rugman Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I'm getting ready to start my first guitar project soon. A friend & myself are going to be building a fretless neck-through bass. He's a great bass player & I'm a so so woodworker, so we figure we can't go wrong The body is going to be bubinga. We haven't decided on the neck yet. We want to make a laminated neck. I'm thinking about a piece of purple heart down the center with thin strips of ebony on either side, surrounded by a lighter colored wood. I have a piece of sycamore left over from another non-guitar project I did that would look awesome with the other woods. Anyone ever heard of using sycamore in a neck? It's a very dense, tight grained hardwood & I wonder how it would work in a neck. The grain pattern is very cool. Also, any thoughts on using purple heart for a fretboard? We can use all the help we can get. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Welcome to the forum rugman With all of that laminating I don't think it would be a problem and actually in the end it would look awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Purple Heart is really hard, so I don't think you'll have a problem with the fingerboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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