Ian McFly

Hello people ! I plan on getting a Warmoth bass built, with the help of my luthier. Here are the specs I settled on: -Deluxe Jazz 5 body -Maple neck and rosewood fretboard -Hipshot ultralites tuners and Hipshot A bridge -Nordstrand NJF5 pickups. -East J-retro preamp -Ice Blue Metallic finish. But there's one element on which I'm hesitating... The body wood. Alder or Ash? All in all, the other specs are a pretty common choice, but I don't want to go wild with this bass, I'd like to keep it simple and efficient. As you might have guessed, I'd like a Jazz Bass "Plus", with a powerful yet defined sound. A bass that will sit perfect in the mix (I play pop-rock with my band, there are 2 guitars and a keyboard...) If you guys have advices regarding the body wood, or even other elements (preamp, pickups, etc), I'm opened to suggestions ! Cheers ! Y. (I also posted this on Talkbass, don't beat me haha !)

[quote name='risingson' post='1080453' date='Jan 6 2011, 10:13 PM']I'd be interested to know how many Zender signatures have been sold as of the release date a while back.[/quote] As of summer 2010, I heard something like 17 or 18, but not sure.

What neck??? The new profile?

[quote name='bigthumb' post='1075086' date='Jan 2 2011, 11:44 AM']Its pretty foul! I wonder if anybody buys their [i]Signature[/i] basses? Most of them look dreadful and probably cost the same as a family car![/quote] I would not buy a Signature Warwick, nonetheless the SZ signature is probably one of the best 4 string I've ever played. It's so good that a friend of mine, who enjoyed it so much too, ordered a Custom Shop Stage 1 5 string based on the SZ specs. It'll be killer. I'm a huge Warwick fan (or should I say a huge Streamer fan), my 4th custom shop Streamer is on order. I only have 2 of them now, I sold my LX6 a few months ago. The Streamer I have on order is a Jazzman 5 string, with ebony fretboard (I like to keep it simple). I'm so glad I placed the order at the end of december, prices increased again this year .