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The walnut is indeed dark...but that first set looks like it's on fire! Beautiful (and I live surrounded by walnut trees, so I would never have thought I'd vote for it)!
But if you're leaning away from it, the chatoyance on the redwood smacked me right in the eyeballs. Looks soft and silky, yet gemstone powerful at the same time.
Okay, changing my vote to the redwood.
:-D
Enjoy whichever you choose!
That walnut looks great with a satin finish, but I'd go with redwood and black hardware. Keep in mind, redwood may darken a little bit over time.
Thank you very much for this comment. Very insightful and helpful.Good idea to et the body outline on them for making your choice.
Checking out finished basses with similar tops helps too!
Poplar burl always fits great with Drozds:
It has indeed been done a lot though.
Walnut, with gloss lacquer:
Walnut, with satin lacquer:
Walnut basses might be common, but I haven't seen more than a couple of walnut Drozd's.
As a combination with this top, I would go with an ebony board, pickup covers and knobs though, to get a bit more contrast. Or for even more contrast: light (birdseye) maple for all of those!
And my favorite: Redwood with gloss lacquer:
For the darker woods, I would certainly pick gloss lacquer. It real brings out the grain and gives an extremely classy look. For lighter woods, I would prefer a thin satin coat to preserve that 'wood' feeling.
Enjoy choosing!
The redwood has a three-d kind of flow, sort of draws one's eyes in, which would be my choice.
For hardware, my experience is that gold is the least durable, perhaps because of the thin plating. On my instruments it also clouds up with tarnish faster. IME, YMMV, etc. just say in'.
For hardware, my experience is that gold is the least durable, perhaps because of the thin plating. On my instruments it also clouds up with tarnish faster. IME, YMMV, etc. just say in'.
What this is a joke right, a top that matches a style of music, this a first for me...
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I'd go redwood just because it's so unique, looks amazing. Not that the others are boring slabs of wood, I've just never seen anything like that redwood.
It's true. I play solo bass. Alot of harmonics and chords on a piccolo Guage set of strings. So the harder the wood the better.What this is a joke right, a top that matches a style of music, this a first for me...
I really like the second one from the top, it has an even pattern of active markings that look natural and non distracting, just smooth imo
Can any of them be one piece? I have had it up to here with book matched tops.
Usually when we vote there is some sort of poll involved.... just sayin'
Redwood. Period.
They're all beautiful - although burl has been done to death, and every time I see walnut I immediately think: "Carvin!" But that's probably just me.
However, if you're going to go to the expense of total custom, I say make it your own and get something hardly anybody else has.
No gold hardware though. Gold just looks pretentious. But that's probably just me too.
They're all beautiful - although burl has been done to death, and every time I see walnut I immediately think: "Carvin!" But that's probably just me.
However, if you're going to go to the expense of total custom, I say make it your own and get something hardly anybody else has.
No gold hardware though. Gold just looks pretentious. But that's probably just me too.
