Maybe you should talk to Eric? He's the one that seems to nicest to talk to over there. (Wyliee)
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Maybe you should talk to Eric? He's the one that seems to nicest to talk to over there. (Wyliee)
Did you look down in there with a flashlight? He may have caught himself and only went down a 1/4 or something. If the drill was setup for the string through, obviously he would have gone all the way through. But just looks like they forgot to change the bit. If they use a smaller pilot on a template, he may have gotten confused and reamed out the bridge one by accident while he was reaming the string holes. If you want to keep that one, I'm sure they could fix it. They could just fill it and re-drill. You'd barely be able to tell.
It looks like they just used the wrong bit on accident and realized it before they did all the holes. They didnt just go down 1/4 in. Thats one of the things bothering me a bit more than anything. Its obvious they know a mistake was made and someone just didnt want their neck on the line for it. Its not like they drilled all of the holes the same and dint notice. I dont really care if they can fix it and i can barely tell. Ill still know and it will bother me to no end. If i dont get an email reply on monday ill call and talk to either Eric or Spike. Since i still need a neck maybe we can work something out in that area. Sorry, now im starting to rant a bit and im sure nobody wants to read it. lol
Im not really mad at warmoth, just a bit dissapointed. If they handle everything well i wont hold the mistake against them.
Im not really mad at warmoth, just a bit dissapointed. If they handle everything well i wont hold the mistake against them.
Hi guys,
I'm on vacation right now and checking TB from the beach in Cancun. (Yes, I am that obsessive/compulsive.)
First guess is an index hole overlayed with the mounting hole. If that's the case, the center hole will take the standard screw just fine. Don't quote me as I have sunburn on the brain. Regardless, definitely check in the [email protected] and see what Rob has to say.
The center hole does not seem to take the right screw. The pic make not show it well but its a decent amount larger than the other 2 holes. I emailed warmoth already so ill see what they say. Thanks for taking the time to respond while on vacation Eric.
I get that you're not happy, but I'm just saying... You said the wood is one of a kind and you don't want to wait again. So realistically, what does that leave? They can glue a dowel down in there, put a drop of stain on it, and seriously... once it's drilled again, all you'd see is a little tiny rim of brown color, which isn't going to show anyway. I understand wanting stuff to be perfect, believe me... But I've found life is a heck of a lot easier on your nervous system if you just try to make lemonade.
Yeah i know what you mean. Im hoping the screws my bridge has are different tan the ones my friend had on his bass. Apparently the larger hole is normal.
I can't believe my luck in finding this used lined fretless jazz that feels nicer than any other I've played in recent memory.
The neck is flamed maple with a pau ferro fretboard with wooden lines and a vintage gloss finish. The body is transparent alder gloss finish with a quilted maple top that looks like a red burst, as the finish fades to opaque on the top edges before the sides are reached. The bass is rear-routed for controls and a 9V tip-out battery compartment.
The pickups are active EMG Jazz style with the BTC Pre-Amp (pots are volume, pickup blend, stacked treble/bass). The hardware is all black, with Hipshot ultralight clover tuners and a Leo Quan Badass II Bridge. The bass weighs about 8 lbs and has only one slight dent along the bottom edge and no visible scratches--it looks new!
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The neck is flamed maple with a pau ferro fretboard with wooden lines and a vintage gloss finish. The body is transparent alder gloss finish with a quilted maple top that looks like a red burst, as the finish fades to opaque on the top edges before the sides are reached. The bass is rear-routed for controls and a 9V tip-out battery compartment.
The pickups are active EMG Jazz style with the BTC Pre-Amp (pots are volume, pickup blend, stacked treble/bass). The hardware is all black, with Hipshot ultralight clover tuners and a Leo Quan Badass II Bridge. The bass weighs about 8 lbs and has only one slight dent along the bottom edge and no visible scratches--it looks new!
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Ooh! Me, please.
Birds-eye maple/rosewood neck/fingerboard (with scroll work at end of fretboard and mother of pearl and abalone inlay in headstock), Walnut body finished in gun-stock oil (about 30 coats in all over grain filler) and hand-burnished car wax (at least five coats) - tough as nails, Grover tuners, Schaller bridge, stacked pots (Volume/Tone, Volume/Tone, Master Volume/Sweep), Seymour Duncan (pre-"Bass-Lines") Hot Stack Jazz matched set pickups, end-pin jack, machine screw inserts in neck pocket with screws in ferrules on neck (i.e. no neck plate). The neck was finished in Shellac by Phil Kubicki.
Birds-eye maple/rosewood neck/fingerboard (with scroll work at end of fretboard and mother of pearl and abalone inlay in headstock), Walnut body finished in gun-stock oil (about 30 coats in all over grain filler) and hand-burnished car wax (at least five coats) - tough as nails, Grover tuners, Schaller bridge, stacked pots (Volume/Tone, Volume/Tone, Master Volume/Sweep), Seymour Duncan (pre-"Bass-Lines") Hot Stack Jazz matched set pickups, end-pin jack, machine screw inserts in neck pocket with screws in ferrules on neck (i.e. no neck plate). The neck was finished in Shellac by Phil Kubicki.
Actually, I find it quite attractive, and ergonomic. I used to have a cheap Hohner headless bass (wish I still had that one) which had the controls in the same line and I just go used to having them there.
That's gorgeous! Looks like you lucked out and got a dinky J body on it too. Nice!
When we (myself and now-super-Luthier Michael S. Haney) built mine we used the standard string-through-body ferrules, and then put machine-screw inserts into the neck itself. The machine screws (Allen head) were a perfect fit. This was about 15 years ago, before this kind of neck attachment was popular. Never had any movement on the join.
Just an update on my bridge out problem. Robert from Warmoth got back with me and said it was normal. However he said only the first 1/3in is supposed to be the larger size and then it goes down to the smaller size. The problem with mine is the entire hole is the larger size, not just the first 1/3in. I suppose if the screw wont fit as is ill just dowel it.
Since it was mentioned before about the string through making it a non issue. I got the string through option with the hipshot bridge so i could use a larger variety of strings. Although ill probably use string through most of the time i doubt ill use it all of the time.
Also, im happy with how warmoth handled my problem but they need to be more careful in the future not to drill the hole that way for other people.
Since it was mentioned before about the string through making it a non issue. I got the string through option with the hipshot bridge so i could use a larger variety of strings. Although ill probably use string through most of the time i doubt ill use it all of the time.
Also, im happy with how warmoth handled my problem but they need to be more careful in the future not to drill the hole that way for other people.
So is there a little nub on the bottom of the bridge that acts as a locator in that hole? That would make sense, as it would further prevent any type of slippage.
No
What exactly are you asking? lol
The center screw hole to mount the bridge was just drilled widee deeper than it was supposed to be.
What exactly are you asking? lol
The center screw hole to mount the bridge was just drilled widee deeper than it was supposed to be.
You said they said that was normal, so I was trying to understand why that would be normal. I was guessing that there was some sort of locator pin on the bottom of the bridge that goes down into that hole along with the screw, which would make it even less likely that it ever drift forward.
Wow, I didn't notice. Kewl!
My crystal ball tells me that you will have a super-lightweight (chambered, perhaps?), blue Warmoth in your future, n'est-ce pas?
