Aaron Gein
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I've been wanting to put together my own bass since I was 16...ten years later I'm going to do it. I'd appreciate some input, suggestions, etc. from those with experience building Warmoth basses/guitars. Here's my plan......
-Walnut P-bass body hand tung oiled with maybe a thin layer of wipe on poly for a bit more protection.
-Maple neck with maple fret board, standard black dots, 6150 jumbo fret wire, satin finished.
-'72 P-bass pickguard in black/white/black.
-Gotoh 201 bridge, black.
-Schaller BML light tuners, black.
-Side input jack with square jack plate, black.
-I'll be having a brass nut cut for this bass when I have a pro do some final fine-tuning to the setup.
-Basslines Quarter Pounder P-pup in the normal P position.
-Basslines MM pup in the jazz position...or slightly higher than jazz position (note: I'm not trying to get an exact P and MM tone in the same bass...just looking to expand the tonal options of a standard P setup and want more options than just P+J...I'm more concerned with the P-pup being in it's sweet spot than the MM being in its).
-Aguilar OBP-3 preamp wired to have 1-vol w/push pull for active/passive select, 1-blend, mid w/push pull for mid freq select, stacked treble/bass, three way switch for series/parallel/single coil for the MM pup, all knobs black.
Now....the thing I'm trying to decide on now....
I don't think I'm going to be able to fit four knobs (two of which are stacked) and one switch, plus the OBP-3 into the standard top route cavity...right? I was originally going to go with a rear route and no pickguard but decided against it after realizing I would either need to find replacement pots with long shafts for all the pots that come with the OBP...or I would have to thin down the wood in areas to make the standard pots work. Neither of those options are things I want to tackle for my first build. On top of that I did a mock-up of my design in photoshop and really like the way the '72 pickguard looks on this thing. SO....if all that stuff won't fit in the top route (I'm assuming it won't) then I'm thinking I'll go with a top route and have Warmoth add in a rear route as well. That should give me enough room for everything and then some. I'm just a little concerned about the stability of the bass with it having a giant hole going through the whole thing. Anyone have any experience with this? Will it affect the tone of the bass much? Will it be really structurally weak? Anyone have any other thoughts?
Give me some input! I can't wait to get started on this thing! :blob7: :guitaristgif:
-Walnut P-bass body hand tung oiled with maybe a thin layer of wipe on poly for a bit more protection.
-Maple neck with maple fret board, standard black dots, 6150 jumbo fret wire, satin finished.
-'72 P-bass pickguard in black/white/black.
-Gotoh 201 bridge, black.
-Schaller BML light tuners, black.
-Side input jack with square jack plate, black.
-I'll be having a brass nut cut for this bass when I have a pro do some final fine-tuning to the setup.
-Basslines Quarter Pounder P-pup in the normal P position.
-Basslines MM pup in the jazz position...or slightly higher than jazz position (note: I'm not trying to get an exact P and MM tone in the same bass...just looking to expand the tonal options of a standard P setup and want more options than just P+J...I'm more concerned with the P-pup being in it's sweet spot than the MM being in its).
-Aguilar OBP-3 preamp wired to have 1-vol w/push pull for active/passive select, 1-blend, mid w/push pull for mid freq select, stacked treble/bass, three way switch for series/parallel/single coil for the MM pup, all knobs black.
Now....the thing I'm trying to decide on now....
I don't think I'm going to be able to fit four knobs (two of which are stacked) and one switch, plus the OBP-3 into the standard top route cavity...right? I was originally going to go with a rear route and no pickguard but decided against it after realizing I would either need to find replacement pots with long shafts for all the pots that come with the OBP...or I would have to thin down the wood in areas to make the standard pots work. Neither of those options are things I want to tackle for my first build. On top of that I did a mock-up of my design in photoshop and really like the way the '72 pickguard looks on this thing. SO....if all that stuff won't fit in the top route (I'm assuming it won't) then I'm thinking I'll go with a top route and have Warmoth add in a rear route as well. That should give me enough room for everything and then some. I'm just a little concerned about the stability of the bass with it having a giant hole going through the whole thing. Anyone have any experience with this? Will it affect the tone of the bass much? Will it be really structurally weak? Anyone have any other thoughts?
Give me some input! I can't wait to get started on this thing! :blob7: :guitaristgif: