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Anyone else have a 'type'?

#65
Do I have a type?
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J.Wolf said:
I guess it's finally time to admit that the only basses that stick around long term here are ash body basses. Some of them are heavy norther, some are super light swamp. Honestly, most of the time it's ash/maple, provided that they have a good midrange voice and aren't too scooped. I think for solid body fretted basses, Im really only comfortable with the attack and frequency presentation of ash, when it's done right. I always want to love alder, mahogany etc. as a body wood, but 9/10 it just doesn't quite sit right. 4, 5, 6, J, P, humbuckers, bolt on, neck thru, theyre all just ash. Minus that nice Koa Taylor in the back.

Anyone else find that they gravitate to one type of wood for a body or fingerboard? Besides neck wood, the body and board seem (to my ears) to have most impact on tone. Unless you're one of those that believe 'all woods sound the same and anyways, its all in the fingers', in which case, perhaps this thread may not be for you :)

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I like the way ash looks and the way walnut feels. But maple sounds the best to me for bass (acoustic and semi-acoustic).
 
#72
I keep flirting with Jazz Basses, but always find myself coming back to Precisions.
(Boring, I know...) :)
I used to be particular about alder and ash, but my current favorite P-Bass has a plywood body. It's lightweight and sounds fantastic! :thumbsup:
The fingerboard wood certainly *does* affect the sound. The total mass of the neck does, too.
 
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J.Wolf said:
...Anyone else find that they gravitate to one type of wood for a body or fingerboard? Besides neck wood, the body and board seem (to my ears) to have most impact on tone. Unless you're one of those that believe 'all woods sound the same and anyways, its all in the fingers', in which case, perhaps this thread may not be for you :)
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Don't believe in "tone wood", so it's hardly surprising that my "type" is headless graphite basses with ebonol necks (for wood basses/guitars, my preference is ebony). Tone may be in my fingers, but sustain, balance, and stability are in the design and materials of the bass.
 
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J.Wolf said:
I guess it's finally time to admit that the only basses that stick around long term here are ash body basses. Some of them are heavy norther, some are super light swamp. Honestly, most of the time it's ash/maple, provided that they have a good midrange voice and aren't too scooped. I think for solid body fretted basses, Im really only comfortable with the attack and frequency presentation of ash, when it's done right. I always want to love alder, mahogany etc. as a body wood, but 9/10 it just doesn't quite sit right. 4, 5, 6, J, P, humbuckers, bolt on, neck thru, theyre all just ash. Minus that nice Koa Taylor in the back.

Anyone else find that they gravitate to one type of wood for a body or fingerboard? Besides neck wood, the body and board seem (to my ears) to have most impact on tone. Unless you're one of those that believe 'all woods sound the same and anyways, its all in the fingers', in which case, perhaps this thread may not be for you :)

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I've come to like the low weight of some Ibanez SRs, whatever the woods. 300E is Nyatoh-bodied and 2600 is mahogany with poplar burr. I have one of each.
 

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