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06-18-2009, 05:46 PM
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Can't seem to find this info anywhere....
I have a 1975 Fender Jazz...natural finish, maple neck, pearl-like block inlays...
What kind of ash was used for the body?
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06-18-2009, 05:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hunt. Co., New Jersey | | | swamp ash, I believe
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06-18-2009, 08:11 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Is it heavy or light? If it's light, it is what they call "swamp ash." But I think CBS Fenders are supposed to be made from the heavy stuff commonly called "hard northern ash."
Lots more info at TB - Basses forum, or Fender Forum.
Bottom line, do you like how it sounds and feels? That's all that matters.
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06-18-2009, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | Swamp ash is only light if you get the wood near the roots that has been sitting in the water while growing
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06-18-2009, 08:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Northern Cal | | | I have the exact 78 version, pretty sure its swamp. Some were heavy some not mines in the middle I guess. |
06-18-2009, 08:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ojai, CA | | | Definitely not light, but not so heavy that I don't want to use it. |
06-18-2009, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by HogieWan  Swamp ash is only light if you get the wood near the roots that has been sitting in the water while growing | Nope. Every reputable wood dealer I've been able to learn from has said that all ash is graded by weight, the light boards being sold as "swamp ash" and the heavy boards being sold as "hard ash." Lumbermen don't keep track of the species, much less what part of the tree.
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06-18-2009, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by AndroWal Definitely not light, but not so heavy that I don't want to use it. | Cool. Enjoy it! My bass is a somewhat heavy ash too, but I am lovin' the hell out of it.
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06-18-2009, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by pilotjones Cool. Enjoy it! My bass is a somewhat heavy ash too, but I am lovin' the hell out of it. | Love "Fainting in Coils." A piece that I learned at the young age of 19. Now at my current age, I don't remember it and would have to learn it again! |
06-18-2009, 10:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | I love a nice piece of ash. Oh....and I had a '76 one that I let get away some years back. I really miss it.
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06-19-2009, 04:50 AM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by AndroWal Love "Fainting in Coils." A piece that I learned at the young age of 19. | That's great. How about "Joe Frazier?"
(I don't know either one, to play it.)
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06-19-2009, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by HogieWan Swamp ash is only light if you get the wood near the roots that has been sitting in the water while growing | The grain is normally wider as well. My Roscoe SKB3005 has a ash body like that, with a wendge tone plate and a maple top and only weighs 8.5 pounds. To me the ash from the body of the tree as described above is less aggressive sounding a more tame mid-range. |
06-19-2009, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CrashClint The grain is normally wider as well. My Roscoe SKB3005 has a ash body like that, with a wendge tone plate and a maple top and only weighs 8.5 pounds. To me the ash from the body of the tree as described above is less aggressive sounding a more tame mid-range. | what's a "tone plate"?
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06-19-2009, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by HogieWan what's a "tone plate"? | It is a piece of wood about 3/16" thick that is between the ash body and the maple top so the bass is made of three different woods. I think is slightly alters the tone and tones down the ash a little. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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