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12-30-2011, 04:55 AM
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Hi. I'm building a custom bass....does anyone have any advice on which type of wood would be best to use regardless of cost?
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12-30-2011, 11:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Connecticut, USA | | | You are going to get hundreds of different opinions on this. The ultimate mix is for you to decide, based on your experiences.
Is there a bass you've played on that you particularly like, aesthetically speaking?
If the discussion turns to tone and wood combinations, beware of the trolls!
For aesthetic reasons, my favorite combinations:
1. figured walnut top / mahogany or Khaya
2. all mahogany
3. figured maple / mahogany or khaya (or semi-hollow sapele)
4. black acacia or koa / Spanish cedar (very light)
5. swamp ash
for necks / fingerboards:
maple / pau ferro (my favorite), bloodwood, macassar ebony
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12-30-2011, 11:17 AM
| | | | Whichever wood weighs the least |
12-30-2011, 11:28 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Louisville, KY USA | | I've always wondered how a slab of American chestnut would work out. The old trees were killed out by blight that struck in the 1930's, so any you find is going to be WELL seasoned. I wouldn't expect much in the way of figure, but more interested in the resonance/tone potential. Here's some info: The American Chestnut
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12-30-2011, 11:51 AM
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12-30-2011, 07:54 PM
| | | | That depends entirely on what tone tweak your looking for the wood to give. My fave is mahogany with maple top.
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03-05-2012, 06:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: bristol | | | Nice one cheers......might just go solid mahog!
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03-05-2012, 09:47 PM
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03-05-2012, 11:43 PM
| | | | The carvin website has tons of good info on body/neck woods, and what kind of tonal characteristics they give a bass. Based on that I've been wanting to make a walnut body/mahogany neck custom bass for a while now. |
03-06-2012, 05:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: bristol | | | Ah ok.....will take a look!
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03-06-2012, 06:03 AM
| | | | For the body Alder (used on the vintage Fenders) Swamp ash , or mahogony . For the top cap , it's up to your preference . I'm a big fan of curly Koa .
My latest build uses Alder/ Koa still in progress |
03-06-2012, 09:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Downtown Boston | | | I like Alder or Ash personally.
Ash if you're going for tone and looks.
As someone else said though, use your own ears and eyes.
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