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Cocobolo bass
- Thread starter Mamasboy
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Really? I've several pieces and all were very nice dry wood and worked well. No issues gluing at all. My father even made a violin from it. Here's my 5 string with ebony neck at 11 pounds.
That’s a beauty, but I’m getting too old for 11 pound basses. I think I’m going to at least partially chamber my cocobolo top build with an F hole to lighten it up. No way I could use a 20 lb bass for anything but seated practice.
If thats what you see then you might consider having your eyes checked.
I find both Hickory and pecan to be harder to work with than Cocobolo. Its easier to saw and easier to sand and its far more beautiful so the effort is worth it. As rosewoods and ebonies go, cocobolo isn't really all that hard to deal with outside of gluing issues and sensitivity problems with the dust. Fortunately I don't have any issues with that so I've never had a problem working with it. Hickory and pecan on the other hand are damnably hard on saw blades and router bits.
Just a generic piezo preamp with simple tone and volume edge mounted. I am using a Richter piezo preamp in a new six string and will probably change this one to a Richter later.
It wasn't built for long standing episodes. I agree some chambering should be done which likely will occur with the new six string I am trying to finish. The neck is a little thick on this one as well and once the six is done this one will get some rework.
Richter -cool I'll have to check them out. been wanting to do a piezo and passive pu combo semi-hollow for sometime.
I've never seen sparks coming off the blade when cutting Pecan.If thats what you see then you might consider having your eyes checked.
You've had sparks cutting cocobolo? Only time I've had sparks was on my bandsaw cutting ebony. Turns out I needed to adjust the rear blade guide bearing, as I was just pushing hard due to the density of the wood.
Yep on a 10" Table Saw with a new blade.You've had sparks cutting cocobolo? Only time I've had sparks was on my bandsaw cutting ebony. Turns out I needed to adjust the rear blade guide bearing, as I was just pushing hard due to the density of the wood.
That amuses me, because I have a 20 lb (-ish) bass and I can't sit with it at all. It has this huge hollowed out chamber, too.
So I just stand around next to it...whether at practice or at a gig.
I think the heaviest bass I ever tried was a late 70's Series 1 Alembic, that thing was HUGE. Maybe 15+ lbs? My shoulder started aching in about 5 minutes. Sometimes it's just the ergonomics of the bass, I'll take a well balanced moderately heavy bass over a lightweight neck diver any day, unless it's REALLY light. My son has a Jay Turser Beatle Bass clone that's feather light, and a brutal neck diver, but it's so light you can "clamp" it with your elbow and not even notice it, and even a moderately "sticky" strap doesn't move. I can see myself switching to a Hofner alone in my Dotage.That amuses me, because I have a 20 lb (-ish) bass and I can't sit with it at all. It has this huge hollowed out chamber, too.
