Pretty soon, I'd like to get a playing ramp made for my Warwick Streamer Stage II, so now comes the decisions... The body wood is Afzelia, and I'd like to have the ramp match that color as best as possible, but I know that Afzelia isn't exactly a commonly used wood for basses I'd be having Rob Elrick make the ramp, so I would either have to pick another wood that would be simmilar in coloring, or maybe find a piece of Afzelia myself to send to Rob. So what other woods would be closest in color? Or where would I be able to find a chunk of Afzelia wood to buy? Here's a picture for color reference:
Mahogany can be pretty close in color and grain to that. I'm not sure what else... If all else fails, you can always go the "ebony to match the pickups" route
I thought about Ebony (or even Wenge), but that would kinda mess up the flow of the bass for me. I like this nice solid color look
Yeah...I'm still working on that I sent off a couple e-mails to Warwick peoples, but haven't gotten anything back yet. If that fails, I'll just curve a wire to it and measure that I guess. Should be fine if it's a little off anyways - just so long as the foam tape reaches the body
It's probably just as easy as that- use a strip or two thickness of tape on the ends and nothing in the middle to create a sort of shelf- it's not like a sturdy ramp will flex up and down anyways unless it's being used incorrectly.
A ramp is a block of wood (usually radiused to match the fingerboard) placed either in-between the pickups or between a pickup and the neck. A photo: For more information on ramps, read this.
