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Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
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Author:  thumbslam [ January 29th, 2012, 1:21 am ]
Post subject:  Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
Ok if anyone is interested I wanted to show off a project I have been working on for a while and this weekend my wife and two daughters went skiing in Pittsburg so I had all weekend to stink up my whole house with spray-paint and had the hours and hours needed to solder and put together this golden nugget. :shock:

So parts rundown. A beautiful German Warwick fretless neck I bought from Gravesbass a while ago I added the old school adjustable brass nut and a set of true German Gold tuners and truss rod cover I bought from eBay from Danna B Goods. Neck is ovangkol and ebony fingerboard with looks to be factory done maple lines neck is a “05” and super straight and perfect and extremely thin for a Warwick. It’s one of the best bolt on fretless necks I have ever played.

Body was another eBay purchase months ago it’s just a Warwick Rockbass Corvette body that’s Chinese I think basswood but man I have no clue really. I ripped the pickups out and the preamp and knobs for my pile of bass crap in boxes and Tupperware.

The pickups are Bartolini passive classic tone series and I installed a high end MEC German 9 volt preamp from a German Warwick Corvette Jazzman and has push pull active passive, master volume pan stacked knob, treble, mid, bass 3 band preamp that is very transparent and works well with the Bartolini preamp.
The body was originally a matte black color and it was boring so hell I thought I would give it some flavor. I bought a kit from the craft store that is a 3 step antique aged gold and looks like Aztec gold and came out great except I’m no pro painter and I had a few drips and assorted snafus in the finish so instead of sanding all down and whatever and with a good spray paint buzz at 4 AM my old hippie side came out and I did the sort of 60’s paisley patterns. Yeh I know it’s a little out there but I like it.

SO the golden nugget is born and man oh man it plays and sounds amazing. Thanks for checking out...

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Author:  thumbslam [ January 29th, 2012, 1:21 am ]
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Few more pics

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Author:  Matt R. [ January 29th, 2012, 1:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
Bling
Author:  belinmad [ January 29th, 2012, 1:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
Nice job!! What's the craft store product you used for the aztec gold look? Did you sand first?
Author:  thumbslam [ January 29th, 2012, 1:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
From Rust - Oleum American Accents antigue gold indoor outdoor. I'm like Martha stoner Stewart. Except I no longer am a stoner and haven't been in jail like Martha. :D

Also I do a satin clear coat over to protect it. You know I did sand it down but not to bare wood but you know what man if I did that and did a black primer and did the gold kit slowly and didn't hang it so there was a couple drips and really too my time I would have left it gold. It looks so good just like thet Aztec gold you see Lull and other builders use.
Author:  fivebass52 [ January 29th, 2012, 3:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
Ive never been a fan of that body shape, but the gold paint and your additional art work really makes it pop! You'll certainly get attention with this when you play out... nice job!
Author:  ThaBassment [ January 30th, 2012, 3:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
That thing is f*cking awesome!
Author:  thumbslam [ January 30th, 2012, 11:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretless Bass I put Together & Painted Warwick Parts
Thanks guys..My daughter said it's "little bit lady GaGa" anyway I'm not a great fretless player and this is a great playing and sounding fretless looks however are subjective. Probably going to sell on ebay. I'm have been selling a bunch of stuff for new toy :D
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