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Eco Friendly?

#2
I'm still about the wood for the wood. Species come and go. We are simply a factor in natural selection of vegetation.

It's impossible to protect every species out there - it's an eat-or-be-eaten world. Come whatever may.

Besides, it we chop down all of the other trees that take thousands upon thousands of years to grow, these faster growing "Phoenix Trees" can take over.
 
#3
Eco-Friendlieness is a HUGE factor for me (Ecology Major).

However, i'm also not the most affluent person out there to go spending thousands on a small green-friendly luthier (unfortunatly). So, the best i can do is practice, whole-heartedly, the second of the three 'R's: REUSE!

I think.. i KNOW... no matter how destructive any sort of wood harvesting (as well as social/exploitative manufacturing process issues) can be to the earth... it's ALWAYS less harmful to REUSE something than it is to build/make/create a NEW something, no matter how fast growing the wood can be.


Now... i will stop before i prattle on... i'm WAY to sensitive/passionate about this issue... :hmm:
 
#4
In order to save trees I've experimented with the meat bass.

MeatBass-1.jpg


Tone is weak, intonation sucks but it is, in fact, delicious.
 
#6
Royal Paulownia is a very good tonewood. Its used for my Traben Array Attack. My other bass (BC Rich Eagle, and both my guitars BC Rich & Epiphone) use mahogany for the body. My fave wood. Though it might be asian version of they still have the wieght and tone of qaulity american mahogany which Ive had in previous guitars and basses. I dont think the major import guitar and bass mfg brands are endangering any wood speices. I think that they are observing laws for wood aquiring and so on. Far more wood gets used for house building and furniture. If any industry is creating potential loss of a tree species or of too much woodlands for planets health, itd be the house and furniture makers use of wood, not musical instrument manufacture imo.
 
#9
I think some of you are missing the original point of the post...

I was simply curious if the new generation of Bass players would be influenced to buy a particular bass and or brand based on the fact that the manufacturer was using sustainable woods and/or buying wood from companies that participate in eco-friendly harvesting practices....

or for that matter the old guard as well...
 
#12
Snakeman1066 said:
I think some of you are missing the original point of the post...

I was simply curious if the new generation of Bass players would be influenced to buy a particular bass and or brand based on the fact that the manufacturer was using sustainable woods and/or buying wood from companies that participate in eco-friendly harvesting practices....

or for that matter the old guard as well...
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Then, in that case, not at all. Exotic hardwoods make up disgustingly little amounts of custom instruments these days. Manufacturers are constantly turning to cheaper woods, so this could just be the next step in the Fender, Gibson, etc line of wood habits.

Give me evidence that shows that an ebony tree is more important to the environment than a rosewood, pau ferro, wenge, or maple tree, and I might consider using something else for a finger board.
 
#13
FunkMetalBass said:
Then, in that case, not at all. Exotic hardwoods make up disgustingly little amounts of custom instruments these days. Manufacturers are constantly turning to cheaper woods, so this could just be the next step in the Fender, Gibson, etc line of wood habits.

Give me evidence that shows that an ebony tree is more important to the environment than a rosewood, pau ferro, wenge, or maple tree, and I might consider using something else for a finger board.
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well i'm not trying to turns this into a political thread.....

it's not the fact that these trees are more or less important than other trees in the environment or eco-system, but simply that they exist in much smaller numbers...

if there are 10,000,000 of one kind of tree and only 10,000 of another kind of tree does it not make sense to find an alternative to the tree only found in small numbers....so that they can be preserved for future generations?
 
#14
Snakeman1066 said:
I was simply curious if the new generation of Bass players would be influenced to buy a particular bass and or brand based on the fact that the manufacturer was using sustainable woods and/or buying wood from companies that participate in eco-friendly harvesting practices....

or for that matter the old guard as well...
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I don't know whether I count as next-gen or old guard, but I would go out of my way to buy from a luthier who uses more sustainable practises and FSC-certified woods wherever possible. For that matter, I won't touch a bass made from an endangered species of tree.

Godin uses reclaimed wood whenever possible, by the way.

I don't know how one would clean up the finishing process, but I'm sure that someone will come up with something ...
 
#18
Snakeman1066 said:
I think some of you are missing the original point of the post...

I was simply curious if the new generation of Bass players would be influenced to buy a particular bass and or brand based on the fact that the manufacturer was using sustainable woods and/or buying wood from companies that participate in eco-friendly harvesting practices....

or for that matter the old guard as well...
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No. It means nothing to me.
 

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