Hey guys,
I recently pulled the trigger on a new Warmoth project. First one in years. Not sure how it's going to pan out but it'll be fun.
This is also my first time posting here. When I was looking at the parts I did a Google search and stumbled on to this place. This appears to be a great community with a wealth of knowledge so I'm looking forward to sharing and learning with you all on this project.
The first bass I owned was a '72 P-bass. Alder body, maple neck, rosewood board. There was a chime when I popped on a fresh set of D'Addario XL's on it that I fell in love with and miss. Since then I've owned Tobias, Ibanez and Yamaha basses and have most recently been playing a 5-string HH Stingray 5. Currently I think I'm feeling the Jazz thing, and missing the tone of my original P...So here comes this project...
I've got an alder Z5 body with J-Bass pickup routes, a maple neck with ebony board, and a 3+2 Warmoth headstock. The neck is fretted with SS frets and the body has the contoured neck pocket. All of the hardware is chrome right now. The body was already drilled for the TK5 bridge and I've seen at least one person frown on it. I'm hoping that it's not that big of a deal but would be curious if a Hipshot would be a direct bolt on replacement. I might look into that if I'm not happy with the TK5.
I have a pair of Bartolini J-Bass pickups rolling in as well and will at first do a passive config. I've got four control holes in the body so I might do a vol-vol-push/pull (active/passive) tone-stacked bass/treb setup in the end.
The Warmoth parts will be here on Monday and I should have it bolted together Monday night. I'll at least be able to get an idea of the acoustic tone of the instrument.
I'm thinking that I'll tung-oil finish the back of the neck, and I'm thinking about a dark stain/dye on the body. I'm tossed about gloss or matte finish on the body. A black dye, with gloss finish and chrome hardware will look somewhat striking but I'm concerned about it being somewhat cheap looking. I've also been thinking that maybe a red would be nice too.
Oh well...Get there when I get there.
Thanks in advance for any help I get.
James
I recently pulled the trigger on a new Warmoth project. First one in years. Not sure how it's going to pan out but it'll be fun.
This is also my first time posting here. When I was looking at the parts I did a Google search and stumbled on to this place. This appears to be a great community with a wealth of knowledge so I'm looking forward to sharing and learning with you all on this project.
The first bass I owned was a '72 P-bass. Alder body, maple neck, rosewood board. There was a chime when I popped on a fresh set of D'Addario XL's on it that I fell in love with and miss. Since then I've owned Tobias, Ibanez and Yamaha basses and have most recently been playing a 5-string HH Stingray 5. Currently I think I'm feeling the Jazz thing, and missing the tone of my original P...So here comes this project...
I've got an alder Z5 body with J-Bass pickup routes, a maple neck with ebony board, and a 3+2 Warmoth headstock. The neck is fretted with SS frets and the body has the contoured neck pocket. All of the hardware is chrome right now. The body was already drilled for the TK5 bridge and I've seen at least one person frown on it. I'm hoping that it's not that big of a deal but would be curious if a Hipshot would be a direct bolt on replacement. I might look into that if I'm not happy with the TK5.
I have a pair of Bartolini J-Bass pickups rolling in as well and will at first do a passive config. I've got four control holes in the body so I might do a vol-vol-push/pull (active/passive) tone-stacked bass/treb setup in the end.
The Warmoth parts will be here on Monday and I should have it bolted together Monday night. I'll at least be able to get an idea of the acoustic tone of the instrument.
I'm thinking that I'll tung-oil finish the back of the neck, and I'm thinking about a dark stain/dye on the body. I'm tossed about gloss or matte finish on the body. A black dye, with gloss finish and chrome hardware will look somewhat striking but I'm concerned about it being somewhat cheap looking. I've also been thinking that maybe a red would be nice too.
Oh well...Get there when I get there.
Thanks in advance for any help I get.
James