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04-06-2009, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: "Newland", Finland | | | "Woods of the Trade"
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Hi there to all of you.
Just thought I'd "drop a line" and tell yuo guys what I've been up to lately.
I've been gathering info on different wood species used in electric bass guitar building, it can be found here: http://koti.mbnet.fi/bassment/
Yeah, I know I know. I just had to stir up the hornets nest once again didn't I 
If someone has something to add, edit, idea of improvement, better pictures or comment, go ahead...
Cheers,
"Woody Woodpecker"  |
04-06-2009, 02:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Netherlands | | Thank you for sharing this knowledge . I think it's one of the more complete and detailed lists I've seen. Great job! 
__________________ Rob Habraken You have a bass with a wormhole capable of traversing the vast expanses of space/time - and you patched it with a toothpick...
There's something very existential about all that! tZer |
04-06-2009, 02:11 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Delta Quadrant | | | i just use pine from home depot.. glue together some 2x4s then cut them to shape |
04-06-2009, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: "Newland", Finland | | | Tell me more!
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Originally Posted by D Rokk  i just use pine from home depot.. glue together some 2x4s then cut them to shape | You do?! You gotta tell me more!
I've been thinking about that too, I've got some plain planks of pine myself "all dried up" and been meaning to start selecting some pieces for a body.
I don't think pine would be so bad at all, it's cheap and chearfull, and a breeze to work with. But how does it sound? |
04-06-2009, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | Very cool info! Thanks for sharing! |
04-06-2009, 03:22 PM
|  | Supporting Member
Owner/Builder: Regenerate Guitar Works | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upper Left Corner (Seattle) | | now you've gone and done it - when Wilser reads this he's gonna be ticked!
I'd hurry to delete all references to mid-range tonality before his people come looking for you while you're sleeping. if they do catch you off guard, be assured you'll get an object lesson on the impact that various hardwoods have on the tonal properties of numchucks  
all the best,
R |
04-06-2009, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: "Newland", Finland | | | Wilser's "the man"
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Originally Posted by Rodent now you've gone and done it - when Wilser reads this he's gonna be ticked!
Yeah, I know Wilser is one of the reasons for me doin this, he's goin to be all fired up...
I'd hurry to delete all references to mid-range tonality before his people come looking for you while you're sleeping. if they do catch you off guard, be assured you'll get an object lesson on the impact that various hardwoods have on the tonal properties of numchucks
all the best,
R | It's a good thing I'm over here in Finland, a long-long way from Wilser and his people. 
I wonder what Wilser's respons to the "mid-hump" characteristics of pine would be... |
04-06-2009, 06:34 PM
| | | | his people are everywhere, thrust me, theyve seen this thread, and theyre watching you, right now
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ninefinger read my mind... A 32 foot scale bass? Who's going to play it? 90 foot jesus?
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04-06-2009, 10:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lima - Perú | | ...yep they have a worldwide spy web... if I were you I would hide right now!!! 
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Originally Posted by Nelson Guitars Nothing like standing in a pile of fresh wood shavings you just made. | |
04-07-2009, 03:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ashley Ohio USA | | | It's ok. I read last week (April 1 in fact) that he's given up building for a fulltime career as a Chippendale dancer. The mid hump is probably even more useful there. |
04-08-2009, 02:17 AM
| | | Wow,
This is great
I was going to make one just like this,
And you got it 
This is the best one i've seen on WWW so far
Thank you for this |
04-08-2009, 01:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: "Newland", Finland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by saltyanchovy Wow,
This is great
I was going to make one just like this,
And you got it
This is the best one i've seen on WWW so far
Thank you for this | Sorry guys, I cant hear you. I've gone so deep under ground to hide from Wilser and his people that I'm probably half-way to China by now Just kidding...
Thx. Speaking of Wilser, it makes one wonder why he hasn't put something like this together? He certainly would have the know-how about the subject, at least that's the impression I've got about him.
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