I have 2 roasted maple Jazz 5 necks, one Fretted and one Fretless.
The Fretless is from November 2018 and the Fretted is from January 2022
I really love the feel of these necks unfinished. I can’t believe how smooth Warmoth gets them. They are much smoother than my G&L neck, which I think is...
My opinion:
If I’m getting an exotic fretboard, say like Flame Maple or Birdseye Maple, I will opt for dot inlays for the exact reason you mention. A large block inlay on a Flame Maple fretboard just takes away a lot of real estate of gorgeous flame.
Plain Maple - blocks galore!
With Wenge...
Another tidbit I noticed is that when building a Custom Body, the MM 5 Sweet Spot pickup does not appear in the visualizer. It is just a blank body without a pickup route.
Like so:
Above body built as
Roasted Swamp Ash
Rear Route with 4 controls
MM5 Sweet Spot pickup
Hipshot A Bridge...
But if Warmoth already carries Hipshot A bridges, I don’t see why Warmoth can’t carry Hipshot KickAss bridges…just sayin’…
(And it’ll be a better product, too)
I see there is a Hipshot A available for 5-string basses, along with the Schaller 496…but that’s it.
I am really hoping that the BadAss option will return as time goes on…even though the BadAss is no longer in production, at least 2 other companies make clones…including Hipshot in the...
But dammit, this one doesn’t look half bad…
https://warmoth.com/index.php/bass-necks/deluxe5-4-1/d5n-1599-30306
https://warmoth.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/5/d5n-1614a.JPG.jpg...
Right now, there are a few Roasted Flame Maple Deluxe necks in the showcase (none of which have spec’s I want…like 1-7/8” nut and 22 fret with cream dots).
But they don’t seem to be all that “flamey”
https://warmoth.com/bass-necks/deluxe5-4-1
What I normally compare flame quality to is my G&L...
Hello. How. Are. You…
I’m the resident new guy here, though this is my 2nd time applying for membership. The first time, I was flagged by Admin (Aaron…?) for being a bot/scam/troll. 2nd time’s a charm…?
I have been a long time member of one of the other gossip forums around, but at times it...
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