I had a Warwick Thumb, and loved it for it's "warwickness", I sold it and built a Gecko 6 with wenge neck and korina body, and it rocks! I had EMGs in the Warwick, and hva Barts in the Gecko, and I think that is the main difference in tone. If you like a Warwick, I think you could do it with Warmoth parts, although a P-pickup, is not very Warwicky (?), a Jazz would be more like I think..
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I had a Warwick Thumb, and loved it for it's "warwickness", I sold it and built a Gecko 6 with wenge neck and korina body, and it rocks! I had EMGs in the Warwick, and hva Barts in the Gecko, and I think that is the main difference in tone. If you like a Warwick, I think you could do it with Warmoth parts, although a P-pickup, is not very Warwicky (?), a Jazz would be more like I think..
Warmoth birdseyes neck / Warmoth body, 60's Fender pickups, passive. This bass had a Mex Fender Precision rosewood neck before.
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Here's my second build - nothing fancy this time, but I am really diggin this bass - kind of a stripped-down workhorse if you will.
Has a 72 P alder body, tele headstock, rosewood board, jumbo frets, Basslines hot P/jazz pickups. Very punchy and growly.
Has a 72 P alder body, tele headstock, rosewood board, jumbo frets, Basslines hot P/jazz pickups. Very punchy and growly.
Warmoth birdseyes neck / Warmoth body, 60's Fender pickups, passive. This bass had a Mex Fender Precision rosewood neck before.
What top and body does that have? It's very understated yet really classy. I'm a real sucker for a natural top that isn't as crazy as highly figured maple.
Here is mine with the first coat of dye on it.
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Alder body with flame maple top
Passive seymour duncan 1/4 lbs. wired vol/vol/tone
Hipshot ultralite tuners and a style bridge
Mightymite maple neck with a rosewood board
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Alder body with flame maple top
Passive seymour duncan 1/4 lbs. wired vol/vol/tone
Hipshot ultralite tuners and a style bridge
Mightymite maple neck with a rosewood board
Swamp ash body and one pretty wild somewhat spalted ash top!
There were apparently three or four jazz bodies done by Warmoth with the tops from the same spalted plank of wood.
Here's one still there, the best one:
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My recent fretless Warmoth has been lying waiting for pickups since I don't know when. About a year probably. Now it has Big Splits in it, sounds great!
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Gecko 5-string with SD Basslines passive pups and standard jazzbass wiring.
Walnut on alder body, finished with tru-oil. Birds eye maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
She was put together in 2002.
You got a PM
I just finished building mine, a G 5.. the color is a bit off in the pictures, It's a Honey Burst. Swamp Ash with Quilt top. Barts, classic EB 5 and a classic Jazz deluxe 5 with the 3 band EQ plus the three way mid switch. The neck is rock maple with rosewood, bound and blocked in pearl, All the hardware came from Warmoth. The Bass has a solid, sweet tone with just the right amount of swamp ash pop, I got the neck and body from the showcase, the body weighs in at 4 pounds.
For all who asked for numbers - -
If I have forgotten anyone or missed someone, let me know.
1 iriegnome
2 EddieG
3 mokkat
4 Lonnybass
5 Hoover
6 68Goldfish
7 richnota
8 WarThumb
9 bgartist
10 Swamp Ash
11 danomite64
12 BEADG
13 4StringTheorist
14 The Crusader
15 canshaker
16 j3b3r
17 4FretlessMetal
18 bassclef 112
19 fishslapper
20 RDW
21 JoeBelc
22 bassviking
23 the crusader
24 Jazzonaut
25 instagator
26 songwriter21
27 datsgor
28 rs worthington
29 blockhd
If I have forgotten anyone or missed someone, let me know.
1 iriegnome
2 EddieG
3 mokkat
4 Lonnybass
5 Hoover
6 68Goldfish
7 richnota
8 WarThumb
9 bgartist
10 Swamp Ash
11 danomite64
12 BEADG
13 4StringTheorist
14 The Crusader
15 canshaker
16 j3b3r
17 4FretlessMetal
18 bassclef 112
19 fishslapper
20 RDW
21 JoeBelc
22 bassviking
23 the crusader
24 Jazzonaut
25 instagator
26 songwriter21
27 datsgor
28 rs worthington
29 blockhd
I have a new house and some renovations to worry about before I finish up, but a Warmoth body is on its way, and hopefully by the end of the year I'll have scrounged up enough components to finish it and earn a spot 'round here.
