Favorite figured top wood?

[Cliff Bordwell]

Name your top choice for a figured top wood.

 

[hifibass]

Amboyna Burl or Quilted Redwood (chevron pattern). Does this mean you'll comp me on a new bass with one of those tops?

 

[smogg]

I'm a bit of a traditionalist, so I'll stick with the Book Matched Flame Maple top. This leaves the option of a natural finish or a huge variety of see through stain colors.

 

[gumbynotpokey]

Buckeye burl.

 

[Immigrant]

The top that was on a Big McNeely (?) for sale here about 6 months ago. The whole bass, including the top, brought about a hypnotic feeling and I had to quit looking at it.

 

[bassman10096]

Coco bolo

 

[capnsandwich]

It's a tie between buckeye burl and quilted ash.

 

[:DChilis:D]

Fodera has some amazing Brazillian Rosewood tops.... Jaw dropping, I just wish I could afford a RW top.

 

[Mr. Majestic]

It's a tie between buckeye burl and quilted ash.

+1......but lean toward the quilted ash a bit more.


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[zortation]

Ambrosia (A type of spalted maple), or spalted beech. Mac ebony.

 

[Randyt]

heres the Red Wood for my FBass AC6

 

[TK4261]

Spalted Maple with a bit of flame to it

 

[MyMusic]

Spalted Maple or Buckeye Burl.

 

[Musiclogic]

Mottled or pomelled Bubinga

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Ziricote with lots of sapwood and buckeye burl. Really, any wood with lots of strong color and/or value changes is great.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

Flamed Redwood

and then a bunch of others close behind.
Flamed spalted maple
Quilt maple
Myrtle where the finish shows the chatoyance of the wood
maple burl
cocobolo

Dan K.

 

[Joe Milo]

Spalted Maple
Cocobolo
Quilted Maple
Buckeye Burl
Brazilian Rosewood


Check out this link................http://www.edroman.com/

If you scroll through his tabs on his site you can feast your eyes on some beautiful and exotic woods....

 

[scubaduba]

Cocobolo or buckeye burl

 

[josiah goldfish]

Ziricote with lots of sapwood and buckeye burl. Really, any wood with lots of strong color and/or value changes is great.

I was given a ziricote headstock cap blank with a big strip of sapwood on it. Still waiting for that special project to use it on, beautiful wood.

Cocobolo and koa are really nice, but my absolute favourite is bearclaw-spruce. I guess that's partly due to the fact it's a great top wood for a lot of traditional instruments, violins and double basses included, and I love double basses.

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Claro walnut. Runner up: spalted maple.