Come on guys I have so much of this from the hurricane. Isn't there anything I can do with it?...............t
Hey, good thinking! I always say, if there a disaster, make use of it (happens to me all the time) Anyway, oak has a great renommé arond here as neck and fingerboard material. Some kind of mixture between mahogany and wenge, perhaps As body wood, it's sayd to be slightly "clanky", or "tinny". I never come across an oak bodied instrument, myself, so I can't add anything more. But, for neck use, it's great.
My favorite neck wood! Its hard to dry but I hope you get nice blanks from it. It have a great sustain too! /EA Edin Electric Bass Guitars
Now that is a very interesting point. I've always disliked oak for bass bodies, and I was convinced it would bring stability issues for necks. Do you have sound samples of your basses - the Lightwave ones in particular?
Swedish oak? I wonder how that differs for the type we have in Florida? ....Nice looking basses by the way.......t
Me too Oak is wery stabile once when it is dry. Thank you for the compliments! I have no sounclips of my basses but I have some recordings if its of any interest. I know that one of my customers had one clip of his LightWave on his web site: http://4bass.moonfruit.com Ill try to make some soundclips soon. /EA Edin Electric Bass Guitars
Well, this is not his bass on the audio clip. This is a clip from the Langcaster Lightwave bass you can listen to on the Langcaster site.
Ouch! I have actually never asked him about that. I just presumed thats him playing because clip is there but its surely a lightwave Ill try to record something this weekend so you can compare /EA Edin Electric Bass Guitars
Yeah, that's an interesting question! The swedish grown Quercus Robur is very stable. I guess the Florida oak(s?) would be faster grown and thus a bit softer, but I wouldn't bet on it. Perhaps you can find something at http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/ - a rather comprehensive resource. Otherwise, PM Pilotjones - he'll know where to find data.
Thanks but I decided that I don't want to go through the trouble of drying it. It has been a big bonfire........t
I hope you heard its frequency response from all of the flames However, I put one sound clip of lightwave bass with oak/merbau neck here: http://www.edit.hik.se/edin/lightwave/index.html It is recorded directly into mic input of my laptop with standard soundcard so dont expect the studio quality /EA Edin Electric Bass Guitars
Very clear and tight sound. Just as I expected. The more samples I listen to, the more I think the Lightwave thingy is best applied to fretlesses instruments. Just a personnal thought.
