Metalmoore

I have spent more than my fair share on that site, drooling over gecko basses and trying to find the perfect jazz bass. I thought about black hardware but with the maple, pearl PG and daphne blue i dont think it looks right. I look forward to seeing what everyone else can dream up, might even give me more GAS and ideas

I spend way too much time on the warmoth site planning my dream warmoth made bass, if I had the money right now I would get this: Body: 4-string Jazz bass in Daphne blue made from swamp ash with white pearl PG with routed double battery box with strap locks Neck: maple on maple 20 fret neck with a hipshot 3 string retainer with clover ultralite tuners with clover ultralite detuner with Graph Tech TUSQ nut with the chrome Warmoth Metal Decal on the headstock Pickups: 2x Big Singles Preamp: Audere w/ 4 band with passive switch and tone @ 18v Bridge: String through Hipshot single saddles I think it would be an awesome bass with ALL chrome hardware, it would cost a fair bit but in the end I think it would be worth it. What does everyone else think? And what would you make?

I have been looking at string through single string bridges as a possibility in a warmoth custom jazz and was wondering how you would ground them. Also has anyone got them? I read somewhere that the saddle/string can break easily due to the angle when strung through and also wondering if they are any good. Also I think it looks great, every time I go onto the shuker site and see that orange/red bass with those single saddles I think they look great... Any advice or experience's would be great.

Very nice looking bass, make sure to let us know how it sounds and plays

Alot of modding is very easy, to change the PG your only problem would be finding the correct one. I'm not 100% but im sure different fenders have different shaped PG's ie made in mexico and made in japan are not the exact same shape. When i built my jazz bass i had 3 different PG's two pearloid and one white and i had to shave a bit off one of the pearloid ones to make it fit with the neck. I'm sure someone else can explain this better.

Have you looked at a custom? Shuker maybe? Always an option with that amount of money.

4 days wait and still not unleashed, when will we see it 7string?

My first bass (a PJ) had the reverse P and i think it sounded nicer than the fender P bass (only the one lol) i've played, gives the D and G strings that something extra...

Access to the truss rod at the headstock, ADG string retainer, better bridge than the BBoT, MAYBE wire it straight to jack (but i dont have any Precision experience so dont know how that would sound compared to V/T) and thats all i can think of at the moment... But im sure it will be a great bass!

[quote name='throwoff' post='840547' date='May 18 2010, 09:37 AM']For that money get the ultimate BC'ers bass - 1 Squire Vintage Modified Jazz Badass Bridge Wizard Pickups.[/quote] +1

I remember when i first started i had 80 quid from my birthday to spend to get everything, managed it in the form of a no name PJ ibby look-a-like from ebay for 60 quid with amp and everything else, back then that was a lot of money to me (still is tbh )

I have sheilded all cavities in the body and the PG and lined the bottom of the bridge with copper tape and connected them all to each other with wire soldered then another wire to the ground wire that audere provided with there drop in preamp and i get zero hum (at least i cant hear any). I think the Audere is great, nice wide range of tones and easy to setup too.

I have played a few VMJ's and were all setup great in store (was surprised to say the least). I would maybe take it back and ask them to have a wee look seeing as its brand new and all, could be something as simple as a bad string as 7string mentioned.

Yeah you gotta get a cable seperate, might be able to get one around here if you ask for cheap.

[quote name='Doddy' post='837855' date='May 15 2010, 02:56 AM']I really like the white. The Black with white pickguard really works with the rosewood/block inlay 'board. It's a good look.[/quote] +1

Cheers for the link hillbilly deluxe, i will have a look into it.

I have laney rb2 and it's nice and loud and it's great for a practice amp. I wish I could get my hand's on the ashdown wayne has I wouldn't need a practice amp again.

For 30-40 quid more i would take the VMJ as it's not the best, but it is the best in the price range and alot of people are preferring these over fender jazzes and even curing Jazz GAS

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='834981' date='May 12 2010, 07:14 AM']There was an excellent product that i used a few years ago called Re-paint,i painted this bike with it.3 coats then wet and dry paper,finish off with rubbing paste or solvol autosol for a high gloss finish.[/quote] Could you gimme a link to where i might be able to buy it? Cheers, Andrew

Well I got the body stripped (kinda, it needs a quick sanding) and it seems like 5 pieces of (ugly) unknown wood but NOT plywood I plan on using a chisel to make the routes rectangular to make the job easier (idea borrowed from ou7shined and his pingray build) and flatten the floor and sides of the routes (not so sure how to at the moment as its a bit of a mess) and finding some pieces of wood to plug up the routes and glue them in and do the usual sanding and filling to get a nice flat surface. My great uncle has a router that he is willing to loan me so I can do the MM and Reverse P route (going for a true MM pup position with the EA P pup side in the normal place but the DG side closer to the neck). This is all I will be able to do for a while until I can get some cash to do the finish. I would like a cheap black gloss finish for it but would not like to go for the spray on nitro route as it was a right pain in the arse so is there a paint on black gloss available.

I have decided to not go on with this any more as I can’t afford to do it in the foreseeable future even though I already have everything apart from the body and electronics. I am already really happy with my jazz bass and by the end of this week I should have an Aria Pro II ZZB Deluxe bass which will be my metal bass and not so sure about a 5 string any more either. I will keep a note of the URL just in case I do decide to go back to it later.

Seeing the encore you linked to you cant move the bridge any further so would need some sort of custom neck that would make a nut to bridge length of 34". i dont think you could just find any old neck that would fit and acheive a scale length of 34". Can i ask why you want to do this? If its to save money i think you would be better off buying a cheapo bass than doing this.

Yeah, get yourself to a music shop ASAP and spend some time just playing around with different basses within your price range and one or two thats not to compare. Try the VMJ and compare it to a fender jazz and youl feel how good the VMJ really is.

Very nice, will be worth something nice when its 50 and the 100th anniversary jazz comes out

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='834569' date='May 11 2010, 07:23 PM']I'm sitting in a room full of Fenders and I'm playing my VMJ at the moment, without doubt the best value for money bass there is.[/quote] If i were to have my custom jazz stolen i would buy a VMJ and throw in a audere and i would be VERY happy (obviously very sad too seeing as my custom cost quite a lot)