Recognize this wood type ???

[Musiclogic]

Oh yeah, definitely GA....won't be any contention on that.....LMAO

 

[miziomix]

Thanks Mizio ,you been at the pipe again ?

(not Wenge)

 

[Spino]

Now I 've got all your attention (?) .What about this for a combination ?

Fretless 4
Neck: Hon Mahogany /Mac Ebony /Hstk somethin' Fancy
Body: Walnut ,WR Cedar top .
This is the next plan.
...Just makin' conversation innit ?

 

[FBB Custom]

I personally would not bury ebony in a neck.

 

[Spino]

"Bury" ? I meant as a fretboard.

 

[FBB Custom]

Oh. Carry on then. Honduras mahogany is not the stiffest wood in the world for a bass neck.

 

[Nitto]

Those are tough to identify, they look like Utile (Entandrophragma Utile)
for the first one

Australian rose mahogany (Eucalyptus Resinifera)would be the closest thing
I've seen to that second one

 

[Spino]

Thanks Nitto ,but the 2nd one is definitely Goncalo Alves .More pics of the first one soon

 

[miziomix]

I personally would not bury ebony in a neck.

Interesting...why? I made a 4 strings with RockM/Ebony/RM lam neck and it works fine. Just curious.

 

[FBB Custom]

Interesting...why? I made a 4 strings with RockM/Ebony/RM lam neck and it works fine. Just curious.

The mechanical properties are fine but most of that $75/bf wood is hiding in a glue joint.

 

[mikeyswood]

I use Gabon Ebony for neck lams.

 

[miziomix]

The mechanical properties are fine but most of that $75/bf wood is hiding in a glue joint.

Sensible. It's a bit different for me as Macassar E is a local wood where I live.

 

[adam.beauchene]

Sensible. It's a bit different for me as Macassar E is a local wood where I live.

...Guess I shoulda spent my week in Kuala Lumpur buying wood, instead of computer parts and cell phones I'f I'd known in 2007 what I know now...

 

[iiipopes]

If you're going to laminate a maple-based neck, using something with a different specific gravity, but similar hardness, is always good to damp resonances to give a more even response. My favorite is 3-piece maple/purpleheart/maple; Rickenbacker next with maple/shedua/maple, and even maple/walnut/maple is good. the center strip only has to be @ 1/4 inch thick to get the desired results. Then on top of that my favorite fingerboard is Macassar ebony, as it doesn't sound or feel quite as "hard" as Gabon ebony, but retains the clarity and precision. And it has great grain to boot.

 

[miziomix]

...Guess I shoulda spent my week in Kuala Lumpur buying wood, instead of computer parts and cell phones I'f I'd known in 2007 what I know now...

Then it's time to go back

 

[FBB Custom]

It's a bit different for me as Macassar E is a local wood where I live.

Also sensible to use local woods.

 

[Spino]

So this is the 3rd one . I know what this one is but the type i'm not sure of ?

 

[Musiclogic]

...Guess I shoulda spent my week in Kuala Lumpur buying wood, instead of computer parts and cell phones I'f I'd known in 2007 what I know now...

LOL Adam, I visit KL every few years(my best friend is from Selangor) and he visits his family, and I play golf...LOL. It's always tempting to buy wood(mun ebony always comes to mind). But the shipping cost always outweighs the want to jump through the hoops of shipping any real quantity. LOL.

 

[Larry Davis]

Thanks for this pic Ritchie, while you pic is of a pith section, and the op's pics are of outer cuts, the grain structure is very different, your pics shows an interlocking grain which is correct, the op's pic shows a directional grain structure and recessed ring structure which is not indicative of Sapele. While I agree it isn't Jatoba, I do not believe it is sapele either.

"Pith" is the very center of a tree and is comprised
of a "pithy", dark section about 3/8 to 1/2" diameter. Pith is not a type of cut or grain.

 

[Musiclogic]

Exactly Larry, the inner rings, and the decreasing oval ring size in the original picture suggest this cut is closer to the pith, I said nothing suggesting it was a type of cut, e.g. Riftsawn, quartersawn, flatsawn. The OP's pics show less immediate arc(more planer / flatter rings). Just a comparative, absolutely nothing about how it was sawn. More careful reading is always helpful. I guess I need to word more succinctly also, don't need to confuse the real wood expert, as I noted 3 posts later....LOL.