Black Korina Body Ziricote Neck/Fretboard?

[bassic_element]

I am thinking of putting together a bass with the above mentioned woods, what do you guys think? The bass would be passive and have a single MM pickup with just a volume knob. Also what are the attributes of each wood? Are Ziricote and Black Korina expensive?

[Grantrudd]

I dont know about black kornia, but i know that ziricote is very expensive (at least at my wood supplier.) If you want a ziricote fretboard, they will run you around $35 from gallery hardwoods without radiusing or slotting. if you are looking for bigger peices, it is priced around $50 per board foot.

[Marcus Willett]

Well, I dunno about ziricote, but korina (or black limba) is a great wood to use for a bass body. It has a nice appearance, tone is similar to mahogany, is medium weight and yields a nice balanced full tone. I've had two basses built with korina bodies and both sounded great. It is not expensive either...a very musical wood!

[erikbojerik]

Black korina (also called black limba) is about as dense as mahogany and is a wonderful wood to work, nice and easy on the tools. I find it has a bit more attack to it than mahogany does. I just built a Les Paul with black limba body & neck, and that's what I find when comparing to my '83 Les Paul custom (mahogany neck & body with maple cap).

Ziricote is very hard and dense, bright with lots of attack, not especially stable and prone to checking, so you need to seal it well with a good finish. A beautiful wood, I would probably do a 3-piece laminated neck if it were me. Or just use it for a fretboard.

A cool wood combo, but if you went for an all-ziricote neck, you'd have to take care in the body design so you don't have a neck-heavy instrument.

[Taylor Livingston]

Here's a ziricote neck and fingerboard -
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_g...mNumber=D5N215

Pretty cool.

[FBB Custom]

I would think that the neck would be very heavy. Ziricote does tend to check and it does tend to load abrasives so it is a pain to work with.

[bassic_element]

so it's a no go?

[waseok]

having a heavy neck is really a pain in the ass, since u have to put extra force (with uyour left hand, if ur no lefty) to hold it high enough to play..
I had such problem...
If you want to use a ziricote neck/fb u should use a medium-heavy wood and i would recomend J style body shape, because it balances well. (Ever wondered why the bottom - left part tends to be bigger then the upper?)

[aaron11778]

I built a guitar with an all-Ziricote neck (made by Warmoth). I see no reason not to use it. True - it is heavy, but not true that it isn't stable an needs a finish. It is silky smooth to the touch, tight-grained, and according to Warmoth, it won't even take a finish. It's extraordinarily dense and its physical properties are compared to Ebony by Warmoth, except that it's more colorful, and Warmoth compares the tone to Brazilian Rosewood. My guitar has already been banged around a little but you wouldn't know it by looking at the neck - there isn't a mark on it. I don't know how easy it is to work with, but I suspect you'll be happy with the result. Good luck! Oh, and one final note, the sustain on that guitar is unfreakinbelievable, and I suspect it's in large part due to the Ziricote neck.

[Taylor Livingston]

But a guitar neck generally represents a smaller ratio of the whole instrument than on a bass. In other words, a heavy bass neck is more likely to cause neck dive than a heavy guitar neck.

[erikbojerik]

Aaron, I would at least do an oil finish on that ziricote neck if I were you. Over time (remembering that "stability" is constancy over time....) it will want to develop checks if it allowed to follow the humidity.