p-bass with a deep cutaway?

[hachikid]

hey guys. I'm curious what I would have to do to get a p-bass with a deep cutaway to get easy access to the 21st fret. would Warmoth charge an arm and a leg for just shaving away some wood? or would I be able to bread out the router? etc.

also, scallops on a bass neck from Warmoth...possible? or will Warmoth, again, charge an arm and a leg for some wood missing from a couple of spaces on the fretboard...

 

[swarfrat]

The answer i got to scalloped 24.75 necks was that scalloping was done manually on a homemade jig made by Ken's dad, and thus other scales arent an option. If they'd let me know the preprocessor, number of open tool changer slots, and give me the first one I'd be willing to take a crack at it.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Wyliee]

Theoretically, the scalloped bass neck is possible, but you'd be paying big bucks for the programming time.

You'd pay a fair amount for the change to the body too.

*If* you have basic woodworking skills and tools, you could get the body and have the edge radius omitted.  Do the cutaway yourself and then go back and add the edge radius.

 

[AutoBat]

A dinky P body may be a better place to start. It looks to have more of a cutaway than the regular P body.

 

[swarfrat]

What is it about the P that you want? The body shape? If you're not tied to a symmetric waist, you can get a deeper cutaway on a Dinky-J, it will fit P necks, and of course you can get it routed for a P pickup. TBH that combination appeals a lot to me - too bad being a NARB makes it hard for me to justify a Warmoth bass in the stable. I could be spending that money on guitars...

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I'm guessing, and only guessing, he'd want the extra cut away to be like Steve Vai's "Green Meanie", where it's right up on the pickguard.  The scalloping, Billy Sheehan influence?  If this is the case, a single P-bass pickup (or output) and Dinky P won't do.

 

[hachikid]

I like the p-bass body shape. it's really comfortable, and I suppose I just like the looks of it. the only thing I don't like is the lack of proper upper fret access (this seems to plague all W basses...). I'm gonna do another 3 pickups thing, but my old Ibanez bass had some scalloping in the upper frets I did myself, and I liked the way it felt, as well as how much easier it was to bend. I suppose I can just get a raw p-bass body, and just cut the upper fret access myself. the only problem then would be getting it painted. I would like to do this cheaply...argh,