Help Choosing The Right Wood

[theitalianrob]

I was thinking of getting a custom 5-string bass next year and i was just wondering witch woods would give me a good tone.

I play hardcore, punk, metalcore, and sometimes some heavier metal so i kinda want a wood that has alot of sustain, would give the a nice punchy tone for punk but could still add to the growling lows too.

I was looking around and i saw alot of basses are made of Ash so i was thinking that might be a good choice.

I was thinking of puting a flamed walnut laminate top on it, idk if taht would affect tone or not.

Basicly i want to know what woos would eb best for this sound.

[unclej]

I was thinking of getting a custom 5-string bass next year and i was just wondering witch woods would give me a good tone.

I play hardcore, punk, metalcore, and sometimes some heavier metal so i kinda want a wood that has alot of sustain, would give the a nice punchy tone for punk but could still add to the growling lows too.

I was looking around and i saw alot of basses are made of Ash so i was thinking that might be a good choice.

I was thinking of puting a flamed walnut laminate top on it, idk if taht would affect tone or not.

Basicly i want to know what woos would eb best for this sound.

walnut, mesquite, mahogany all have good bright tones with plenty of sustain when combined with the right pickups. this is in no way spam but visit a friend's website www.birdsongguitars.com and check out the wide variety of woods that he uses in his custom basses. in fact, if you were to give him a call i'm sure he'd spend a few minutes with you explaining the differing tone woods.

good luck

[Jon]

Mahogany with a Bubinga top = awesome punchy tone.

[Christopher]

To get the sustain you want you should probably get the hardest wood that you can stand the weight of, or if you want to spare the trouble to your back, try neck through with the neck being hard wood and the wings being something lighter. So far as punchiness goes, I've always found that to be more of a scale related spec. I have a friend with a 38 in scale that puts out some of the punchiest tones I have ever heard and it's made of swamp ash.

[theitalianrob]

I was searching around and i really liek this one.

http://warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_bodi...eWood_filter=54

its a mahogony body with a Ziricote laminate top. I was thinkinga clear gloss or clear satin on the lam and like a browish dye or trans pain o n the mahogony.