What are your Top 3 favorite tone woods?

Kwesi · Aug 2, 2009

After playing a bunch of basses built with a bunch of different woods I've come to find that there are 3 that I really dig:

1. Maple, bright and lively.
2. Alder, has very similar tonal characteristics to maple but tends to be lighter (weight).
3. Spanish cedar, somewhat dark tone with strong mids. I love my mids

electracoyote · Aug 2, 2009

Are we talking neck or body wood here?

line6man · Aug 2, 2009

Maple, Rosewood, and Alder.

RedLeg · Aug 2, 2009

Wenge
Maple
Mahogany

skb5string · Aug 2, 2009

Tulipwood
Myrtle Burl
Wenge

SwitchGear · Aug 2, 2009

body wood - alder, swamp ash, walnut

Clark Dark · Aug 2, 2009

body, swamp ash or maple
neck, maple
fingerboard, maple

edubb · Aug 2, 2009

Wenge, Swamp Ash, Butternut.

ClassicJazz · Aug 2, 2009

Swamp Ash.....need I say more!

eligos36 · Aug 2, 2009

Swamp Ash, Walnut, and Wenge.

electracoyote · Aug 3, 2009

Body: Ash, Neck: Maple on Maple

Kitsapbass · Aug 3, 2009

Mahogany
Walnut
Maple

curandero · Aug 3, 2009

Mahoangy
Swamp Ash
Maple

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