Flame koa gecko 6 string

[klangster]

Got home from work today and had 2 boxes waiting for me!!!!
I am so impressed huge thanks to all at Warmoth you guys rule.
I put a coat of sealer on tonight and I will start with the tru oil tomorrow

 

[Pelagaard]

Woah!!

 

[TBurst Std]

Offer us the details of this build. This so looks like a Gecko build I have been wanting to do.

 

[swarfrat]

Nice, but whats with the one fret? :laughing8:

 

[Great Ape]

STUNNING!!! :redflag:

 

[klangster]

Offer us the details of this build. This so looks like a Gecko build I have been wanting to do.

So far it is flame koa from the unique choice section a on walnut body, and wenge neck with black ebony fingerboard I think the strips are bubinga. I ma making wood covers for the electronics rout and truss cover out of the strip of figured wood in one of the pics, I am not sure what the wood is. It has been routed for p4 shape pickups and I have a set of Delano sbc pickups with a delano pre amp on order( back ordered could take any where from 2 to 16 weeks). And I will be getting a Hipshot A style bridge.

Nice, but whats with the one fret? :laughing8:

I just like to play one note on 6 strings :laughing7:

 

[swarfrat]

There's been a lot of music made doing it on 4, why not?

There was a story on the old rec.music.makers.bass i think (remember news forums? If we had just called it social media we coulda been gazillionairs) of a bassist  who had to take a leak doing so while playing Gloria.  (Offstage, from the mebs room via wireless)

 

[drewfx]

Looks awesome!  :headbang:

 

[greywolf]

WOW , that is going to be spectacular!

 

[Jack Michaelson]

Nice!

 

[bagman67]

Oh ferchrissakes.  Flame koa is like porn shot by Sven Nyqvist starring Catherine Deneuve.  Which I think would be a pretty sexy thing.

 

[tubby.twins]

Very very nice.

 

[line6man]

Exceptional!

I love seeing unlined Geckos. They are far too rare.

 

[klangster]

Thanks to all, of course all the credit goes to Warmoth for such excellent workmanship! here are a couple more picks after taking advantage of three warm dry day to add tru oil, and shaping a rout cover.

and just for fun a sitar that I have in the shop getting the same treatment.

P.S. I plan on using magnets for the rout cover, any one know what weight adhesive magnets work best for this?

 

[TBurst Std]

Any updates?

 

[TBurst Std]

Come on, give us an update 

 

[klangster]

Sorry I missed that.
  So the finish is done and I have put on the tuners and bridge and strung it up and done a basic set up but I am still waiting for the Delano pickupsand pre-amp that are on back order. It plays and sounds amazing acoustically I can say even without the pickups that this bass is exactly what I was hoping for. I will post a few more picks when I get home

 

[klangster]

Update: I just made a thread in the completed gecko section