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07-06-2006, 05:18 PM
| | freethinker | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: San Francisco, Ca | | | bamboo basses and related.
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i have been looking at skateboards lately, and the new thing this year is bamboo. apparently its extremely strong, and less ecologically damaging to harvest (with exception). i know that skateboards and basses are in no way similiar in nature or output, but it made me start to wonder about the possibility this wood might have in instruments.
i found this thread from last year, but no futher input on the forum Bamboo?
some of the possible uses could be (i am considering it whole, in laminate, and as a composite with other material)
* ebg and abg bodies, fingerboards, nuts, bridges, frets, and pickup covers
* upright bodys, fingerboards, bridges, end pieces, and possibly even bows
* speaker enclosures.
* rigid softcases and hardcases
* other
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07-06-2006, 05:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Considering it's a grass and not a wood, it grows much quicker.
However, on that note, that leaves you with much smaller workable area, certainly not enough for a bass body, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want a bamboo fingerboard, bridge, certainly not frets.
Not sure how workable it is, but it doesn't seem like a great idea.
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07-06-2006, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tplyons Not sure how workable it is, but it doesn't seem like a great idea. | Check this out: http://www.bmeres.com/bambooframe.htm
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07-06-2006, 06:01 PM
| | freethinker | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: San Francisco, Ca | | well, it can be used in a laminated form 
this board is 38"x9". and you can see how tough it is...  |
07-06-2006, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by pierce well, it can be used in a laminated form
this board is 38"x9". and you can see how tough it is... | I'm not arguing the rigidity and strength of it. I'm all for trying new materials, but I'm not sure bamboo is one of them that would be successful.
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07-06-2006, 06:40 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Martin Keith Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Long Island, NY | | | I'd be interested in hearing about the possibility. I'm a fan of bamboo flooring and cutting boards.
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07-06-2006, 06:58 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | | It's definitely an interesting thought! I have a bamboo cutting board and feed it to my pet panda bears all the time. |
07-06-2006, 08:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lubbock, TX | | | i got stabbed with bamboo once. it was not a pleasant experience.
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07-07-2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rykn0w298 i got stabbed with bamboo once. it was not a pleasant experience. | intentionally, or by accident? |
07-07-2006, 02:57 PM
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i was 9 and was playing in a park and fell off a bench only to land on a stalk of bamboo. for some reason, it had been sharpened and left a nice hole in my leg. we didnt know though that the top 4" of the stick had broken off in my leg, and 2 weeks later i had to have surgery to get it out. on top of that, for it to heal properly they couldn't stich it up. i had to spend all summer in bed with a huge gash in my leg while it slowly healed.
i hate bamboo.
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07-07-2006, 03:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | can you laminate it fat tho? how rigid is it? |
07-31-2006, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rykn0w298 accident
i was 9 and was playing in a park and fell off a bench only to land on a stalk of bamboo. for some reason, it had been sharpened and left a nice hole in my leg. we didnt know though that the top 4" of the stick had broken off in my leg, and 2 weeks later i had to have surgery to get it out. on top of that, for it to heal properly they couldn't stich it up. i had to spend all summer in bed with a huge gash in my leg while it slowly healed.
i hate bamboo. | That is awful. |
07-31-2006, 01:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | The energy put into processing bamboo for planks would be more expensive than farming proper wood.
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07-31-2006, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | FWIW, my Stick that I ordered is made of bamboo. Supposedly it's more rigid than hardwoods and is light yet still aggressive.
I'm going to be playing an instrument made out of grass!
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07-31-2006, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevorus The energy put into processing bamboo for planks would be more expensive than farming proper wood. |
but what if you could make an abg that was LOUD, and dang near indestructible.
what if it was tonally superior to pernambuco.
i doont know, im just asking what for opinions. i have found no research on acoustice propertieds of bamboo. |
07-31-2006, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: tewksbury ma usa iam a hick, | | | any one wanna help me find some bamboo that wood be good for a seven string bass finger board.
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08-01-2006, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by pierce but what if you could make an abg that was LOUD, and dang near indestructible.
what if it was tonally superior to pernambuco.
i doont know, im just asking what for opinions. i have found no research on acoustice propertieds of bamboo. | I'd think you could make a darn near indestructible, but I don't know loud. Loud acoustic instruments are all about the surface area-to-mass ratio of the top, while maintaining the necessary stiffness to withstand the string pull.
That stuff does look tough and cheap, but the laminated skateboard deck looks too springy to have the right kind of stiffness.
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