Warmoth (Build Your Own Custom Bass)

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:35 pm

So... i've been brooding over two Q6's on ebay... the owner of one has this to say:

Since you've got all this to mull over I'll throw in some one other idea
too.
Have you thought about a Warmoth Gecko 6. Warmoth sells all the parts,
made to order
and you finish and assemble it. The cost is about the same as a good
used QM6, but you can specify exactly the woods you want, and you can
buy one piece at a time as the funds become availble. Also, you can do the
electronics in whatever manner you please. Total feedom.

I just finished putting together a fretless Gecko 6 in quilted maple and
it's as good as any other
$3,000.00 bass that I've ever played at 1/3 of the new price of a Roscoe
or Tobias. I bought the pieces one at a time, then finished it with
tung oil, assembled it all, added some Bartolini pickups and viola. I
had a local guitar shop do the wiring and final setup for me. It's
really sweet.
http://www.warmoth.com
Just a thought.

take care ,
-anthony

thoughts?

Here's the fretless gecko 6 he built:

bassman462 · Post by **bassman462** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:50 pm

i think i might do that haha

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:54 pm

The more i look through the site... the more fun it looks and the more promising....

ayiyiyi...

what's the freaking deal with tremolos... the ones on the site are just like the bridge peice... a tremolo is supposed to have a little handle to do the tremoloing isn't it?!

like this?

bassman462 · Post by **bassman462** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:01 am

GSRLessard14 wrote:The more i look through the site... the more fun it looks and the more promising.... ayiyiyi...

what's the freaking deal with tremolos... the ones on the site are just like the bridge peice... a tremolo is supposed to have a little handle to do the tremoloing isn't it?!

like this?

ya thats it. maybe they just show it without the bar

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:10 am

well, it says the tremolo comes with a tremolo arm. so i suppose that's it.

anyway, this site looks pretty awesome.

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:28 am

What does a one peice body mean?

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:25 am

i believe that means the whole body (not neck, but body where the pickups and bridge are) is cut from one piece of wood

i like tictacs · Post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:38 am

i am sam2 wrote:i believe that means the whole body (not neck, but body where the pickups and bridge are) is cut from one piece of wood

correct!

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:05 pm

i like tictacs wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:i believe that means the whole body (not neck, but body where the pickups and bridge are) is cut from one piece of wood
correct!

as opposed to what?

i like tictacs · Post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:07 pm

a two piece body or a neck through body or any variant thereof. the body would be two pieces glues together in the middle. modulus, fodera, fender, lots of companies use the two piece body. warwick usually does 2 and 3 piece bodies. if it's neckthrough, the 'wings' are glued to the neck structure.

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:16 pm

what're the pros/cons of each?

i like tictacs · Post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:36 pm

aesthetics, really, is the only thing, if it's unpainted or natural.

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:29 pm

well, here's what i was wondering.

one piece:

the one peice looks like it has everything cut out already or something.