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My second Warmoth build - finished...with teething troubles


Twigman
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Job #1

Fitting the tuner bushes to the neck...

Ahem not as easy with the Fender Vintage Nickel RI as it was with the Schallers on the last one I did.
Took some dowel wrapped in 180 sand paper and attempted a push fit of the bush after every few strokes.


Only taken me an hour to fit the first bush!!!!

This could take a while!!

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Actually I'm not going to use the Fender Vintage RI nickel tuners.
They are going to be too heavy.
Luckily I have not drilled any holes yet....
So in a rush of madenss I have a set of Gotoh GBR640 tuners on their way to me. [66grams each!!!! That's 2/3 the weight of the Schaller BMLs i used last time!!]

The Fender Vintage Nickel reverse wind tuners will be sold.....soon....probably.

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Ok so the bushes are in....
I had to use the nickel bushes from the Fender Vintage set because I sanded the tuner reams open a little too much the other night for the Gotoh nickel bushes...DOH!!
[despite the tech specs suggesting that the Gotoh bushes are 0.1mm wider!!]
Still no harm done really...

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I have really enjoyed Reading this thread .

I have had gas for some time to build some kind of 5 string Tele bass monster wit a couple of different pickups.
I had no idea that warmouth existed !
I looked through their website and I can have my bass !

I have some badly trapped gas now :)

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[quote name='gilmour' timestamp='1335220075' post='1627652']
What's USACA?
[/quote]
[i]United States Of America Cricket Association?[/i][i] :lol:[/i]

It's looking good Twigman, and you've now got me wanting to try another build!
I've been looking at Warmoth for some time now, but I have heard that their necks are a bit chunky, is that the case?

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[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1338533443' post='1675831']

I've been looking at Warmoth for some time now, but I have heard that their necks are a bit chunky, is that the case?
[/quote]
Both my Warmoth necks are slim taper jazz. They feel slim and narrow to me - they suit my average sized hands.
I haven't tried their standard neck profile.
All I'd played before Warmoth for any length of time was my JV P which has a much wider fretboard but about the same thickness of neck.

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[sub]This is a good thread, i love home-made basses, i recently put together a sky blue P-Bass with tort scratch guard. Played really nicely too, sold it after one gig when a member of the bar staff offered me some money for it. KERCHING!![/sub]
[sub]I then built a '51 slab body Tele Bass, looked the bees knees but was really heavy due to the body but again i sold it to a fella in a country and western band. Looked the part alright.[/sub]
[sub]Looking forward to seeing how your bass turns out.[/sub]

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  • 2 weeks later...

And here is a pic of the whole thing

Full spec


Warmoth Alder P-bass body finished in Graffiti Yellow weighing in at 4ilbs 9oz
Warmoth Jazz neck Birdseye maple/rosewood/20frets/6150wire/M-o-P dots/white TUSQ nut/Vintage tint satin nitro finish
Fender RI tort plate
Fender Original precision pickup
Fender scratchplate screws
Babicz bridge
Gotoh Res-O-Lite GBR640 tuners
Hipshot 3 string retainer
Fender neck plate and neck screws with plastic pad
Fender strap buttons
Allparts strap button felts
John East P-Retro pre-amp c/w vintage stacked knobs
D'Addario XL chromes 45-100 strings

How nmuch did it cost?
TOO MUCH

How does it play?
It feels lovely to play

How does it sound?
At home it sounds sweet with great tonal range from the P-retro....waiting for the strings to settle a bit though (very zingy atm)
It debut's in a band situation tonight...so we'll wait to see how that goes.....

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My main bass is made from Warmoth parts. I bought the parts over about 4 years and ended up with parts for several other basses, like the Jazz 5 body that fits a Fender 5 neck from before they changed the heel size after retooling in the mid 90's and the fretless P bass 5 that had Hipshot hardware and EMG's but was really a modded 4 string body attached to a neck with a cut down heel both thanks to ebay and me not asking enough questions.

All turned out well tho. The cost isn't something i think to think about as customs got me for £170ish on the body, neck and tuners. The pickups are Lindy Fralin with a series/parallel push pull and tone styler. P and J in one bass! (almost)

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Teething trouble at rehearsal last night.
Bizarrely the A/E side of the pickup cut out a few times.
Got home, opened it up.
The earth wire from the A/E coil did not look securely soldered to the shield plate although when I opened the bass the A/E coil was working and the wire was 'stuck' to the solder blob.
I blobbed another dollop of solder on it and we'll see how it goes tonight (another rehearsal!!)..
Strange coz that was originally soldered by Fender, not me.
Will take 2 basses to rehearsal tonight just in case.

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[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1339675427' post='1692434']
...Strange coz that was originally soldered by Fender, not me...
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I've had trouble with a new pickup like that once before so it does happen. Friday afternoon specials maybe? :lol:

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'Gigged' it for the first time tonight.
I say gigged but it was an open rehearsal with about 30 odd (and I mean odd) folk in the room with us.
It worked beautifully.
Hooky6stringbass from here was there...he had a go on this bass too.
Good to meet you again Sir.

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and here it is being played last night at the rehearsal come gig....:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmn-JBrfzk[/media]

you might notice the Eq on the amp is flat....i was learning to control the tone with the P-retro...

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