Ok, I've been working on a mostly non-warmoth build for the past few months and it's almost done. The inspiration and cornerstone for this was a slab of Warmoth Mahogany. I shaved-off about 1/4" and added a thin laminate of White Oak and a Walnut top I bought from ExoticWoods.com. Cut it out with my Jazz bass template, did all the routing, contouring and shaping. Sent that puppy off to Pat Wilkins for some of that super-nice clear coat. Slapped an Allparts bound Jazz neck on it with a logo I made that says "Flounder" in the Fender script, a set of EMGs (35TW in the neck, 35CS, bridge), and a 3-band EMG preamp, Hipshot vintage bridge and tuners. And here's what she looks like now:
This bass sounds delicious. Still have some work on the playability side. I think I'm going to have to re-do the nut, maybe.
This is the first piece of wood to escape my new shop alive and I'm purty proud. Sorry it's not a full Warmoth, fellas, but I thought you'd appreciate it. And it does have Warmoth blood in it, after all.
Also: Special thanks to SkuttleFunk for his input on this project!!
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This bass sounds delicious. Still have some work on the playability side. I think I'm going to have to re-do the nut, maybe.
This is the first piece of wood to escape my new shop alive and I'm purty proud. Sorry it's not a full Warmoth, fellas, but I thought you'd appreciate it. And it does have Warmoth blood in it, after all.
Also: Special thanks to SkuttleFunk for his input on this project!!