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Me neither, especially when it's a dull brown.
this one is bright red and very transparent, works well with this shoreline gold.
I’m curious why it won’t be staying on that beautiful bass? Are you going to put it on something else?
Thanks for the compliment. But, I have a bound and blocked neck that will look even better paired up with the turquoise body. The all rosewood neck will go back on another bass that I gig fairly often. The turquoise bisonic P will be sold when I complete it.
Found/copied this from a post on the EBMM forum:
According to the e-mail from MM Customers Service:
The fret wire size of a Musicman Stingray (Not Classic, Not Special) is Jescar 47104
Width: 0.104"(2.64mm) Height: 0.047"(1.19mm)
I prefer vintage (tiny) fretwire personally. It makes the action seem and feel lower. It could all be in my mind though. But, when frets aren’t tall, the strings definitely aren’t as far away from the fretboard wood… that much is fact.
Just had my Warmoth holo-flake P-J Plek'ed and a brass nut installed. Plays, looks and sounds like a dream now!
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God, I love that color! So much, I have a P-Body in holoflake in order!
Yes. Plays very good without a finish needed.
But: when I was waiting for that neck, I had a Jazz Bass Neck on my (then) new Parts Bass, was balanced perfectly. The rosewood Neck on the other hand, is heavy af! Wouldn't personally recommend it solely on that reason.
well order placed.... now we wait. Putting a build together with a body made by someone locally. Will be a sweet passive jazz. Warmoth is supplying the wenge neck with ebony board! Two of my favorite woods. I actually decided to go with the small vintage frets in stainless steel. Pickups will be the Kloppmann 60s pickups. Will post pics later this summer when it comes together!
Did you get the steel/graphite rods? I'd be interested to see how much that neck weighs. Looking forward to the pictures later this year.
I went with the graphite to alleviate weight at least a bit. I'm using Gotoh Resolite 350s as well. I'm not really concerned about total weight, but I don't want neck dive.
My Warmoth neck, 34" scale, with graphite rods was 1.35 lb. in case anyone was wondering
My Warmoth neck, 34" scale, with graphite rods was 1.35 lb. in case anyone was wondering
What woods were used for yours?
I had a maple/ebony P bass neck that came in at 2lbs 5.2 oz. and that is after I shaved off some wood on the back. Graphite rods. You got a light one!My Warmoth neck, 34" scale, with graphite rods was 1.35 lb. in case anyone was wondering
Roasted maple, sorry, should have specified that. Also it was a Warmoth neck, with the Warmoth headstock, not the oversized Fender style headstock. Tiltback I believe it is referred to, so that alters weight as well. It is what I use on every build now, no finish, super smooth, but you can use 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 grit sandpaper for just a few minutes at each grit and it will be glassy smooth. The shop finishes them with 650 grit if memory serves. I have talked to people who have gone to 2000 and 2500 grit, I tried it, but I honestly can't tell the difference at that point, as you are removing only the tiniest bits of material doing it for a few minutes.
EDIT: FYI, every roasted maple neck I have had has come in between 1.25 and 1.5 lb, whether short scale or standard scale. I'm thinking the removal of like 99% of all moisture is removing the difference in weight vs. none roasted necks. I'm sure other woods make a difference as well, but overall you probably save at least a .5 lb in weight going roasted it seems. That way I can go for a lighter body and never worry about neck dive at all. My last P bass build is 7.25 lb.
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Anything over 400 is a waste of effort. Higher than 800, and you are polishing more than removing wood, and the fine sawdust just packs into the grooves and pores.
'Rougher' necks can be quite fast. There is an outfit that lasers a pattern into the back of the neck for improving the feel (but probably for the looks also).
Warmoth left the roasted maple neck they sold me quite rough. After some consideration, I've left it as it came to me.
It doesn't look like they even did a 320 grit pass on it but it feels wonderful.
1.25-1.50 lbs is very light, congrats!
I am putting together a J with 4.4 lbs body and 2.1 lbs neck and there is no concern about neck dive. I expect that one will be an 8.5 lbs bass.
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