Wood and pickup selections

liran · #1 03-25-2002, 04:33 PM

Hi,
What would be the best type of woods and pickups would be best for a very punchy but deep, articulate, smooth sound, with amazing growl, and with a very good slap tone?

dhuffguitars · #2 03-25-2002, 06:02 PM

That is a pretty loaded question!

DP Custom · #3 03-25-2002, 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by James Tippets
Hi,
What would be the best type of woods and pickups would be best for a very punchy but deep, articulate, smooth sound, with amazing growl, and with a very good slap tone?

That's exactly what we're all trying to find out.

Plus, it's a very subjective thing...one man's punchy is another man's harsh.

DP

grond · #4 03-26-2002, 08:11 AM

Uh... Are there any web-sites that list the qualities of the various woods you can use in making basses ? The different characteristics that a certain wood will add to your sound... good neck woods...

Hambone · #5 03-26-2002, 01:37 PM

Here's one to start -http://www.hvgb.net/~tonewood/TONEWOODGRADES.html#rarest

As I get more URL's I'll post them to this thread for your amusement.

pilotjones · #6 03-26-2002, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by grond
Are there any web-sites that list the qualities of the various woods...

Here's Ken Smith's:
http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...econtents.html

pilotjones · #7 03-26-2002, 03:07 PM

Matt Schmill's:
http://eksl.cs.umass.edu/~schmill/fbb/pages/ click on "woods"