Jack's First Base

[jackthehack]

Saw the absurdly underpriced body and the Showcase, and the build was inevitable


Quilt on Alder body:

AAAAA Birdeye Maple neck w/ Bocote fretboard:

Will vintage the hell out of the neck with Fender Neck Amber then nitro lacquer; all black hardware, vintage wiring, Rio Grande Muy Grande J Bass PUs. Should rock....

 

[bpmorton777]

Nice Bass, dude! This means you'll have to buy a bass amp if you dont already have one. :laughing7:

Brian

 

[RLW]

Woof! Very nice.

 

[jackthehack]

The "normal" channel of my '79 Fender 75 with a single Eminence Big Ben 15" speaker works just fine as a bass amp.

 

[willyk]

The neck looks sensational Jack. Put some big ear tuners on that one  :icon_thumright:

 

[nathan a]

Really great lookin body there. I maybe would have liked to see the neck without inlays though. Ah, the showcase

 

[SkuttleFunk]

for a truly vintage sounding instrument, ditch the Rio's and load it with a Nordstrand NJ4 set

if you want to get more modern sounding, utilize a NJ4SE set. these are split coil. and will bring you humcancelling even when running a pickup solo. NJ4SE's are my first choice for J-style pickups, and a perennial customer favorite when tested against other J-bass pickups

all the best,

R

 

[jackthehack]

Already ordered the RGs; wasn't necessarily going for 100% vintage; I've been real happy with all the RG guitar PUs that I've used so far, the JBass Muy Grandes are have a little higher output than vintage type JBass sets, and be a little "punchier", that's kind of what I was shooting for, we'll see out it turns out.

 

[guitlouie]

That is a very cool looking neck, man.  I see that your wise aesthetic choices translate well to the lower register of stringed doo-hickeys.

 

[jackthehack]

I've got a friend that's been on me to build him a Warmoth Jazz bass for more than 6 months now, but he can't ever make up his mind on body/finish. Saw those parts and figure if I build/finish it and stick it in his hands he'll take it.

 

[Alfang]

You oughta tease him with it first, tell him another friend knows how to make up his mind.

And btw, you might wanna keep it yourself :guitarplayer2:

 

[jackthehack]

He saw the pics in this thread today - SOLD!

 

[jackthehack]

Got quantumview message, everything should be here Thursday...

 

[ognolman]

Wow, that is going to be super-sweet...  I love that Bocote board.  Very cool.

JBD

 

[jackthehack]

Parts in today; shooting the birdeye with Fender Neck Amber @ work... Pics later...

 

[jackthehack]

Pics aren't great, but here they are; birdeye on neck is incredible and pics don't do justice. Guess I should send it all back due to the knots in the bocote board and quilt top...  :laughing7:

 

[m4rk0]

That is going to be a great Bass!!
there's definetly something wrong with the maple though, better send it back!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Awesome!
But it's really that problem... send it back, but mind the adress change from warmoth, now they are in Brazil  :toothy12:

 

[bpmorton777]

Hey Jack

did that neck come with the nut pre-slottet? they dont mention this on the bass neck info page.

Brian

 

[jackthehack]

Yes; I don't know why it's not on the page but you can custom order it, or if you buy a neck off the Showcase the option's there for corian or graphite nuts just as for guitar necks.