General Design Play

[ghotiphry]

Resurrecting my design thread.  :dontknow:

I'm thinking of something on the "cheap" so to speak.  I'm very careful with how I treat my basses, and I absolutely freak if I happen to bump one on something.  I want to do something that will age/relic gracefully, that I can sling around, ding up, and it comes begging back for more.  Something like this.

Question, however.  Do the black block fret inlays add or subtract from the whole?

 

[Cagey]

They do seem a bit much, but if I had to have 'board markers I could go either way.

 

[rgand]

I prefer the dots because they don't command so much attention.

If you want one you don't have to worry about, just get a body off ebay and use that with no improvements other than the electronics you want. Slap a good Warmoth neck on it and bingo! You then have one that works great and is not going to make you cringe when you lay it on a gravel driveway or drag it across the corner of your fireplace mantle. :blob7:

 

[Sovereign_13]

On the one hand, there's a nice parallel between the single-coil pickup shape and the block shape.

On the other hand, I just like the dots better.  Not sure why.  Maybe the blocks feel too fancy for how simple and no-nonsense the body is?

 

[rgand]

OK, how about modding one of these? A friend of mine got a Squier JM and is currently modding it into what he wants.

 

[ghotiphry]

OK, how about modding one of these? A friend of mine got a Squier JM and is currently modding it into what he wants.

Same price as the Warmoth body, but unfinished.  I'm thinking a tru oil finish.  Or a similarly cost-effective easy-to-apply self finish, after I read a bit.

 

[rgand]

OK, how about modding one of these? A friend of mine got a Squier JM and is currently modding it into what he wants.

Same price as the Warmoth body, but unfinished.  I'm thinking a tru oil finish.  Or a similarly cost-effective easy-to-apply self finish, after I read a bit.

I've been experimenting with Minwax Wipe-on Poly as one alternative. I look forward to seeing what you do for this.