All maple basses.

[rekesbass]

Ric's are light because the bodies are thin. If the bodies on Ric's were as thick as,..lets say a jazz bass,they would be heavy too.

 

[Bassist30]

I love maple basses. Even woods close to maple i like similar to swamp ash. But I feel you can get alot of punch from maple as well as warmth dependent on the pre and pickups. Like my alleva coppolo.

 

[fuNKmaster83]

did you know there are more than 10 spicies of maple (at least in my country)
every is difrent from tree to wood...

and when it comes to wood its all so variable... even pieces cut out of the same tree can have diferent sound and character...

 

[allenhumble]

I love maple basses. Even woods close to maple i like similar to swamp ash. But I feel you can get alot of punch from maple as well as warmth dependent on the pre and pickups. Like my alleva coppolo.

Is that maple or swamp ash?

 

[Lorenzini]

I owned a Pedulla Thunderbass 4 string for a few months.
I did a recording session and the producer was FLOOOOOORED by the tone it put it. And it's true, it really killed.

Alas, the neckthru maple body, maple neck, maple top really had a maple sound which isn't my favorite. Really punchy though and a super tight bottom.

 

[Nighthawk551]

It wants more sunlight, but my oak / oak bass just ignores it.

I hope I'm not the only one who caught that .

 

[Mofo-Kang]

Would a decent preamp and pickups be able to overcome the brightness of the wood and add more flexability? I had an idea for a Benavente bass and they offer flamed maple as a body wood. They have 2 differnet pickups wide and slim. I would probably go with the wide and thier 3 band preamp.

My Gibson RD Artist is all maple, I believe. With the Moog-designed preamp/active pickup system in it, its got an extremely wide tonal range, wider than any bass I've ever heard. It goes from an extremely muffled, muddy deep thump to an extremely bright, harsh high end, and everything in between. I don't know how helpful this is for the OP's question, though, because it's hard to tell what it'd sound like without the Moog stuff tweaking the original sound.

 

[Chronicle]

Rickenbacker is probably the best example of all maple

Check out my Myspace page to see how it sounds with a little grit

 

[GobBass]

Where's that pic of that custom Carvin with 18v preamp when you need it?

Excellent use of maple it is.

 

[Bassist30]

Is that maple or swamp ash?

North Eastern or Hard Ash

 

[allenhumble]

North Eastern or Hard Ash

I realy dig the color on that one.

 

[CharlyG]

The maple walnut maple sandwich of my 4004 puts out an interesting tone. I have heard some take out the humbuckers and put in toasters for an even more distinct tone.

 

[allenhumble]

The maple walnut maple sandwich of my 4004 puts out an interesting tone. I have heard some take out the humbuckers and put in toasters for an even more distinct tone.

How would you discribe the tone?

 

[Earwigger]

My vigier arpege is all maple but with graphite neck. It's bright but with a very deep low end.

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Dude, that is BEAUTIFUL.

 

[shostkontrabass]

you need to test out my all maple Sadhana #13 Birdsong(piccolo)...Fantastic...

That is a beautiful bass! I especially love the pickup cover.

 

[CharlyG]

How would you describe the tone?

With the humbuckers and Chromes, I can go from P on steroids to almost the Rick clank. The walnut adds some warmth compared to all maple. Kinda like the difference between analog and digital recordings. The digital is crisper, harsher than the warm analog sound.

I haven't played the G&L with the band yet. I will do that this Sunday. I have a feeling I will be able to dupe the 4004 tones and more.

 

[PraiseTheLard]

Resurrection but my old budget Epiphone Rock bass is one of the brief maple body, maple neck ones. Heavy as hell. It has a LOT of punch on the highs, very bright with a really sharp attack. Like, can sound like slap bass just normal finger picking. It also has a deep low with a ton of sustain on the notes. It also had big brass saddles down at the bridge which may help with that. Ive considered switching to flats or half rounds on it just to cut back on the high end snap a bit. Come to think of it, I've never even thought about doing like full rounds on EA and maybe going flat or half on DG. Is that a thing that's done?

 

[eastcoasteddie]

2014 Squier VM Jazz V maple body, Warmoth Roasted Maple/Roasted Maple neck.

11 glorious, punchy, pounds…

 

[Jugghaid]

My Pedullas have all maple bodies, necks and boards and are very light. Good range of tones, rather bright but not as flat as ash.

Yup. Had a J2000 5 string rapture. Had plenty of growl and warmth with the barts.

 

[SharpCat]

Just built such a thing. The FrankenMaple Jazz has a Squier CV 70s maple body and a Fender roast maple neck. With Fender Flats, Hipshot brass bridge and Aguilar pickups, it's warm at the neck but gets growly on the 70s position bridge pickup. Still getting to know the tells of this bass, but so far I'm finding it has huge sustain.