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Tiger wood

Discussion in 'Luthier's Corner' started by vbasscustom, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. Jan 15, 2009 #1
    vbasscustom

    vbasscustom Guest

    Sep 8, 2008
    hey, im building a rainbow bass, as you probably have seen, and i am using a wood called tiger wood, or gonalco alves, as it is called too. i used it the neck, and i was wondering if anybody else had used it before, thnx
     
  2. Jan 15, 2009 #2
    pilotjones

    pilotjones

    Nov 8, 2001
    US-NY-NYC
    Warmoth makes necks with it.
     
  3. Jan 15, 2009 #3
    PilbaraBass

    PilbaraBass

    Jul 19, 2004
    Gladstone, QLD, Australia
    ohhh...Tiger Wood <> Tiger Woods...

    I thought this thread was about golf

    sorry :bag:
     
  4. Jan 15, 2009 #4
    vbasscustom

    vbasscustom Guest

    Sep 8, 2008
    haha, no, not golf, but thanks pilot, it looks pretty sweet, and i ran out of maple, HUUH, i know. i could have waited like an hour and got more, but i decided to go with it, looks cool, and if warmoth uses it, its good enough for me
     
  5. Jan 15, 2009 #5
    pilotjones

    pilotjones

    Nov 8, 2001
    US-NY-NYC
    It should result in a fairly heavy neck, though. By the numbers (and yes, every board is unique), goncalo alves is 50% heavier than hard maple.
     
  6. Jan 17, 2009 #6
    Rogier

    Rogier

    Feb 2, 2004
    Hey,

    Just remembered that Kinal used this wood (goncalo alves) for some basses. Now I have a top lying here for a jazz bass to build. It looks really great especially waxed and all. It is heavy, so i won't use it in the neck, but soundwise and visually it is one of my favorites for a top.

    Rogier