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For me it's about the beauty of the natural woods and the "snowflake" syndrome. Wood grain can be as unique as a fingerprint, especially in figured woods. What better way to customize than to start right with the body woods, and then enhance that uniqueness through the artful application of a finish (and possibly some tasteful binding)?JimBeed said:Just a question for all of you, why do so many of you go for the tops and dyes and binding alot? thats three areas that add another 100 dollars onto a guitar and such just for look of it mainly, so why do alot of people prefer it to slapping on a colour finish?
oh and when they arrive ill post pictures of my body as it was a showcase z5 bass bodythats some saved money ill put for a new amp.
Yeah, unfortunately looks cost money. But.....sometimes you just gotta have that perfect snowflake.
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Super Turbo Deluxe Custom said:
You're going to think this is silly, but back in 2007 Warmoth had a matching Gecko bass neck and body in the Showcase, both painted "Graffiti Yellow". I don't remember what the body wood was (perhaps Swamp Ash?) but the neck was made of some gorgeous pieces of Canary. Of course you could only see the Canary wood from the back, since the front of the headstock was painted to match the body. I remembered thinking what a dumb idea it was to cover up that beautiful wood with Graffiti Yellow.
Here are the pictures I saved from then:
thats a bass i would never be ashamed to look like an idiot carrying around (with my height / weight it would look more like a bass carrying me around). that yellow body / neck combo is amazing!i'm trying to talk myself out of ordering some parts for a tele deluxe :-\ but i think i'm going to give in. i was planning on saving for a while, and saving up for a new amp (pretty badly needed) but a tele d is my dream guitar, and i HATE 3 bolt systems. so i guess i better custom build it, hm?
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hannaugh said:
Same here. I've got a Strat that cost me about 15oo to build. Had it been made in Fender's Custom Shop I wouldn't even be able to look at it at that price. My other reason for going with Warmoth is because I like to tinker with things like this. Sitting around all day on a weekend working on a Warmoth build is a blast.....if I can control myself long enough to make it to the weekend that is. hehe!!
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haha yeah true, well when i decide i want a music man bass ill either go to a official one or get the specs for a official one i like and replicate it from warmoth, but that time id probably go all out on a top and other such things, because official music mans are amazing, i wouldnt want to dis respect ernie ball with a plain warmoth version 
haha god i only ordered my five string yesturday or day before and i already want to be back home assembling it..... i think im hooked :-\
haha god i only ordered my five string yesturday or day before and i already want to be back home assembling it..... i think im hooked :-\Finally!
Missed a few, dumped a few and changed my mind quite a few times
This will be my first Strat ever, after 17 years of playing...
I bought a canary/canary neck a long time ago, my oh my how I look forward to see these two pieces come together.
Chambered black korina body, routed for wilkinson and three single coils.
Missed a few, dumped a few and changed my mind quite a few times
This will be my first Strat ever, after 17 years of playing...
I bought a canary/canary neck a long time ago, my oh my how I look forward to see these two pieces come together.
Chambered black korina body, routed for wilkinson and three single coils.
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Will look sweet!
Kublai said:This will have chrome hardware. I am about 95% certain that it will have BKP Mules.
Any suggestions for the neck? Would wenge/ebony look too dark for it?
I have been salivating over this guitar for a long time! Very excited to see this guitar finished! I was thinking about doing a wenge/ebony neck as well. Please post some pics when your build is finished!
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JimBeed said:haha yeah true, well when i decide i want a music man bass ill either go to a official one or get the specs for a official one i like and replicate it from warmoth, but that time id probably go all out on a top and other such things, because official music mans are amazing, i wouldnt want to dis respect ernie ball with a plain warmoth version
I too love the Stingray bass line. In my opinion one of the best, most versatile basses out there. I've played plenty of different Stingrays, old and new, and have to say right now that the 20th anniversary model with the maple top sounds like dog sh!t compared to the others. If you do a build you may want to try out a few basses with maple tops to see if that's what you really want. Those Stingrays are not nice. I was really close to buying one a few years ago too. I saw it on auction, saw that maple top and it was priced right. For some reason I passed on it though, and glad I did. A guy I know from the guitar shop has one and he let me borrow it. I wasn't impressed with it other than it's looks.
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ah right cool thanks very much, hmm well if thats the only real change the addition of a top then i would focus on getting a good body for it instead then, like the traditional stingrays and such, plus save me some moneyyy too , thought id probably do a bit of a fancier neck for it to compensate, by that i mean block inlays hehe,mullyman said:
well all depends how everything goes, if i really need one more than anything, and im just concentrating on making first build go right haha
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Meet my new warmoth to be. 20% off so I don't have to feel guilty, right? :evil4:
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Oh, and I got this one too. It's going to replace a Mighty Mite neck that I don't like.
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