I LOVE spalted maple

[JIO]

I love spalted maple but how about spalted mango?

I chose the below top for an upcoming custom build. It looks a bit like spalted maple, but I like that it is a weirdly obscure top for a bass.

Please post the build in Luthiers Corner - we'd all love to see this beauty unfold!

 

[basspraiser]

You're not alone!

BassMods K4VV fretless.

that one is just wicked cool!

 

[Gorn]

I bought this ubass recently not knowing it was spalted maple, but here it is:

 

[Cliff Bordwell]

Spalted Mango... I need some of that!

 

[ynot12]

Man I love Spalted Maple and this thread!!!

My custom Spector Euro Wimbish...

 

[Iridescentone]

 

[vmabus]

Gorgeous! Thanx for playing!

 

[pasco jacorius]

I like wood - all kinds: oak, walnut, knotty pine, aspen...
I like the variations in grain, texture and color; as individual as fingerprints. The tonewoods used on expensive guitars are flat-out gorgeous, but the one that always gets my attention is spalted maple. Yes, I know it's partially rotted, and that the figuring is created by fungus, but still, I'm crazy about it. Am I nuts?

Nuts ? No you're not !!
Here is mine , Marceau Singlecut (31") 6 strings. This isn't a veneer but a 6mm top/back, it needed some work to stabilize it , Tom Marceau had a lot of work on this one , but the result is worth the job.

 

[kevk]

Mark... rarely see spalted maple quite like this...quite stunning! Needs a clear pickguard to show off the rest of it! You let this one go???

 

[FC Bass]

From Santa Rosa:

 

[Guinness20]

Loving that Spector ynot12! I wish I had bought the BC Rich Paolo Gregoletto warlock with a spatled maple top instead of my thunderbird. No point getting on now though, it wouldn't get a look in.

 

[kodiakblair]

I've 3. Two Vintage V100s and a Traben Neo. Prefer the look of the V100s but the Traben plays so much better.

 

[mel0dic.bassist]

I own nothing of the exotic calibre currently, except in the past I had an original run, USA-made Peavey Rudy Sarzo signature model (my "great white buffalo"), had a gorgeous flamed maple 5-piece neck.. You might even consider it a 7-piece as the last 2 pieces are not really going the whole length of the neck... And it was HEAVY..

Anyways, my point is, you aren't nuts, and exotic woods give me wood I love my maple.. But spalted Ash.. Mannnnn.. This thread is making me think of how bad I'd GAS over the older Elrick basses as a kid when I first started playing 17+ years ago.

 

[mark beem]

Mark... rarely see spalted maple quite like this...quite stunning! Needs a clear pickguard to show off the rest of it! You let this one go???

Yeah, I sold it. It was a great bass but I'm a 5 string player and it wasn't getting that much use. If it had been a 5'er, I'd definitely still have it!

 

[Lonnybass]

This is about to start happening. It's the most insane topwood I've ever been able to get my hands on.

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[Baird6869]

I love spalted maple but how about spalted mango?

I chose the below top for an upcoming custom build. It looks a bit like spalted maple, but I like that it is a weirdly obscure top for a bass.

I forgot all about this thread!

Here is my finished bass almost a year later. IMO, it looks great....

 

[kevk]

My spalted maple build from earlier this year... It's nice that every bass with this top wood looks very unique! Great eye-candy thread!

 

[bholder]

Lookit all that lovely spalt! Makes me wanna order a spalted milkshake with a side of chocolate covered spalt balls!

I don't have any spalted basses, but I did find these lovely knobs:

http://archipelagoglass.com/agstore/index.php/all-wood-knobs/gk-2014-07-11-01.html

http://archipelagoglass.com/agstore/index.php/concentric-knob-sets/gk-2013-06-11-01.html

I'll definitely be ordering a couple of sets from them for my 3P and FrankenSchecter projects.

 

[bass12]

My spalted mango MTD 535:

 

[Need2KnowBasses]

Great thread. Now we need a burled thread or a spalted vs burled thread.

 

[bass12]

Great thread. Now we need a burled thread or a spalted vs burled thread.

I love spalts but I really love a good burl. You're on!