what is nato body?

[Isak Pedersen]

pretty much as the title says.. what is nato body, i have a ibanez (http://www.thomann.de/se/ibanez_gsr180_bk.htm) and i just wondered whats under the black colour

[msb]

Perhaps they mean nitro .

[Greyfin10]

I feel like I'm turning into a grumpy old man... Google holds the key to all your needs... I tried the search string "Nato body?" and was immediately rewarded by cool, clean information. As a useful aside, if you want to limit your results to Talkbass, you can add "site:talkbass.com" to your query to limit results to those found on this site. I mention this because I've found the integrated TB search to be... well limited is the nice way of putting it.

[TheSuzie]

Nato is a wood that *some* people say shares some characteristics with mahogany though it is IME much lighter in color. The grain in the piece I have seen was not very distinctive. I have only seen the one sample that I know of but it seemed fairly meh to me.

I'm sure somebody here knows much more than I do - I'm probably just bored.....

[Floyd Eye]

"Nato wood, also known as Eastern Mahogany, is a reliable, strong wood used on guitar necks. It is a value-priced wood used more in the lower cost instruments. However, Nato still embodies all of the properties of more commonly used.... and more expensive mahogany. Not a bad wood at all for most ukes.... except the finest ones.""

[Isak Pedersen]

Thanks for fast comments i just wondered if it was wood at all and not just some kind of plastic crap or something xD i had some thoughts about remove the black paint in the future

[Ricky Anderson]

that's a good wood.
we call it nyatoh here (in indonesia).
anyway, only people with golden ears could hear the difference between different woods.
so, don't worry about it.
(I'm musically deaf)

[mmbongo]

I can tell you first hand that an amazing sounding bass can be made out of nato. Just pick up a Brubaker Brute if you don't believe me.

[calypsocoral302]

Nato and Sapele (another Mahogany relative, but with a unique, striped grain pattern) could very well be something that will be more common in the years ahead, as the areas of the world that used to produce the lightest, most resonant Mahogany are beginning to dry up.

[Ursus Tyrannus]

Sooo... not just an intergovernmental military alliance of 28 member countries based largely in the North Atlantic region.
Cool, I learned something today!