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Dreamsinger

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Just ordered a G5 "in stock" bass body. I want a 3+2 Warhead style headstock with a straight angle. Frankly, the 3+2 Warmoth offers is butt ugly and it's a tilt back. The standard 4+1 Fender neck wouldn't look right either. I don't know how Warmoth does their CAD but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take much to tweak the headstock profile enough to fit a 3+2 configuration. I even think the Fender 4+1 would look and feel a lot better as a 3+2. Are my tastes *that* unusual? Would anybody else choose that? I understand that they don't want to do one offs, it's not good business but if enough of us express an interest, just maybe......? You can't tell that doesn't look way better, right?
 

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looks like you posted a music man photo, who are notoriously protective of their 4+2 trademark (feel free to check the ernie ball forums). u wouldn't want the Little W to threaten the sales of big EB/MM, would u? I was taught never make a threat unless your prepared to carry it out, and i'm not a fan of carrying anything . i can't even watch ppl carry stuff. they might ask me to help
 
looks like you posted a music man photo, who are notoriously protective of their 4+2 trademark (feel free to check the ernie ball forums). u wouldn't want the Little W to threaten the sales of big EB/MM, would u? I was taught never make a threat unless your prepared to carry it out, and i'm not a fan of carrying anything . i can't even watch ppl carry stuff. they might ask me to help
It's a Yamaha Nathan East. Quite a few have similar 3+2 heads; Alembic, Lakland, Klos, Halo to name just a few. The 4+2 applies only to guitars, the 3+1 only to basses. MM didn't think to add 3+2 for basses or 4+3 for 7 string guitars
 
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If I had the shop facilities and the skill I'd consider the Paddlehead BUT I don't. I'm sure neither I nor Warmoth wants a butchered job that I'd have to say, "It's a Warmoth" about.
 
If I had the shop facilities and the skill I'd consider the Paddlehead BUT I don't. I'm sure neither I nor Warmoth wants a butchered job that I'd have to say, "It's a Warmoth" about.

If it is something you really want, perhaps there may be someone local to you who could do the job for you.
 
If it is something you really want, perhaps there may be someone local to you who could do the job for you.
As it turns out Klos and Halo make 3+2 necks. I even heard from a Chinese source that said they could do it *and* put a Richlite fingerboard on it. Finding someone who's done a Paddle head before would be the trick. I don't have the time or patience to track down that unicorn down so those above mentioned options are it *unless* Warmoth decides to offer a 3+2.
 
Perhaps make a post saying where you are and asking if anyone on the forum might be prepared to help you out with the paddle head work.
 
It's a Yamaha Nathan East. Quite a few have similar 3+2 heads; Alembic, Lakland, Klos, Halo to name just a few. The 4+2 applies only to guitars, the 3+1 only to basses. MM didn't think to add 3+2 for basses or 4+3 for 7 string guitars
yo, thats nuts but hey I can #admit when I was wrong. it reminds of that one time i was feeding some ducks from a bag of birdseed I brought with me to a park, and a woman sat next to me on the bench looking so confused and then asked what I was feeding them

I was like "um, birdseed... " (except you can't say the "..." out load, that part is implied by voice inflection)

so she said "oh, can they eat that? it's safe for ducks too?"

I really didnt know how to #respond to that super politely, so I just pointed at the duck and said "bird"

then she got this look on her face like a new crenulation was just carved in her brain and said softly "oh my f---in- god."

Water fowl is still fowl, my turtles, we all gotta learn it sometime
 
I just found out about a community woodshop in my area, and I'm thinking about ordering a body blank from warmoth, have it set up as a strat, then just cut the outline (so it looks like an ovation breadwinner) then getting a blank superwide neck, and cut my own nut for a twelve string ... I dunno, the body seems within my skill set.

A duck is a bird! I think I can write song with that.
 
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