Post your wood.

Walnut Burl.
Delicious!

http://www.sheridanbasses.com/images/walnut/burl1.jpg

http://www.sheridanbasses.com/images/walnut/burl2.jpg

http://www.sheridanbasses.com/images/walnut/burl3.jpg

http://www.sheridanbasses.com/images/walnut/burl4.jpg

Not as nice as yours Luke but a big old 2" chunk of Black Walnut.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/Greenman44ca/Walnutblank003.jpg

Courtesy of Angus:hyper:

Continuing the walnut theme.......


http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/lordlamia/2082.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/lordlamia/2082a.jpg

Mmmm.. Walnut...

"Sucky Camera"

My 3rd... I'm a sucker for Koa.

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3218/1004010py4.jpg

My semi-hollow that I'm finishing up now. Some nice figured walnut!

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3421/1004094fv4.jpg

Nice thread

i came across some wood porn last night over at
talaricohardwoods (http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/woodporn.htm) follow the link for more but here's a few cool shots

I Wonder how many one piece top's you could get out of these

Figured Claro Walnut Crotch!

http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/popup8/PA5520.jpg

4 ft wide English Oak Burr

http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/popup8/PA5896.jpg

bit more walnut

http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/images/stash/PA5859.jpg

Good ole birdseye maple. This is for a lefty neck.

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5245/p1000090fp5.jpg

Mac ebony is sweet too. here's I'm gonna stick on those Fretless Four Zebrano builds

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n191/Neckthroughwoojeeboo/Fretboard%20Coromandel/DSCF1301-1.jpg

black walnut crotch (mine)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/wood%20images/BookmatchedWalnutTop_1.jpg

quilted maple (not mine)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/wood%20images/IncredibleFiguredMapleTop2.jpg

bubinga (I have slices right behind this one)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/wood%20images/Bubinga_ExtremeFigure_FullPanel.jpg

black walnut (mine)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/Basses/MiscProjects/SemiHollowP/DaveM_RoughBody_CompositeImageResiz.jpg

figured maple (mine)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/Basses/SingleCutModels/RS06102/d6775b80.jpg

koa (mine)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/Basses/SingleCutModels/RS06601/RS06601_BookmatchTopCloseup.jpg

all the best,

R

Where my next bass is being cut from:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w123/marklatimour/IMG_7654.jpg

Walnut.

Flamed Gabon ebony, back & side set

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/bojerik/GabEbBS4.jpg


Wide-flame Mac ebony, prior to resawing for a top

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/bojerik/top1.jpg




Of course they're all mine... :D

From the bass I just finished.......Goncalo Alves top and fret board..
http://starboardbough.com/secondbuild/bodynecktopwet.jpg

^^ Man that is some sexy wood.

Here is a better shot of my Walnut/Maple bass in progress.

Not hugely exciting, Wenge top of my current build.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/ebe9/EUB%20Project/DSC04091.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/ebe9/EUB%20Project/DSC03907.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/ebe9/EUB%20Project/DSC03905.jpg


The woods I was considering for the fingerboard. (left to right: wenge, buginga and afromosia) I went with the afromosia.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/ebe9/EUB%20Project/DSC03922.jpg

Hey Luke,

How do you get a cross-section of a massive tree like that? What do you treat it with?

Really interesting/ beautiful pics guys!

4 ft wide English Oak Burr

http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/popup8/PA5896.jpg



:amaze: :bawl: :bassist:

lowsound

Hey Luke,

How do you get a cross-section of a massive tree like that? What do you treat it with?

Really interesting/ beautiful pics guys!

Bought it from a guy I met who's got a Laguna resaw setup. I just spritzed it with water. Gonna make some grgeous tops when I get aroud to it.

curly buckeye and pink ivorywood...

I love that pink ivory. Beautiful.

Walnut for my new bass: The bass is now almost finished.

http://www.avbasses.cz/dreva/woods%20for%20net/Walnut%201%20piece1.JPG

I love that pink ivory. Beautiful.

Yep. Too bad it's.....you know....a chick color.

:hiding:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t155/musiclogic/woodporn.jpg

A lot of Ash(not my favorite wood), quilted top, Mottled Shedua, Curly Shedua, Jatoba behind shedua, Zebrawood, Tulipwood, Curly chechen

And for the walnut fans, a custom neck and body I just shipped to Bassman74.....walnut and Alder body, maple neck with Pau ferro FB and Walnut overlay on headstock

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t155/musiclogic/FJset.jpg

Search up a thread called "Show your Woods" started by yours truly.

...
A lot of Ash(not my favorite wood),
...

ASH SUCKS! sanding ash in the contours is the biggest PITA (so is flatsawn wenge, for that matter). Main reason why I like working with closed pore/grain wood. Maple and Alder baby!

Here's a couple pieces from current projects...

http://www.thorbass.com/images/builds07/burlredwoodbody1_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/builds07/kataloxbody1_.jpg

what is the wood in the second pic?

Some tops that i recently buy;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ssaikume/tapak/9c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ssaikume/tapak/1002a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ssaikume/tapak/971a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ssaikume/tapak/997.jpg

what is the wood in the second pic?

That is Katalox :)

All this nice wood, (sigh) here’s some spalted crotch walnut that I cut earlier this year (I guess that would make this amateur wood porn). These photos don't do the wood any justice. It’s got a little bit of curl here and there, its just hard to see while the woods rough. It still lacks a bit of drying until I can use it. I hope I can hold out that long.:( Until then it sleeps stickered and put away. :bawl:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/scottyd/lado002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/scottyd/lado003-1.jpg

:(

LOL!
I leave you with a
1.)personal,
2.)NOT FOR SALE)
top for a 4.)personal
5.)HOBBY project.
6.) i dont know if thats clear enough.
and thats just the tip of my personal woodpile!

Wow that box elder is the most gorgeous piece of wood I have ever seen.

Wow that box elder is the most gorgeous piece of wood I have ever seen.

yeah... how does wood gain this figure and colour?

Cadaver ass?

I love that spalted cocobolo (the other one you posted a while ago was just sick)... but this one does look like a cadaver's ass!

Maybe I shouldn't like it so much....:ninja:

:(

LOL!
I leave you with a
1.)personal,
2.)NOT FOR SALE)
top for a 4.)personal
5.)HOBBY project.
6.) i dont know if thats clear enough.
and thats just the tip of my personal woodpile!

What happened to #3?

:hiding:

all the best,

R

That box elder looks cool but looks like spilled brains or something....... kinda creepy lol ;)

i dont like the # 3
;)

how about some creepy wood people trying to esape thier cellulose prison?

or who will let the dogs out?

or who will let the dogs out?

the one on the right looks like some thinoff a cartoon nice wood

Wow those are some crazy wood faces, I once saw elvis in a piece of burning wood, maybe I'm crazy, or maybe hes trying to tell us somthing

Wow that box elder is the most gorgeous piece of wood I have ever seen.

+1000000

bookmatched Maple burl top on an Alder body 5-string I'm building

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Rodent65/Basses/M-SeriesModels/5-StringPrototype/M-SeriesPrototype_1b.jpg

the image definitely does not do the top justice. I used almost an entire bottle of CA filling the holes in this piece, but they are now nice and solid

all the best,

R

I once saw elvis in a piece of burning wood, maybe I'm crazy, or maybe hes trying to tell us somthing

WAHHHH HAH HA H AH HA HH A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA oh god thats good. Im crying HAHH A HA HHAH A AH AHHAHAHAHHA AA

quilted maple/burl?
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmtrelease/burlmaplequilt.jpg

Sweet Redwood Billet
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmtrelease/Resized_redwoodbillet2.jpg

curly pink ivory fretboard on indian rosewood
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmtrelease/Resized_pinkivory3.jpg

hey JSP, what's up with the missing shoe?!?!?!

More burl maple!
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4876/839bjg5.jpg

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9956/img0632ht3.jpg

curly pink ivory fretboard on indian rosewood
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmtrelease/Resized_pinkivory3.jpg

Looks like the ol "slip one shoe on hop into shop and snap a pic" routine.........:p

Hehehee, I knew after posting that might get a few laughs......only coz I'm retarded and somehow I messed up my foot the other week.....just felt more comfortable with the damn shoe off!

Oh, wait! There's the missing shoe!
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmtrelease/Resized_pinkivory2.jpg

any shop where one is able to walk barefoot is obviously not getting enough work done! (my shop is the mess of all messes, I'm just too lazy to clean up only to turn on the safe-t-planer and see the same mess all over again). I mean, look at that floor, is that carpeting for the love of all that is good!?!?!?

Well, if it was my garage I'm sure it would be much messy-er....but it's my folks and I'm not that productive at the moment. It's really easy to sweep up, and I do the major woodchuckin in the woodchips on the side yard otherwise my toads would be super pissed. And for the love of Jesus, no, it's not carpet, just a foam mat to aid in the suspension a little.
Dios mio!

this is the wood for my divinity NAMM bass
top and back with matching fingerbaord. plus a special surprise, it has a new design inlay on the fbaord and body, its killer!!!!
this is camatillo bTW a piece for the record books! one of the best peices ive ever seen in wood , ever!
crazy crazy camatillo!!! (dalbergia congestiflora my fav rosewood, love its smell too!)
like psychedelic mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh:help:

this is the wood for my divinity NAMM bass
top and back with matching fingerbaord. plus a special surprise, it has a new design inlay on the fbaord and body, its killer!!!!
this is camatillo bTW a piece for the record books! one of the best peices ive ever seen in wood , ever!
crazy crazy camatillo!!! (dalbergia congestiflora my fav rosewood, love its smell too!)
like psychedelic mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh:help:


It's not fair for you to play this game :p JK..........that is one sweet piece of camatillo.

Looks like the ol "slip one shoe on hop into shop and snap a pic" routine.........:p

Dude....sandals.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/bojerik/nikesandal.jpg

My sei fretless 5 with macassar ebony front & rear, and macassar ebony fingerboard:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/DSC00004.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/CIMG0229.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/CIMG0223.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/full.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/front.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/back.jpg

hot dang that is one sweet looking bass.:hyper:

that high gloss Mac ebony is really cool.

Holy MAC! :hiding:

My sei fretless 5 with macassar ebony front & rear, and macassar ebony fingerboard:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/DSC00004.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/CIMG0229.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/CIMG0223.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/full.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/front.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/back.jpg
OH , MY !!!

And for the walnut fans, a custom neck and body I just shipped to Bassman74.....walnut and Alder body, maple neck with Pau ferro FB and Walnut overlay on headstock

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t155/musiclogic/FJset.jpg

no, doesn't do it for me... The upper horn looks blemished and that bit on the upper body where the chamfer reveals the body wood just looks wrong. To me, the top isn't thick enough, it should go to the edge. And the "join" on the bottom just looks gash as well.

My sei fretless 5 with macassar ebony front & rear, and macassar ebony fingerboard:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/full.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/front.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/back.jpg

nice finish, I just hate the shape of the upper body... it just doesn't do it for me... it needs a horn.

that's why it's called a singlecut...

I'm a personal fan of the sei body shapes, so I like everything about that bass, great mac ebony top and back too!

Greg

To quote Mr. Turner, "Hot Carrots!" That thing is amazing! :eek:

My sei fretless 5 with macassar ebony front & rear, and macassar ebony fingerboard:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/DSC00004.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/CIMG0229.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/CIMG0223.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/full.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/front.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/back.jpg

:eek:

WOW!

People....MUST you include the same images over and over again in your replies?!?! I like it as much as the next guy, but please....exercise that delete key FTLOG.

and that bit on the upper body where the chamfer reveals the body wood just looks wrong. To me, the top isn't thick enough, it should go to the edge.

to each customer their own ... some absolutely love this kind of laminate reveal, while others opt the extra expense to have a drop top bent over the arm contour

And the "join" on the bottom just looks gash as well.


I anticipate a little bit of embarrasment on your part when you learn what that gashy 'join' really is. :D

all the best,

R

People....MUST you include the same images over and over again in your replies?!?! I like it as much as the next guy, but please....exercise that delete key FTLOG.


a little testy this morning, eh Erik? you have a little "tearout" when routing this past weekend? :p

all the best,

R

I on the other hand do not like when tops cover the midbody reveal
and think they look boring.

wow imagine that!

I on the other hand do not like when tops cover the midbody reveal
and think they look boring.

wow imagine that!


YOu'd rather see the neck thru lams??

a little testy this morning, eh Erik? you have a little "tearout" when routing this past weekend? :p

Meh....one of two things that bring out my inner Scrooge. The other being IM-speak devoid of punctuation.

"yo dude that rox i cant bleav ur makin a bass thats 2 cewl what ru gonna paint it like EVH yeah mike anthony kicks every1s a** gtg l8r word to yr mutha"

:rollno: :rollno: :rollno:



Now back to your regularly scheduled porn. :hyper:

:D

I on the other hand do not like when tops cover the midbody reveal
and think they look boring.

wow imagine that!

Except that I think most of the time all of the excess layers really, really badly detract from the topwood, which is why I think the "midbody reveal" as you called it is often WAY excessively thick or contrasting. It draws the eye away from the nice wood.

Except that I think most of the time all of the excess layers really, really badly detract from the topwood, which is why I think the "midbody reveal" as you called it is often WAY excessively thick or contrasting. It draws the eye away from the nice wood.

oh yeah? but how does it affect 'THE TONE'?

Ruins it. Entirely. Will sound like styrofoam. Wet styrofoam.

...I anticipate a little bit of embarrasment on your part when you learn what that gashy 'join' really is. :D

all the best,

R

Ok, now we need a better pic of the "gash"!





Meh....one of two things that bring out my inner Scrooge. The other being IM-speak devoid of punctuation.

"yo dude that rox i cant bleav ur makin a bass thats 2 cewl what ru gonna paint it like EVH yeah mike anthony kicks every1s a** gtg l8r word to yr mutha"

:rollno: :rollno: :rollno:



Now back to your regularly scheduled porn. :hyper:

You're pretty damn good at it though :)

spalted beech:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6889/img06802fo4.jpg

curly goncalo alves:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8636/img0685sa2.jpg


curly french walnut:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5737/img06982fk9.jpg

spalted beech:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6889/img06802fo4.jpg



gosh that's ugly...

Yeah, not a big fan of the beech either, but that walnut is superb!

gosh that's ugly...

funny how people can actually take the time to write that kind of s***. Good Luck trying to keep an open mind buddy.

hey, I have an open mind... I like lots of nice wood, just found that beech ugly... was I supposed to keep quiet about it? no so there...

personally, I like that spalted beech very much.

maybe 'vagina' walnut is more to your liking?
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1581/img06792by5.jpg

or perhaps some quilted bubinga?
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2498/img06862lv0.jpg

Oh Nice Wilser !! Vagina Walnut is quite my thing. That Bubinga is also quite a beauty. Hey by the way im gonna have to talk to you about them pick ups.

You keep rubbing oil on that walnut wilser...No wonder we haven't seen pics of the single cut lately....:smug: ;)

nice wood er uh lumber Wil....

[QUOTE=wilser;4362636]personally, I like that spalted beech very much.

maybe 'vagina' walnut is more to your liking?
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1581/img06792by5.jpg

QUOTE]


i have a circassian vagina walnut on the back of in prog bass!
I guess walnut has a thing for the big V!

Props for calling it "the big V"!

hey, I have an open mind... I like lots of nice wood, just found that beech ugly... was I supposed to keep quiet about it? no so there...

I have no problems with your comments....except the "Gashy Join" comment.....it's not a join, but a Sapwood streak. There was an identical one on the other side, but was removed when the contour was shaped.

Krass comments are expected on everything here, but when posed through lack of information, it displays an idiocy well represented on this forum.

BTW the odd area you refer to on the upper cutaway is a patch of small burls. It was my choice to include that, and the customer has had no complaint, so I thought I would let you in on that also.;)

I have no problems with your comments....except the "Gashy Join" comment.....it's not a join, but a Sapwood streak. There was an identical one on the other side, but was removed when the contour was shaped.

Krass comments are expected on everything here, but when posed through lack of information, it displays an idiocy well represented on this forum.

BTW the odd area you refer to on the upper cutaway is a patch of small burls. It was my choice to include that, and the customer has had no complaint, so I thought I would let you in on that also.;)

Don't take that junk to heart. Not everyone understands wood character or classy style. Maybe a glossy red Fender is more his fancy. :ninja:

Don't take that junk to heart. Not everyone understands wood character or classy style. Maybe a glossy red Fender is more his fancy. :ninja:

You used the "F" word:eek: LMAO, I never take stuff like that to heart, just brush it off as another uninformed soul lacking knowledge beyond just wood, I am sure...LMAO:ninja: :bassist:

the workmanship is fine, maybe even superb, but the business of using a piece of wood with what I would consider a defect is not...

I would never have let you continue building my bass if you'd shown that wood to me. I'd have told you to get a better piece and to have used that wood on a smaller body

hello Manicbassman,

the picture simply don't do justice to the walnut.

i have to agree that i was worried when i first saw the pictures but when i received the bass... It was simply stunning... everyone who have seen the bass agree that the walnut grain is stunning and everyone likes the burl on the upper horn. it is sapwood and definetely not a glue joint....

we simply can't agree with everyone's taste!!!

there are things that i will change in the future like the forearm contour...

thanks for your comments!!! It will help me improve my design....

Francois

being late to this thread...is so weird...loving the wood though

[QUOTE=wilser;4362636]personally, I like that spalted beech very much.

maybe 'vagina' walnut is more to your liking?
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1581/img06792by5.jpg

QUOTE]


i have a circassian vagina walnut on the back of in prog bass!
I guess walnut has a thing for the big V!

Hey Todd, I am definitely not an expert on the subject, but don't vaginas go in front? :D

[QUOTE=tribal3140;4364293]

Hey Todd, I am definitely not an expert on the subject, but don't vaginas go in front? :D


So Will....are you saying it's a Sphincter :eek: not a Vagina,:eyebrow: :hiding: or just backwards......ROFLMAO:smug:

[QUOTE=tribal3140;4364293]

Hey Todd, I am definitely not an expert on the subject, but don't vaginas go in front? :D

Well it really depends on the positioning.........:hiding:

http://i22.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/c0/e3/f7b0_12.JPG

Ok. So it's not mine. but wood like this has to be put out there.
Spalted burl maple with some :eek: color.
Bid and lost.

edit: btw - this is the wood porn thread, not the porn porn thread.

yay, this thread's resurrected! I began to cut fingerboards from a very strange brazilian rosewood billet. Must have been a very small tree or a limb, to have so much sapwood? Anyway, my dad has been calling it the 'gecko wood'...

But still worth it to post.
Ebay.
Right now, selling for 798. Not kidding.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/flyingfaeries/r102.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/flyingfaeries/r6.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/flyingfaeries/r4.jpg

:eek: