Thru-neck Help

[stiggz]

well the title pretty much says it all, what would be the best options for a laminated thru neck? i was thinking a 5 peice laminate, maple/dark wood (of some sort)/maple/dark wood (again)/ maple, what would be that best optoins for the dark wood?

thanks

luke

[Primal]

There are many different woods that would work equally well. It really depends on how much you want to spend or the exact look you are looking for. You can use mahogany, ebony, walnut, wenge, any number of dark hardwoods really.

[MzI]

you should also factor in the sound you are looking for, the bass im working on now has a 5 piece laminate of flamed maple and purple heart alternating looks really cool, gonna be extremely bring but thats what im going for

MzI

[eddiewarlock]

when laminating necks i think first of stability and then of looks, the first neck i laminated was simply 3 pieces of mahogany, so it looks like it's a single mahogany piece, I wanted to make a bass with a mahogany/purpleheart/ mahgany, but right now my plan is to make a 7 string guitar neck consisting of mahogany, purpleheart, mahogany, purpleheart, mahogany, with rosewood railers a lá Bc Rich

[erikbojerik]

If you're building a bass, I'd highly recommend ebony laminates in the neck, they really add a lot of sustain. Not for the center lam (it would be stupid to add it then rout out a channel for the truss rod!), but place them either side of center and you can forget about needing carbon rods. If you're patient you can find long enough ebony on eBay (try Pine Creek Woods or Cook Woods-email them if you don't see what you need).

Ebony is expensive and rare in bass lengths (need at least 40 inches); wenge is IMO the next best, cheaper alternative. Purpleheart is also good (but you gotta like purple...).

I always like wide flamed maple for the outermost lams.

Edited December 29, 2004 by erikbojerik

[stiggz]

i was thinking bubinga for the middle laminate, cos its reasonably priced last time i checked anyway, the plan i have in my head and an paper somwhere is a thru-neck bass with mahogany or walnut wings and a 5 peice laminate neck. i like the idea of the ebony as the other stripes, although i dont like the cost , forget about carbon rods?? that sounds a bit like trouble. i might think more about it when the money presents itself but thanks fellas

Edited December 29, 2004 by where's the beef???