Wenge necks

[Marlat]

Are there any basses out there with wenge necks and maple fretboards????

Yeah, my MTD 535 has one:

 

[jtallent]

Holy crap!! That 535 is beautiful. One of the nicest I've seen.

 

[Funkdrawer4]

I think what they mean is that wenge and maple will expand and contract (due to temperature and humidity) at different rates. When one side of a neck expands more than the other, the neck is more likely to warp. The same can be true for any two different woods, if they expand and contract differently. For this reason, a neck with matching fretboard is less likely to warp.

Whew I was wondering why that sei and mtd basses necks were so warped To bad for Warmoth.

 

[Taylor Livingston]

Yeah, it's certainly possible to make a stable neck with those woods. I was just explaining Warmoth's reasoning.

 

[Funkdrawer4]

Thanks,I just needed to get rid of some extra humor that was just lying around

 

[CapnSev]

I saw a guy in the Bob Schneider band with a Thumb bolt-on model that had a maple board and wenge neck.

 

[iriegnome]

I just tried to order a Warmoth neck like that and they wouldn't do it, so I settled for all wenge (still great but I like the look of maple)

They would not do a wenge neck with a maple board?

 

[guyfergy]

I have a maple neck with a wenge fingerboard on my brubaker

 

[Webtroll]

They would not do a wenge neck with a maple board?

no, they say there's a problem with the humidity absorption of some other BS. I wasn't happy about that but as it was a toss up between a maple fingerboard and a wenge fingerboard I wasn't heartbroken. a maple board would have looked nice tho.

 

[mkrtu9]

nice lookin bass Mark

 

[Gard]

no, they say there's a problem with the humidity absorption of some other BS. I wasn't happy about that but as it was a toss up between a maple fingerboard and a wenge fingerboard I wasn't heartbroken. a maple board would have looked nice tho.

That means they don't properly seal their necks.

We never have issues with our wenge/maple/wenge necks, no matter which fingerboard is on it.

I've personally got two of them, and since they were initially set up, they haven't been touched. Haven't moved at all.

 

[Brooks]

Warmoth doesn't seal or treat wenge necks in any way - they just sand them down.

 

[Gard]

Warmoth doesn't seal or treat wenge necks in any way - they just sand them down.

Then this is why they have the policy they do.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Warmoth doesn't seal or treat wenge necks in any way - they just sand them down.

Are the Warmoth necks multiple laminates + a fingerboard? If not, that could make a difference.

 

[Taylor Livingston]

Are the Warmoth necks multiple laminates + a fingerboard? If not, that could make a difference.

I believe only the Gecko necks are multiple laminates. The Fender replacements and all the others are single-piece necks (excluding the fingerboard).

 

[Webtroll]

That means they don't properly seal their necks.

We never have issues with our wenge/maple/wenge necks, no matter which fingerboard is on it.

I've personally got two of them, and since they were initially set up, they haven't been touched. Haven't moved at all.

I SO want a Roscoe, but the funds are tight. Freakin Bass Emporium has a couple and it's like bass pr0n!

 

[ehque]

One day I will learn how to crop a photo

There you go a better shot of the flame fretboard

... nice rug.

 

[matthewfoote]

... nice rug.

I'm beginning to get a persecution complex

 

[::::BASSIST::::]

I just got a wenge/ebony neck from warmoth. Its purdy. However, they messed up and didnt drill the pegholes large enough for my hipshot ultralites, like I asked them to. To be honest, I am not a big fan of their customer service.

 

[Gard]

I'm beginning to get a persecution complex

...good, it's working.