new Gary Willis 25th fretless a quarter sawn neck?

[FvdW72]

is the new Gary Willis 25th fretless a quarter sawn neck?
mine GWB-1 it is..

thank you...

 

[ahbass2500]

Sweetwater says 3 piece maple and it is pretty obviously pieced together in the pictures of it.

 

[FvdW72]

so it's not you mean?

 

[dune]

I would prefer a 3-piece (or more) laminate myself if the concern is stability.
Roasted would be an improvement for either, IMO.

 

[Chris Wilke]

I have an older MIK GWB. It's three piece, and the middle section appears to be quarter sawn.

 

[FvdW72]

I have an older MIK GWB. It's three piece, and the middle section appears to be quarter sawn.

quarter sawn always more stable according to builders..

 

[FvdW72]

I would prefer a 3-piece (or more) laminate myself if the concern is stability.
Roasted would be an improvement for either, IMO.

quarter sawn always more stable according to builders..

 

[dune]

quarter sawn always more stable according to builders..

I'm not sure about "always", but quartersawn is generally considered likely to be more stable when compared with flat-sawn in a one-piece neck.

My response was taking following into consideration:

Sweetwater says 3 piece maple and it is pretty obviously pieced together in the pictures of it.

so it's not you mean?

The Ibanez site also indicates that it's a 3-piece neck. I was assuming that you were interested in acquiring one and that your primary interest in the quartersawn was stability rather than appearance. So, I was just sharing my opinion that a 3-piece neck is likely to be at least as stable as 1-piece quartersawn. Additionally, the neck on the GWB 25th is reinforced with KTS titanium rods.

 

[Turnaround]

quarter sawn always more stable according to builders..

It's not. It's actually more likely to twist that flat sawn.

 

[FvdW72]

It's not. It's actually more likely to twist that flat sawn.

The 3-piece Ibanez necks are not all quartersawn sawn or glued, that is what I mean.
Older and signature basses such as the GWB series from Japan have received more attention. Extra reinforced with KTS titanium rods is very good, but to compensate for the quality of the wood nowadays?

 

[Turnaround]

I'm not sure about "always", but quartersawn is generally considered likely to be more stable when compared with flat-sawn in a one-piece neck.

Quartersawn will shrink less in width than flatsawn but is more likely to twist unless the grain is exceptionally straight. Flatsawn will tolerate more grain runout without twisting. Mixing flat and quartersawn in a multi-piece neck introduces additional internal stresses in the wood that can have detrimental effects.

 

[FvdW72]

Quartersawn will shrink less in width than flatsawn but is more likely to twist unless the grain is exceptionally straight. Flatsawn will tolerate more grain runout without twisting. Mixing flat and quartersawn in a multi-piece neck introduces additional internal stresses in the wood that can have detrimental effects.

It certainly could, the only thing I hear from builders is what I wrote earlier. My old one-piece Fender necks have been looking as they should for years, so no twisting, etc...

My Ibanez GWB-1 fretless from 2002 had its fretboard re-faced and the neck and truss rod were in perfect condition, with the comment that the luthier is nice quality neck & body..