Hello! This is for all you skilled luthiers lurking around tb.

I bought this Washburn Bantam 6 string from a local music shop. They said that Washburn says it's got a zebrawood top which it CLEARLY does not. It even has a "Z" in the model number (bb-6z) which would stand for zebrawood of course.

Can any of you help me figure out what kind of top wood it is? My guess is some sort of rosewood. This questions been driving me mad, even before I bought the bass.

Here are some pictures:
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/5340921/aview/IM000926.JPG
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/5340921/aview/IM000927.JPG
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/5340921/aview/IM000928.JPG
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/5340921/aview/IM000929.JPG
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/experience_hendrix001/bass003.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/experience_hendrix001/bass002.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/experience_hendrix001/bass001.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/experience_hendrix001/01011101021101040020080122e8c9f6d64.jpg

Looks like walnut to me, quite nice.

BTW, has anyone ever seen a fretboard made out of walnut?

thanks man! yeah i guess it does look a lot like walnut

cant say that i've seen a fretboard made out of walnut though. i'd sure like to see one, and play one!

I thought walnut at first, too. But the third pic really looks like ziricote or maybe bocote.

I'm with Walnut. I think the third pics is just overly bright, thus making it look a bit ziricote/bocote-ish

def not bocote, but it looks a lot like ziricote.

Like the rest the with the first tow pics I thought: Thas eas... Walnut then I saw the third and fourth pics and thought oopppssss. I would say its Ziricote.

I'll put in a vote for Ziricote

I think it looks stained...maybee like an ash or something

ziricote

Now that I think of it, that would also account for the "Z"

it's not walnut, grain is close but not exactly prime for walnut.


Ziricote seems to match better anyways, thought theres a new wood from LMII that looks strikingly simular I just can't remeber the name..

I'm gonna say ziricote too. DEFINITELY not zebrawood.

Now that I think of it, that would also account for the "Z"

ahhhh! it all makes sense now! ziricote it is!!!!


it just makes sooooo much more sense than zebrawood. thanks everybody! i owe you all so much!

Yep I'll put in a late vote, definately Ziricote, I love that wood.
Dirk

No voting necessary....it absolutely is ziricote.

I just finished cutting up ziricote backs & sides for about 5 acoustics last month, so I've seen a lot of it lately. :cool:

Walnut Fingerboard on bass I made, thinking of making a fretted versoin with walnut fretboard.

Walnut Fingerboard on bass I made, thinking of making a fretted versoin with walnut fretboard.

wow, thats absolutely gorgeous

My guess would be walnut, much more likely than ziricote coming from Washburn.

Lonnybass

Ziricote

Nice looking Washburn.