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09-29-2006, 07:08 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | those of you that have made Black limba necks...
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How did you like working with it? Did you do them flat sawn or 1/4? Laminate or 1 piece. What are your thoughts on the subject?.........Thanks........tom
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09-29-2006, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | I'm subscribing, I'm planning a Wenge/Limba/Wenge neck-through, and would like to know what y'all think of working Limba necks.
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09-29-2006, 10:34 PM
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Owner: FBB Bass Works | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Maryland | | | You couldn't ask for an easier wood to work with, but stiffness is not terribly high. It's in the vicinity of mahogany. I'd think you'd want to stiffen it up with some stiffer stringers.
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09-29-2006, 11:58 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by FBB Custom You couldn't ask for an easier wood to work with, but stiffness is not terribly high. It's in the vicinity of mahogany. I'd think you'd want to stiffen it up with some stiffer stringers. | have to agree.....very easy to work, much like walnut, but a little Maple, Macacauba, Chechen, Purple heart, wenge etc. might help to keep it more stable. |
09-30-2006, 01:57 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: near detroit...uh | | | black limba looks
KILLER with purpleheart sandwiched in the middle
something about the green/cream and the purple is visually awesome
but as matt stated its not tough enough by itself hence why I say purpleheart looks good with it.
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10-02-2006, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: France, Paris region | | I prepare a limba-merbau-limba-mrbau-limba neck for my next project  Merbeau being super stiff (and heavy), the limba low stiffnes doesn't bother me. |
10-02-2006, 04:49 PM
| | Pushin' my soul through the wire... | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Lafayette, IN | | My last project has a black limba neck. Flat-sawn, one piece, with two graphite reinforcement bars. I too was worried about the stiffness of the limba so I used the 1/4" x 1/8" graphite bars from LMI. It may have been a little over kill though because I don't have any tension on the truss rod right now to get the relief I want. I will say that the neck profile on this neck is a a little chunkier than most people like, so that is responsible for some of the extra stiffness.  
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10-02-2006, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: France, Paris region | | | Beautiful! |
10-02-2006, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | That is one of my favourite basses around here.
any soundclips floating around? |
10-03-2006, 07:55 AM
| | Pushin' my soul through the wire... | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Lafayette, IN | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by fish man That is one of my favourite basses around here.
any soundclips floating around? | Ask and you shall receive. fretless soundclip (you may have to do a right click - "save target as" to get that file)
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10-03-2006, 10:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somerville, MA | | | That's a really nice sounding fretless, can I find the specs somewhere online?
specifically FB wood and electronics? |
10-03-2006, 06:14 PM
| | Pushin' my soul through the wire... | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Lafayette, IN | | Fretless 4 in Progress
(Sorry about derailing this thread  )
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10-03-2006, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by paintandsk8 | we're discussing your Black Limba neck, and the tone thereof!
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10-06-2006, 09:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: brantford on canada | | | Does Larry Davis' acrylising process improve stiffness? if so,that could be a good option. It also might negate the need for a finish. bear in mind that this is purely speculation as my experience is currently(i stress this word) non existant, I thought it may be just the solution.
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10-07-2006, 05:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland | | | I'll be doing a Les Paul in black limba over the next few months....but that's not exactly a bass. |
10-08-2006, 04:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: France, Paris region | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by jonas_oxide Does Larry Davis' acrylising process improve stiffness? if so,that could be a good option. It also might negate the need for a finish. bear in mind that this is purely speculation as my experience is currently(i stress this word) non existant, I thought it may be just the solution. | You're right. Acrylized wood is way stiffer, harder (and heavyer) and can be used without any finish. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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