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This is a search-engine-friendly text mirror of the TalkBass Forums James Tippets 03-25-2002, 03:33 PM Hi, What would be the best type of woods and pickups would be best for a very punchy but deep, articulate, smooth sound, with amazing growl, and with a very good slap tone? dhuffguitars 03-25-2002, 05:02 PM That is a pretty loaded question! :D DP Custom 03-25-2002, 06:12 PM Originally posted by James Tippets Hi, What would be the best type of woods and pickups would be best for a very punchy but deep, articulate, smooth sound, with amazing growl, and with a very good slap tone? That's exactly what we're all trying to find out.:D Plus, it's a very subjective thing...one man's punchy is another man's harsh. DP grond 03-26-2002, 07:11 AM Uh... Are there any web-sites that list the qualities of the various woods you can use in making basses ? The different characteristics that a certain wood will add to your sound... good neck woods... Hambone 03-26-2002, 12:37 PM Here's one to start -http://www.hvgb.net/~tonewood/TONEWOODGRADES.html#rarest As I get more URL's I'll post them to this thread for your amusement. pilotjones 03-26-2002, 01:55 PM Originally posted by grond Are there any web-sites that list the qualities of the various woods... Here's Ken Smith's: http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpages/woodpagecontents.html pilotjones 03-26-2002, 02:07 PM Matt Schmill's: http://eksl.cs.umass.edu/~schmill/fbb/pages/ click on "woods" |