Moa Koa

[RocketMusic]

Roscoe is making a pair of special Koa-topped basses for me. The fretboard materials are up in the air for now. Might be BE Maple, might be Wenge. Not that Gard has to listen to any of us, but let us know your preferences! I'm leaning Wenge myself, just cause the Koa/BEM thing has been done a bunch. And I LOVE the sound of more wenge in the neck

Century Signature V (Koa)

SKB Signature V (Koa)

 

[bobunit]

It just amazes me the tops these guys are coming up with. That one for the SKB... WOW!

 

[CliffD]

I love those tops, but my wallet hates you Greg.

 

[RocketMusic]

I love those tops, but my wallet hates you Greg.

So is that a vote for a Wenge fretboard? Just so you can have something different?

 

[Ryan L.]

Wenge.

 

[Gard]

Wenge.

...how 'bout FRETLESS?!?!?












(...don't want Missus Ryan to git me...)

 

[dponbass]

Wenge... after looking at that Redwood Burl SKB... Wenge....

 

[RocketMusic]

Yeah, I think a darker wood would look better at the transition from the blonde Koa sapwood to the fretboard...

 

[CliffD]

So is that a vote for a Wenge fretboard? Just so you can have something different?

Oh I'm fat on Koa, nice 'n happeh. Now if you had some exhibition bubinga...then I'd be introuble

 

[Gard]

Oh I'm fat on Koa, nice 'n happeh. Now if you had some exhibition bubinga...then I'd be introuble

...isn't that like putting a "KICK ME!!!" sign on your own back?

 

[CliffD]

...isn't that like putting a "KICK ME!!!" sign on your own back?

I get a "KICK" outta Roscoes...

 

[mwbonsall]

Wenge.

Mark

 

[Ryan L.]

...how 'bout FRETLESS?!?!?












(...don't want Missus Ryan to git me...)

You could run, but you couldn't hide. She would find you.

And tempting me with something like that would be just pure evil. Please, make them both fretted.

 

[Gard]

You could run, but you couldn't hide. She would find you.

And tempting me with something like that would be just pure evil. Please, make them both fretted.

...yup, we just decided:

The Century Signature V will be a lined fretless bird's eye maple diamondwood fingerboard...

 

[PlanetEarth]

My vote will ALWAYS be ebony for the fingerboard.... ESPECIALLY is it's fretless.



-PE

 

[oren]

There's a bird's eye version of the diamondwood? Oh, man - are there any pics of that?

 

[bassWR]

...how 'bout FRETLESS?!?!?

+1 for fretless..how about lined diamondwood BEM....
I could go on.
Spanish Cedar Body
Koa Inlay at the 12th fret.
Bart./Bart.
and yes, Black Hardware
...as long as I'm dreamin..dream big.

 

[RocketMusic]

Hah! Guess you didn't follow the links? The specs are exactly what you just cited...

Century Signature V (Koa)
SKB Signature V (Koa)

 

[Ryan L.]

...yup, we just decided:

The Century Signature V will be a lined fretless bird's eye maple diamondwood fingerboard...

Well, might as well add 20mm bridge spacing to that then. If you're gonna get me killed, I might as well get killed for something with PERFECT specs.

 

[bassWR]

Hah! Guess you didn't follow the links? The specs are exactly what you just cited...

I'm tellin you, your just channeling this stuff from us.