Tonewould be much better if you'd spend your time working on your playing abit more. No?
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Tone Wood, Again
- Thread starter Bent77
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Which VOC released during the epoxy curing process allows the builder to perceive superior sustain?
I want some.
I want some.
Only the stuff from the 1800's though. It needs time to age.
I prefer swamp Masonite. Lighter and very resonant, but it's getting harder to find.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
oooooWEEEE, them's fightin' words. Salami is for sandwiches, not tone finish. Next thing, you will say pineapple belongs on pizza.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Blasphemy! That's why I have a talent pedal.Tonewould be much better if you'd spend your time working on your playing abit more. No?
I think this thread title should actually be: Tone Wouldn't... 
The Bar Band Bassman (and frequent Dano Longhorn player)
The Bar Band Bassman (and frequent Dano Longhorn player)
Undoubtedly my tone wood would be betterTonewould be much better if you'd spend your time working on your playing abit more. No?
I think this thread title should actually be: Tone Wouldn't...
Or maybe: "None Wood"
The Bar Band Bassman (and frequent Dano Longhorn player)
Wow...nobody is even going to mention Bakelite? So much for being a cosmopolitan discussion forum 
I have an 80's Stratocaster of unknown origin that has a plywood body; it has excellent tone, but entirely different from my '89 American Standard. Tone plywood. Of course the mismatched Fender/Lace pickups and hot rodding may be a factor.
I think tempered masonite is best; it gives a nice tight sound and the grain is so pretty.
Tom
I think tempered masonite is best; it gives a nice tight sound and the grain is so pretty.
Tom
Wow...nobody is even going to mention Bakelite? So much for being a cosmopolitan discussion forum
Brings a whole new meaning to "ashtray cover"!
The Bar Band Bassman
I had a Dan Armstrong fretless - the kind like Rick Laird played with Mahavishnu... man was I hip.. but I got to tell you... tone woods, differing woods, the difference between one wood or another is all farcical. A resin body proved it to me. It's all up to the pickups, caps, and wiring, pots and switches, and the strings excitation of the magnetic field... with the exception of a '65 burst jazz bass...
I'll tell ya'll about my bass instructor I had in high school down at the local music store some day... Wow that dude was a trip he was like a doctorate, he was like an Einstein on the bass I still think about that dude to this day...
I'll work up a thread... if there isn't one already.
I'll tell ya'll about my bass instructor I had in high school down at the local music store some day... Wow that dude was a trip he was like a doctorate, he was like an Einstein on the bass I still think about that dude to this day...
I'll work up a thread... if there isn't one already.
Masonite is still manufactured. You can get sheets of Masonite-branded Masonite at your local big box hardware store.
It's only Masonite siding that's been discontinued.
Hi Plucky 
Bakelite is not a tone wood
It's not used for bass bodies.
But I guess we could call bakelite a tone brass? (or tone metall)
Leo used it on P bass bridges (for the saddles)
until 1954.
Wise(b)ass
Bakelite is not a tone wood
It's not used for bass bodies.But I guess we could call bakelite a tone brass? (or tone metall)
Leo used it on P bass bridges (for the saddles)
until 1954.Wise(b)ass
Hi Plucky
Bakelite is not a tone wood
But I guess we could call bakelite a tone brass? (or tone metall)
Leo used it on P bass bridges (for the saddles)
Wise(b)ass
Look man, I know my poopie...I've got 3.47 basses with Bakelite bodies with another that's a blend of Bakelite, Pyrex, and Tupperware. Everybody's a critic until I hit that low-E and the undies start flying onto the stage
Shame to hear Leo was making mistakes that early on, if only he put that thumb rest in the right spot from the get-go....woulda saved this world a lot of senseless deaths
Yeah, that’s what you’d call a “counter argument”.
What’s the best bakelite for metal?Hi Plucky
Bakelite is not a tone wood
But I guess we could call bakelite a tone brass? (or tone metall)
Leo used it on P bass bridges (for the saddles)
Wise(b)ass
