Can you share your experience about roasted swamp ash and ebony?

[YSJ]

Hello, I'm thinking of ordering bass neck and body from Warmoth. Lightness is the best value for me so I consider the weight most when choosing woods.

At first, I picked swamp ash for body but there was a roasted swamp ash in list. They said roasted swamp ash is lighter and more durable than swamp ash. But I have never seen this wood before, so I'm a little bit hesitate about choosing this wood. I'm thinking of open pore satin finish so that I can highlight the grain of the wood. Would roasting process change the grain or the darker color of roasted body would affect the satin finish color I intended (ash gray)? Would you mine sharing your experience about roasted swamp ash? Your experience, thoughts, opinion everything is welcome.

I choose ebony wood for finger board, and one thing worries me is that the color. I used 2 basses with ebony finger board before. Bacchus exotic line. The ebony fretboard of Bacchus was pure black without any spot or grain. just perfect pure black with great smooth feeling So I'm expecting the same from Warmoth. But the wood example of woods on website are brown. How come those brown woods turn into black colored finger boards? It just look magical to layperson like me. I heard some cheap ebony use dye to make it black. I think pretty good mans ordered the neck with ebony fingerboard from Warmoth. Will you share your experience about it? About color, quality and extra..

 

[mikezimmerman]

I have a roasted swamp ash body for a Warmoth bass I'm putting together. Unfinished, the color is a darker than regular swamp ash. The color becomes much darker when a finish is put on it, more like koa or mahogany, at least with the oil finish I used and any of the clear finishes I've seen in the Warmoth pages. I suspect it would be much darker than regular swamp ash with any kind of gray stain, as well.

As for the ebony, solid black ebony has become much more expensive and harder to find in recent years. Ebony with some streaks in it is much more common, and some varieties of ebony like Macassar are naturally lighter with more grain showing. They all have the same smooth feel and sound pretty much the same, though.

Hello, I'm thinking of ordering bass neck and body from Warmoth. Lightness is the best value for me so I consider the weight most when choosing woods.

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At first, I picked swamp ash for body but there was a roasted swamp ash in list. They said roasted swamp ash is lighter and more durable than swamp ash. But I have never seen this wood before, so I'm a little bit hesitate about choosing this wood. I'm thinking of open pore satin finish so that I can highlight the grain of the wood. Would roasting process change the grain or the darker color of roasted body would affect the satin finish color I intended (ash gray)? Would you mine sharing your experience about roasted swamp ash? Your experience, thoughts, opinion everything is welcome.

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I choose ebony wood for finger board, and one thing worries me is that the color. I used 2 basses with ebony finger board before. Bacchus exotic line. The ebony fretboard of Bacchus was pure black without any spot or grain. just perfect pure black with great smooth feeling So I'm expecting the same from Warmoth. But the wood example of woods on website are brown. How come those brown woods turn into black colored finger boards? It just look magical to layperson like me. I heard some cheap ebony use dye to make it black. I think pretty good mans ordered the neck with ebony fingerboard from Warmoth. Will you share your experience about it? About color, quality and extra..