Acacia wood

svoncampe · #1 04-20-2010, 11:48 AM

Does anyone here own a Roscoe (or any other bass) made of Acacia? Do you have any pictures? What are the sound properties? Is it light, heavy?

Gard, is it easy to obtain, and if so, roughly what would be the price premium, if any? Can it be a body and/or top? By doing some scripture reading I learned this morning about how Acacia wood was used and wondered if it could be used for a bass. I started looking online a little, and apparently guitars and basses have been built using it, and it is very pretty. I also know there are different varieties of it, and that for example the Australian Blackwood (or acacia koa) is often used for musical instruments.

Are Koa and Acacia the same thing?

Anyway, any info on this would be awesome. Thanks.

Stefan

JOME77 · #2 04-21-2010, 09:52 AM

I'm not sure about its sound properties but it's great for boats:

Exodus 25:10 And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Gard · #3 04-21-2010, 10:04 AM

Acacia is one of the most widespread genera of trees in the world, with literally hundreds of species, so the question you as is pretty broad.

The quick answer is yes, we do.

Koa (acacia koa) is a true acacia, and we've done quite a bit with it recently. I believe black limba is also a species of acacia and we have worked with it once or twice.

Here's a bit if info on acacia: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plaug99.htm

Some cool stuff there, but for answers to all of your questions, we'd need to narrow down the field (price, etc), because there is so much variety within the genus acacia!

svoncampe · #4 04-21-2010, 10:41 AM

Copy that! I'll take a look at that website.

PS: It was also used for the ark of the covenant!

Among other uses.

**Bipslapper** · #5 04-21-2010, 03:22 PM

One of the most drought-tolearant species in the world (Pearl Acacia- Acacia podalyriifolia). Good for playing bass for long sets where you can only get a beer very 1-2 hours!

VroomVroom · #6 04-21-2010, 03:48 PM

^ I was wondering when Pete would chime in.

Gard · #7 04-21-2010, 03:55 PM

...Pete, you and I must be gigging in the same places...

JOME77 · #8 04-21-2010, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gard

Acacia is one of the most widespread genera of trees in the world, with literally hundreds of species, so the question you as is a pretty broad.

What's a pretty woman got to do with it?!

Gard · #9 04-21-2010, 04:07 PM

Wow...that's almost as bad as Greg & his "nut sluts"...

The correct sentence, had I been doing just one thing instead of 10:

"Acacia is one of the most widespread genera of trees in the world, with literally hundreds of species, so the question you ask is pretty broad."

And to answer YOUR question: Pretty women have everything to do with it.

VroomVroom · #10 04-21-2010, 04:07 PM

Nice, Joe!

Darkstrike · #11 04-21-2010, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gard

The correct sentence, had I been doing just one thing instead of 10:

Pishhh... excuses....

svoncampe · #12 04-21-2010, 05:51 PM

Why am I not surprised that the threat managed to go completely off subject?

Then again, I can understand how they can all be totally correlated...

I am pretty sure I will include some sort of acacia (or koa) in my next Roscoe. It seems easy to just ask for "koa" given that there are so many acacia options....perhaps availability (and price) would narrow the options down. Then again, I want the wood to be dark and I'm not sure if all types of acacia are dark....?