bubinga necks

[Phil Mastro]

Bubinga by all accounts should make a great neck . It is twice the price of maple though ( and good maple ain't cheap !) and heavy . I have used it as stringers and they work great .

Ovangkol is closely related to bubinga . It is also called shedua . As you know it was the wood that Warwick used to replace Wenge in the neck . It seems to work well to if you like that tone .

The stuff I have used has always been very stable . Like I said though it is heavy and it is more expensive . That is one reason I think you don't see it in mass use for necks .

Pete

+1

Also, from my experience, it's also pretty brittle, which is a bit annoying when shaping necks (if you're doing it by hand), especially with figured stuff.

Oh, and regarding Ovangkol, Larry Davis from Gallery Hardwoods has mentionned (in his section) that shedua is in fact NOT ovangkol, but a very close species. I thought it was the same thing too. You can learn more here

 

[Pete skjold]

+1

Also, from my experience, it's also pretty brittle, which is a bit annoying when shaping necks (if you're doing it by hand), especially with figured stuff.

Oh, and regarding Ovangkol, Larry Davis from Gallery Hardwoods has mentionned (in his section) that shedua is in fact NOT ovangkol, but a very close species. I thought it was the same thing too. You can learn more here

Interesting ,

all the searches I've done and all the wood dealers I've talked to don't make any mention of the two being different . There you go , learn something new every day .

My main point was that bubinga , shedua and ovangkol are similar in thier properties , so what works for one should work for the other ( generally ) .

I also think any neck wood with figure acts different than the same species without figure . I tend to stay away from figured necks , and would stay away from the heavily figured bubinga in favaor of quatersawn ( which is harder to get ) .

Just my two cents

Pete

 

[dhadleyray]

In my own humble experiences..

I have a '87 6 string Warwick/Thumb/neck thru/bubinga/wenge neck and from a few others I've used in the studio, the sound is focused and tight.

Distinctive with a nice growl.

 

[Lokire]

Sorry for the sidetrack but we need more pics in this thread - and this is some of the sweetest bubinga (quilted) that I've ever seen

Ken Lawrence guit....6-string ultra piccolo bass btw