum knobs
TI Jazz Flats
The combination of pickups, strings, and woods are my fretless dream. Can grind like a nice J should, but also give you all the woody upright approximations or Jaco burp when you want them. A really special bass.
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Damn, that really is a nice piece of Koa and a cool build. Congratulations.
Well my roasted maple neck came in a few weeks ago and I just got around to putting it on my purple bass. It feels amazing and plays great. The frets feel great and all I had to do was make a truss rod adjustment. I have 3 warmoth builds and I love them all!
Man I love this great club we have here. I have a weird one. Has anyone ever run into this with Warmoth.... I called a while ago to get another body exactly like one that I have. It is a solid, 1 piece, Dinky P Archtop. I was told that they do not make them. On top of that, the person I spoke with said they have never made those. When I said I actually have one and want another, he said I must have been mistaken as to where I purchased it from.
Well, I am not mistaken. I know I have a solid 1 piece White Korina Archtop Dinky P.. (circa 2001)
Well, I am not mistaken. I know I have a solid 1 piece White Korina Archtop Dinky P.. (circa 2001)
I recall this being an option and used Internet Archive to go internet spelunking.
EDIT: link didn't work, see screenshot of their website from 2005!
You'll see that the Dinky P was offered with a carved top, so maybe they just took you too literally. I'm also sad to see how many body styles they no longer offer; the Eagle and Explorer especially, but also the T-bird for folks that like Fenderbirds.
