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Warmoth short-scale build?

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markham

Jan 29, 2011
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Durham, NC
www.mark-williams.com
#1
Hi everyone,

I'm thinking of putting together a short scale bass from Warmoth, and I'm wondering if anyone here has done it, and if so, how they've liked the results.

I would probably be going for the Jazz bass shape, but I'd like a P in the neck and a J in the bridge. Has anyone tried this from them before? If so, does the P rout seem to be in the ideal position tonally, seeing as how it's short scale? How about the short neck? Has that proven to be good?

I'm wanting to get a short scale, and I'm sort of guessing this would be a higher-quality route than going with a new Mustang. Does that seem right? I've never owned a short scale before, so I feel a bit lost on this...

Thanks for the help!
 
#3
Wow! Excellent! Thanks so much for pointing me to that, JohnK. Apologies that i didn't see that earlier before I asked the question.

I'm considering moving into the world of 30" scale basses, and right now I'm thinking of either a Mustang or a Warmoth build. I'm wanting a P-style sound more than a J-style, but I don't know how well a P pickup translates onto a Warmoth short scale build. Any thoughts from anyone on this?
 
#6
I was browsing the Warmoth site looking for short scale necks and couldn't find any...

Can someone post a link?

:help:

I did find this strange little bit of text, though...

"Note: Most of our necks are supplied with mounting holes drilled. You may request to leave the mounting holes not drilled for an additional $15. "

W t F ? :eyebrow: :rollno:
 
#9
joeyl said:
It's called using a CNC routine, if something is standard, then any changes will result in delay while the machine is reprogrammed.
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That's silly.

One routine with neck holes, one without...

$15 upcharge to load one routine instead of another?

I've had issues in the past with similar arglebargle from Warmoth.

Thx for the link. Those look like nice necks.
 
#10
markham said:
I would probably be going for the Jazz bass shape, but I'd like a P in the neck and a J in the bridge. Has anyone tried this from them before? If so, does the P rout seem to be in the ideal position tonally, seeing as how it's short scale? How about the short neck? Has that proven to be good?
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Quick FYI regarding pickup positioning on the short scale bodies. We looked at the pickup positions on the 34" scale bodies and scaled them down to the 32" scale bodies to maintain the same relative position. In other words, the pickup positions have been move to maintain the same relative location. It will be a little different with the 30" neck though.
 
#11
wyliee said:
Quick FYI regarding pickup positioning on the short scale bodies. We looked at the pickup positions on the 34" scale bodies and scaled them down to the 32" scale bodies to maintain the same relative position. In other words, the pickup positions have been move to maintain the same relative location. It will be a little different with the 30" neck though.
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Wow, thanks for that info, wyliee. I could've made a mistake there for sure. Do you guys have the capability of routing the pickup cavities at the "sweet spots" for those of us wanting to build a 30" instead of a 32"?
 
#12
-=DanAtkinson=- said:
I'm confident a Warmoth would smoke a Mustang for overall quality and tone. One of these days I'll get around to building a 32" Warmoth J relic (in nitro of course).
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I think this is true to the extent that if you want something like a J or a P Bass in 30" scale, Warmoth is obviously the way to go. But the Mustang has its own voice and personality and I think it's safe to say that a Warmoth isn't going to give you that.
 
#13
honeyiscool said:
I think this is true to the extent that if you want something like a J or a P Bass in 30" scale, Warmoth is obviously the way to go. But the Mustang has its own voice and personality and I think it's safe to say that a Warmoth isn't going to give you that.
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+1
i agee completely. i really like mustangs the way they are.
 

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