Fat Pete said:
*From what I can see of it anyway. Suggestion for everyone - get a camera! Even a cheap one will do a better job than most phones - especially in less than ideal light.
I'll see if I can get some in focus pictures when I've finished it. :sad1:
Anyway, here are the stats, with comments by me.
Strings are Status black nylon tape, i love them on my Steinberger (converted) Fretless bass, 45- 105, not at all like the Rotosound Nylons at all. (IMHO) Hardware is Black, I don't think chrome would have looked as nice, and gold would have been just too fruity, but then it always does. :evil4:
Lightweight Gotoh tuners, expensive and to be honest slight cheap feeling, probably the aluminum they used to bring the weight down. but they look great though!
Pickups are Lace Alumatone 3.5 bass bar, which is. and will be 'Split' or possibly tapped. :icon_scratch: with a Lace Alumatone Jazz in the bridge, the output is slightly mismatched, but I'm sure I can sort it out, I've asked Lace and they say there won't be any phase issues, well, we'll see.
I went for Lace, mostly because of online reviews, especially this guy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-TVVVr-Jws[/youtube]
Hint, he thinks they suck. But then that's the problem when everything is either brilliant or Blows. :tard: Oh, and they look great. :toothy10:
Pots are Bourne, knobs will be Schaller Black just as soon as I've ordered them!
Neck:
Quantity Price
CUSTOMNECK
Style: J Bass®
Construction: Super Bass Construction $180.00
Scale: 34"
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Purpleheart $80.00 **what can I say, I like purple. It seems a very good neck wood though, good tight grain, very dense, hard to drill!
Fingerboard Wood: Ebony (Black) $45.00
Unique Choice: FB2182 $75.00 ** I went for the purest, blackest Unique Choice I could find. Ebony for a fretless was a no-brainer as they say.
Nut Width: 1-1/2" (38mm)
Back Shape: Slim Taper $35.00 ** I think this may have been a mistake, early days, but it's a lot slimmer than I'm used to, and the lack of frets make the neck effectively a couple of milimeters thinner, I know the normal is only about 2mm thicker,I'm sure I'll get used to it, and wonder what all the fuss was.
Stiffening Rods: Standard Steel Rods
Fret Size: Fretless
Tuner Ream: BML (17.5mm)
Radius: Straight 10" ** Personally I'd have liked something more curvy, but they don't do them :sad1:
Fret #: 24 $25.00
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Inlays: No Inlay ** well, yeah, it looks cooler dosn't it! not sure about the dots being at the frets, not between but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
Side Dots: White Side Dots **
String Nut: GraphTech Black TUSQ XL - Standard Nut $30.00 **I went for the slightly more expensive XL as it's apparently slightly more mid sounding which should match better with a fretless instrument, but it's unlikely I'll ever make a meaningful test to prove this. Or indeed get the urge to try.
Body:
Model: Carved Top Dinky P **Expensive, but looked loverly!
Orientation: Right handed
Scale: 34"
Wood: Walnut on Walnut $560.00 ** Yep, I went for figured Walnut, in
that finish! Ha! How do you like that Mother nature!!! No seriously, it's normal walnut, I wanted a heavy dense wood, I was going to go for Maple, but I think that might have been too heavy, so I went for something almost as heavy, and although we all know wood doesn't have an effect on tone, but according to somethings I've read the sound and 'responsiveness' ( http://www.alembic.com/info/wood_body.html ) of walnut is what I wanted. I dunno if it'll turn out like that especially with those pickups, until I finished it, but I will say it very quiet played acoustically.
Rout: Rear Rout
Pickup Rout: EMG 35, , J Bass® (Bridge, 3 3/4") ** It's actually a neck pickup size, I got a good deal on Lace Jazz- Alumatone neck, The neck and bridge Lace pickups are electrically identical. Also the smaller size looks more balanced between the bridge and 3.5" Lace Alumatone Bassbar. But it was mostly because I got it cheep :laughing7:
70s Bridge Pickup Reposition: Yes $45.00 ** I might as well go for the most burble, if I'm fitting Jazz pickups.
Controls: V-T-I (PBass) ** Will be V-V-T standard Jazz bass wiring
Bridge: Schaller 463 **I've had a look at some youtube videos, and even through that I'd prefer the (very,very) slight improvement of a through body bridge, I would have gone for a Babicz, sorry,
Babicz bridge, but as this is a fretless bass, with flatwounds which I would not like to put through a 90 degree bend that might damage the tape covering. Maybe I'm wrong, but the Schaller looks like a quality piece of engineering and will enable to get the stings spacing closer to what I'm used to. (Rickenbackers, Hofner and Steinberger, all of which have narrow string spacing)
Jack Rout: 3/4" (19mm) Side Jack Hole
Neck Pocket: Standard Bass Pocket
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Contours: Contoured Heel / Tummy Cut $35.00 **Actually I don't think this makes much difference on a bass, I'm not sure I'd bother next time, I did make sure to order the special screws from Warmoth!
