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Official EBMM club thread! part the 2nd.

#161
Congratulations! Great looking StingRay HH you have there, classic yet modern. To me, the HH is the best combination for the StingRay. Every position sounds great and is usable in a band setting.


However, it irritates me again and again that EBMM uses flat sawn instead of quarter sawn maple for their necks.
 
#165
My 2006 Stingray HH in Honeyburst:

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#172
Calaverasgrande said:
I dont know a lot about wood or luthiery. What is the diff between flat and quarter sawn? Have they always used flatsawn or did that change at some point?
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There are different ways to carve up a log. Flat sawn basically means the saw blade cuts through the log at the same angle regardless of what part of the log is being cut. As a result the logs from the edge of the log are weaker because you're cutting along the growth rings. If you can't see any/many growth rings on the neck, chances are it's flat sawn.

Quarter sawn means cutting through the growth rings at 90 degrees at all times. You get less necks from each log this way (which is why it's more expensive), but you'll see a lot more growth rings and grain on the neck.

Personally I'm not fussed about whether or not the neck is flat or quarter sawn, provided the final neck design is strong enough. My guitar tech regards MM basses as having some of the best necks in the business in regards to staying where they're supposed to! And having owned all sorts of basses I have to say I agree that my MM SR5's neck is supurb
 
#173
Calaverasgrande said:
I dont know a lot about wood or luthiery. What is the diff between flat and quarter sawn? Have they always used flatsawn or did that change at some point?
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Additional to what has already been mentioned, there's a good depiction available here on Wikipedia.

As far as I've seen it, EBMM necks were always produced with flat sawn maple. But during the times where there was a lot of highly figured maple available, it wasn't as noticable. I agree that except for aesthetics, it doesn't matter as long as the neck stability is not at risk. However, it's interesting that many other manufacturers on high end basses either use quarter sawn or laminated woods to acheive stable necks. It probably comes down to how much you trust your trussrod design.
 
#178
Hey there oli! Good to see someone i recognise

I guess i'm part of the EBMM club too :)

Here is my SUB bass (love this thing)
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And my FrankenSUB, i bought all the parts for this separate for really good prices and it came in really cheap. Basically it's a SUB bass body, a seymour duncan basslines pickup, a status pickup, OLP controls, tuners and neck and a cheapy no name bridge. I also have a bongo preamp waiting to go in in the next couple of days :)
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Hopefully i'll be getting a bongo soon too :)
 

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