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10-04-2009, 11:57 AM
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I've always thought that the top on this Moon bass was Ash. However, the other day it occurred to me that it looked a bit like Spalted Maple.
I'm looking for opinions more knowledgeable than mine.
Thanks in advance for an replies.
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10-04-2009, 12:10 PM
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10-04-2009, 12:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC | | Could be spalted ash. I'd never heard of such a thing before, but I googled it just for giggles because the base grain does look alot like ash, and spalted ash does exist. Spalted Ash Telecaster
(Believe me though, my opinion is NOT more educated than yours here...)
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10-04-2009, 12:56 PM
| | | | its mostl likely ash, with a little bit of a discoloration or some spalting
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10-04-2009, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bergen County, New Jersey | | | i have a bass and guitar with swamp ash bodies and this looks the same as the grain on them. i don't have any spalted maple to compare it to though :/ |
10-04-2009, 01:02 PM
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10-04-2009, 01:03 PM
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It's probably swamp ash, which seems to be used a little more frequently than plain ash: 
It is definitely NOT spalted maple: 
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10-04-2009, 08:50 PM
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10-05-2009, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon/north Georgia | | | Those are glass worm scars in soft ash. Happens in maple also. A small fly gets between the bark and cambium layer, lays eggs and what you see is the larvae tracks.
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10-07-2009, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry Davis  Those are glass worm scars in soft ash. Happens in maple also. A small fly gets between the bark and cambium layer, lays eggs and what you see is the larvae tracks. | LARRY LIVES!
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10-07-2009, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry Davis Those are glass worm scars in soft ash. Happens in maple also. A small fly gets between the bark and cambium layer, lays eggs and what you see is the larvae tracks. |
TONE WORM ALERT!!!!!!!!  
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10-07-2009, 11:14 AM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | What's the ressonant frequency of a glass toneworm? 
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10-07-2009, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sumner,Wa | | | Depends if the worms are Eastern or Western, the latter having more warmth and bottom. The Eastern worm imparts a slight compression in the mid frequencies.
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10-07-2009, 11:22 AM
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10-07-2009, 04:36 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | The best upper-lower-mid-thump is provided by swamp glass worms.
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10-07-2009, 04:46 PM
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10-07-2009, 06:52 PM
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10-08-2009, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry Davis I lived here for post 5 and 16, but got chased out on post 17. All your fault, Wilser!! Sustain Block
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10-08-2009, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotjones What's the ressonant frequency of a glass toneworm? | 
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