New J-Bass : blue dyed quilted maple on alder and ziricote on flame maple

[bendeg]

Oh lord...

J-Bass : blue dyed quilted maple on alder + ziricote on flame maple

Pictures : http://auxan.com/w02_jbass_blue_jeans.html

 

[baskruit]

That body is insane!!

 

[dNA]

nice. There's a Dinky P that looks like that in the showcase that's been there for a while. i almost bought it, too. very cool

what pickups are you putting in? I'm curious to hear the J/MM configuration in action

 

[m4rk0]

Nice one... nice piece of Ziricote too!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Really really cool!
Congrats

 

[bagman67]

Is there the tiniest black burst edge on that body?  That's some mighty fancy lumber ya got there.  Nice.

 

[bendeg]

Is there the tiniest black burst edge on that body?  That's some mighty fancy lumber ya got there.  Nice.

It's not a black burst (I didn't ask for a black burst...), a bit more blue dye, that makes it darker...I like it and I precisely wondered if it would be darker, and it is !

 

[NQbass7]

That body is so 3d it looks like you could fall into it!

And I love the lightning bolt look of the grain on the ziricote too.  Nice scores!

 

[Patrick]

if only i had $1000 laying around...

that is a beauty  :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

Wow. Just... wow. The beauty of the work Warmoth turns out never ceases to amaze me. You're going to be like a new mother the first time you take that somewhere away from home to play it, terrified to take your eyes off it for a second <grin>

Are those gold frets?

 

[bendeg]

Gold fret, yes, as will be all hardware.

I got them a few hours and I had to give them to my instrument maker for assembling and setup everything. I'll play with it next sunday.

To be continued...

 

[dNA]

did you keep the fender or are you selling it?

 

[bendeg]

I'll keep it and try to arrange something to be able to put a W neck, something can be done according to my instrument maker without modifying the body.

My instrument maker (on the right in the first picture) :
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=235868586&albumID=386573&imageID=22432848

The only problems : pickups will stay at their current places and the W neck heel will run a bit "out" of the body, but not too much (the old bridge mounting holes and strings-thru-body holes will still be hidden by the bridge afterwards).
The difference in length between both necks bottoms is about 2,5 to 3 cm.
Anyway, he's going to check that deeper, let's don't ruin a correct body for something worse...But I'm ready to take that risk.

If that works, I'll try to refret the old F neck myself. I've got a lot of time to think about that...

 

[Mor Paul]

Man, that's gorgeous!

 

[Soylent]

Man, that's gorgeous!

+ quite a few.

That's just about exactly what I want for my next bass. (First W bass, at that.)

 

[BassmanAK]

I'm toying around with the exact same finish, except with red dye......

 

[cmalidore]

HoLEE crap that's one krazy quilt!  Oh I do hope you show us this when it's done!

 

[Death by Uberschall]

"Blue" approves!!  :headbang1:

 

[Mor Paul]

Hate to say it, Mike, but that top's finish looks even better than Blue's  :laughing7:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Hate to say it, Mike, but that top's finish looks even better than Blue's  :laughing7:

You made "Blue" cry  :sad: