Name the wood!!

[Dan Bass]

Sweet!

 

[Dan Bass]

Hey guys I need some help. I'm trying to help my friend sell his custom made bass but I dont know what woods his bass is made up of. If anyone on here can tell me what they are that would be amazing!!!

Here is a slab of Black Walnut.

 

[interp]

Body looks like walnut to me, but I have a bass with a Honduran Mahogany body that looks a lot like this. I'll try to find a photo.

 

[Jolagh]

Looks like walnut to me. Those electronics are a thing of my nightmares though. Whoever wired that up should br ashamed. You are allowed to cut the wires I've seen it done. There's like 14 extra feet of wiring in that cavity.

 

[groooooove]

my first impression is that it looks like oak with a darker stain over it. grain looks similar to ash, too.

i don't think everyone else is crazy for voting walnut, though.

 

[togril]

I have also worked on oak that looks very much like that.

 

[andrew beeny]

Yes- I believe the Walnut group has it. And then Maple neck with Indian Rosewood fretboard.

 

[liveburning274]

+1 for Walnut. That's the same grain and color texture I get when building furniture out of walnut. Stains can make any wood turn ALMOST any color. The grain and the "texture" that comes through with the stain is the giveaway on this one I think.

 

[bucephylus]

The stain certainly looks like walnut. However, the shot of the unstained area in the control cavity shows a lighter color with a pinkish cast. Could be white oak. But, there are so many possibilities that it is truly hard to be certain. But, that lighter pinkish area that is not stained looks zero like walnut.

 

[los100malditos]

Tinted (stained) Swamp Ash body
Maple neck

 

[RED J]

Yeah from the front it looks fine, something weird going on with the heel area that makes it look crooked from behind.

Yeah ! Uh, what ??

 

[guitardr]

Looks like flat sawn Walnut to me. Kiln dried Walnut will often appear lighter, even grey in color.

 

[scottyd]

Looks like ash, it's def stained whatever it is the blotches and dark lines in the control cavity give it away. Look at how the end grain in the cavity is much darker pretty common with stain. Maple neck rosewood board.

 

[themarshall]

Walnut or 2% chance it's butternut.

 

[Trabeen]

"Mr. Happy" until after the third Jack and Coke.

 

[DigitalMan]

Looks like walnut to me. Those electronics are a thing of my nightmares though. Whoever wired that up should br ashamed. You are allowed to cut the wires I've seen it done. There's like 14 extra feet of wiring in that cavity.

Ugly job, but with 5 pots and 3 switches it isn't a lightweight redo job either. I would put this in the "if it ain't broke" category.

 

[mapadofu]

I'd need a soundclip to identify the wood.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

The grains seem like it's ash, but I'm not a wood expert. Btw, the string spacing on the nut is a little awkward imo..