Short scale Jazz Bass - FINALLY FINISHED!!! Updated with good pics

[hannaugh]

:hello2:  :toothy10:  :cool01:

I finally got it done and had some time to take pics!  The paint looks pretty washed out under our crappy lights.  These pics are not the best, but I will take more after Christmas (a little bird told me I'm getting a really nice new camera). 

Anywho: Swamp Ash Daphne Blue body, raw bubinga/pau ferro neck with SS frets, Roadhouse humbucking Jazz bass pickups, Warmoth bridge plate from Doug, walnut knobs, GHS Brite Flat short scale strings, CTS pots, gotoh bridge, domestic shorthaired tabby w/ green eyes and lots of attitude.

It sounds and plays really nice so far, but unfortunately today my husband accidentally broke one of the pots while we were trying to get the knobs on there, so I'll have to get a new one before I can really start jamming. 

You can kind of see here how the abalone dots really pick up the Daphne blue.  It looks great in person.

"This bass thing is in my spot!"

UPDATE: I took some better pictures today that are a much better representation of the colors.

Crazy cats always have to hog the camera...

 

[Mor Paul]

That looks fantastic, Hannah! I'd love to see it in person sometime.

 

[Updown]

:blob7: Yippie Yar-Yar

Looks great hannaugh  :icon_thumright:
Yeah there's something about Abolone inlays, that just seem to look BEST on Blue or Green finishes.
(well thats just me)

Very nice indeed  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Cagey]

'Tis a fine thing you have built there, Ms. Hannaugh!

 

[DangerousR6]

Very nice hannaugh, now teach your cat to play... :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

Cats can't play bass. Geddy Lee notwithstanding, their voice is too high-pitched.

 

[bagman67]

Very, very nicely done.  Looking forward to many happy tales of the victories you achieve with your shiny new thunder-broom.


Bagman

 

[DangerousR6]

Cats can't play bass. Geddy Lee notwithstanding, their voice is too high-pitched.

Oh yes  :doh:, I forgot they only know how to play wah-wah..

 

[Cagey]

You know, your next post is a real milestone. Might want to say something pithy, rather than ragging on cats <grin>

 

[line6man]

I absolutely love the Pau Ferro against the blue! :icon_biggrin:

 

[DangerousR6]

You know, your next post is a real milestone. Might want to say something pithy, rather than ragging on cats <grin>

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=18313.msg270499#msg270499

 

[Updown]

unfortunately today my husband accidentally broke one of the pots while we were trying to get the knobs on there,

He must have been 'Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssssssssshing to hard ........  :laughing7:    :icon_biggrin:  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Steve_Karl]

Looks great!
Seeing this makes me want to build one.

Please consider that the ashtray will prevent you from getting your finger tips down into one of the great sweet spots
for a poppy sound.

 

[NonsenseTele]

Nice bass and nice kitty

 

[DangerousR6]

Looks great!
Seeing this makes me want to build one.

Please consider that the ashtray will prevent you from getting your finger tips down into one of the great sweet spots
for a poppy sound.

probably so, but it looks awesome if I do say so myself... :headbang1:

 

[Wyliee]

Congrats!  It looks fantastic!

 

[AprioriMark]

Love the color combinations... very solid build.

-Mark

 

[hannaugh]

Looks great!
Seeing this makes me want to build one.

Please consider that the ashtray will prevent you from getting your finger tips down into one of the great sweet spots
for a poppy sound.

Luckily for me, it is removable!  :laughing7:  Or hey, maybe I can tell my husband that it's not removable, and that I need to build another Warmoth... hmmm...  :evil4:

Thanks for all the comments, guys!  I'm very happy with it.  I kind of wish now I had gotten the bubinga knobs instead of the walnut, but I can always change that later.  I thought at the time that the bubinga would be too orange, but the walnut is too dark in my opinion.  Oh well, maybe I'll get the other ones later. 

 

[tubby.twins]

Very nice.

 

[hannaugh]

Thanks!  :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: