My Bass Wood

[boonk]

I am still looking for wood for my bass. Is maple good to use for the wings on a neckthrough, and the neck will be maple and walnut or maple and bubinga. thanks all, what type of sound would i get from this?

[Nitefly SA]

maple is very bright, maybe walnut or mahogany wings would sound better, wait for a better opinion though

[Doeringer]

Nitefly is right, also alder or ash will warm up the tone, basswood too but not much of an interesting grain there.

[fryovanni]

All Maple is fine for a bass. An all Bubinga guitar would be bright and heavy, but it suits a bass very well. Selection of wood for a bass is not quite the same as a guitar.

Peace,Rich

[whitey]

on a neckthrough i would use bubinga,i love the sound it gives on my tobias,and i've played a warwick neckthrough with bubinga wings and the same model with swamp ash,the bubinga was a lot ''louder'' i cant describe.but definatly had more sustain

and since u would only be using it for the wings it wont be as heavy