Recent content by JonPar

LOL. Have not been on Talkbass for years. Sitting in my bed bored with covid. thanks for entertainment.

Thanks so much. This newbie appreciates the note. I like the topic. Just wanted awareness about the variables...there are many I discovered.

Very curious to see what luthier's have found when mixing different woods on neck and/or body. Are the tones of each wood additive? Or do they conflict at times to filter the final output?

Marketing and business so much has a play in what manufacturers use...would you say? We custom folks follow our ear and eye? Mass production requires consistent qualities, resources, efficient process. Business requires market (trending, customer base). When I first started looking at tone-woods...

Like others mentioned, wait for dryness between coats. If you don't, it may be sticky forever. Then you will have to strip and start over. If your body wood is dry and showing deep grain, try to sand with automotive wet-dry fine sandpaper while flooded with your tung oil of choice. As it dries a...

Hello. Toying with the idea of reducing my "herd" of electric bass body blanks. Sorry, not too familiar with Talk Bass posting protocol. I am surprised there isn't a Classifieds that is dedicated to building basses. Should I post bass body blanks to parts? Thanks for your note. JP

It is true that wood does not change the sound of an electric bass sound very much when it is masked by a preamp that colors, pedals that cloud, and amp that alters. It is true not much, but, if recording and looking for wood sound, you will find it. Be sure to know that species does not...

I have used buffalo horn and camel bone. Worked great. Some sellers post sales of it. It is a cool thought of having deer antler on your bass. Even cooler if you play in a country band :) very creative!

PilotJones...great choices of wood (stopping in to read about your project for the first time). Here is some characteristics I have learned. Please let me know of others. Also, I know these characteristics vary from slab to slab... Paduk...nice for enhancing upper mids and mid harmonics...

I do not know what the general acceptance or reasons for choosing one or the other. Here is my thoughts: - I agree that the exit by the headstock may weaken the neck slightly. That is the place where the neck breaks when someone has an accident, so, I opt to not to weaken there. - Another...

There is an old fashioned way of darkening some woods with amonia. I think it was called "fumming". It only was suppost to work on some woods like oak and others with similar characteristics. Never tried it???

octaedro7 - nice question about hardest, tight grain, wood staining question. Off the top of my head...I think bubinga is fairly hard. It has various types of fibers that pickup staining many different ways. Especially if you do the staining technique like Konquest just mentioned. I actually...

Konquest - Thanks for the tips. I will try them. Especially the thinned shellac. That is a must on woods like cherry. You are so right about woods like cocobolo. I even have a hard time gluing it! Those woods have so much oil in them. What kind of glue do you use? I liked the lemon oil on...

octaedro7 - A technique I learned using the oil. After doing all your fine sanding...fille the grain with oil using this technique...flood the wood with oil, then, for the first oil layer, swirl the oil while sanding lightly with the fines sandpaper. Try to "push" the fine wood dust into the big...

Konquest - I tried a technique with the water based dyes. I do it in 2 stages which give it more of a 3 dimensional look. Different woods respond differently, so, there is a recipe you have to develop for each kind to get what you want to see. Like for woods that get a nice golden brown...