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AntiHero99995
12-04-2006, 03:18 PM
I want to build a fretless jazz and i have a agathis body that i could use but i want to know if thatll have a big difference in the tone vs an alder body?

Musiclogic
12-04-2006, 04:54 PM
a little, but nothing too dramatic

Suburban
12-05-2006, 04:15 AM
The difference will be hard to notice, even if you make two otherwise identical and do a true head-to-head comparison.

vintager
12-05-2006, 04:58 AM
but if you really want to build and not just put together ...... ;;

ok, just a poke. don't forget to show it here when it's finished.

oh, and welcome to talkbass.

all the best,

mike

PilbaraBass
12-05-2006, 05:42 AM
I want to build a fretless jazz and i have a agathis body that i could use but i want to know if thatll have a big difference in the tone vs an alder body?

sound-wise, agathis would sound a little closer to mahogany than alder...but like Musiclogic says, the difference would be subtle.

AntiHero99995
12-05-2006, 05:38 PM
thnx
its nothing too crazy just a squier jazz i have lying around