These tonewoods?

[sir juice]

An amateur luthier friend of mine is building his first bass (uilt guitars before) and was asking me about tonewoods, and seeing as I have minimal knowledge I came here

These are his plans so far:
Semi-hollow/semi-acoustic, Mahogony top and back, maple sides with an ash core under the pickups and bridge, and where the neck will bolt on.

Bolt-on maple neck with fretless ebony fingerboard with slap plate on the end.

He's looking for something that can be pretty bright sounding when attacked harder/slapped, but can warm up nicely when treated a bit nicer.

I really have no clue about this kind of thing, and he just didn't want to join just for the one thread.

Thanks from both of us

[allenhumble]

Their are a lot of variables in there. Make it active and add a pre-amp. That way you can control how you want it to sound.

[Larry Davis]

If Wilser was building this sucker, he'd know what combo of woods would get that baby in line. maybe he'll swoop by with some advice....

[eleonn]

Yeah he is really good at which good gives you which sound

[genocide roach]

Originally Posted by allenhumble

Their are a lot of variables in there.

thats what i thought too. 3 different woods with different densities and tones.

why try a flamed maple body for attack and match it up with, i dunno... wenge for the neck and fretboard? it would warm it up a bit, especially around the middle.
~gR~

[NKUSigEp]

Originally Posted by sir juice

He's looking for something that can be pretty bright sounding when attacked harder/slapped, but can warm up nicely when treated a bit nicer.

alder