Bob Hoover Ross
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I've had this Warmoth 5-string fretless J-type bass for about 10 years now. It was purchased second-hand and judging by all the lacquer checking on the body finish, it was either quite a few years old already at the time I bought it, or else the previous owner left it in the icebox just before playing underneath hot stage lights!
Here's the bass:
Having just recently acquired another (admittedly nicer) fretless 5-string (a Rob Allen MB-2, in case you're wondering) I now want to change this Warmoth to either a fretted 5-string or (preferably) an 8-string. So I want to re-use this body & electronics, and put a new Warmoth neck onto it.
Here's my problem: According to Warmoth's website (http://www.warmoth.com/bass/options/options_bass_neck_pocket.cfm) the neck pocket dimensions for a 5-string body should be 100mm x 74mm, and the neck pocket dims for a 4-string body (which the Warmoth 8-string neck fits) should be 3.875" x 2.5"
My bass appears to be neither of those dimensions!
As best as I can tell, the neck pocket dims of my bass are 3.8125" x 2.625". (In metric that works out to 96.83mm x 66.68mm)
So either
A) I have a completely unique freak of a bass body that's not compatible with any current Warmoth necks; or
B) this is simply within the typical margin of error in Warmoth's published dimensions (which seems unlikely; and even if it were true, I'm still not sure which neck would fit my body); or
C) I suck at taking & reading measurements!
In case C is the likely answer, I humbly submit photos of my neck pocket & neck heel with a steel straightedge ruler:
neck pocket
neck pocket length
neck pocket width
neck heel length
neck heel width
Can anyone help me identify what I've got here, and whether any of the currently-made Warmoth necks (either 5-string or 8-string) will fit this body? Thanks.
Here's the bass:
![warmoth48yo0.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg267.imageshack.us%2Fimg267%2F3954%2Fwarmoth48yo0.jpg&hash=de5790f56ba1cc40d10cefc82242c574)
Having just recently acquired another (admittedly nicer) fretless 5-string (a Rob Allen MB-2, in case you're wondering) I now want to change this Warmoth to either a fretted 5-string or (preferably) an 8-string. So I want to re-use this body & electronics, and put a new Warmoth neck onto it.
Here's my problem: According to Warmoth's website (http://www.warmoth.com/bass/options/options_bass_neck_pocket.cfm) the neck pocket dimensions for a 5-string body should be 100mm x 74mm, and the neck pocket dims for a 4-string body (which the Warmoth 8-string neck fits) should be 3.875" x 2.5"
My bass appears to be neither of those dimensions!
As best as I can tell, the neck pocket dims of my bass are 3.8125" x 2.625". (In metric that works out to 96.83mm x 66.68mm)
So either
A) I have a completely unique freak of a bass body that's not compatible with any current Warmoth necks; or
B) this is simply within the typical margin of error in Warmoth's published dimensions (which seems unlikely; and even if it were true, I'm still not sure which neck would fit my body); or
C) I suck at taking & reading measurements!
In case C is the likely answer, I humbly submit photos of my neck pocket & neck heel with a steel straightedge ruler:
neck pocket
![pocketjs2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg526.imageshack.us%2Fimg526%2F1554%2Fpocketjs2.jpg&hash=30f15f28fc4ad565d5135df91527a1a6)
neck pocket length
![pocketlengthiq9.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg526.imageshack.us%2Fimg526%2F9670%2Fpocketlengthiq9.jpg&hash=c6b29169f73249e02e64dd3391c76beb)
neck pocket width
![pocketwidth2ef0.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg267.imageshack.us%2Fimg267%2F4144%2Fpocketwidth2ef0.jpg&hash=c0b2c14650e95ef68f30c1725671577e)
neck heel length
![heellengthpy8.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg526.imageshack.us%2Fimg526%2F1938%2Fheellengthpy8.jpg&hash=4af7ab87ca7ef94f8d4417f6abf8ddb6)
neck heel width
![heelwidthqv3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg267.imageshack.us%2Fimg267%2F5913%2Fheelwidthqv3.jpg&hash=33e9ab47623a8440314c9846b5314d68)
Can anyone help me identify what I've got here, and whether any of the currently-made Warmoth necks (either 5-string or 8-string) will fit this body? Thanks.