Recent content by middlepillarpath

Yes! One of my favorite movies  :occasion14:

I've done some research into what goes into Dye finishes, and there's some absolutely gorgeous examples out there of Warmoth jobs. I'm coming straight to the source here at the UW forum to see if anyone has any examples they'd like to share, especially if it's Amber dye or Copperhead dye. I...

Thanks! In this instance I was considering taking a single-pickup instrument and running the pickup directly into the 1m impedance input of a Bartolini buffer-only preamp, and then coming out of that into a 25k volume and 25k tone pot. Additionally, I was also curious about the idea of adding...

It's well documented the effect that various potentiometer values have on tone for a passive, high-impedance signal.  250k pots allow more of the high-end to get rerouted to ground, 500k allow less and are brighter, 1m brighter still, etc. etc. My question is - when using an active/buffered...

Translucent blonde is a great color for an old '51 or '54 P-Bass, but I can understand discontinuing instead of letting customer service suffer.  Smart business decision

Thanks! That's really helpful - it seems like there's enough of a sort of amber or caramel color to the roasted maple that it would keep it away from the rich brown of the walnut.  I'll probably finish the neck with a few coats of tru oil which I think might help that caramel color pop even...

Hello everyone, Been playing bass for a while now and have decided that I want to plan for my next bass to be a Warmoth - custom from the ground up. I've already decided on just about everything in terms of pickups, hardware, etc. but I've reached a crossroads when it comes to the appearance of...