carousel182 Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) can zebra wood be used for fretboards because i dont feel like getting more wood and i have a zebra wood board lieing around Edited January 16, 2007 by carousel182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inisheer Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Yes, I've seen zebrawood used for fingerboards before and I think they look pretty nice. I believe warmoth offers zebrawood in their necks, and if they do it I can't see a reason why you can't. And welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 remember that there are 2 woods commonly reffered to as "zebrawood" one of them is soft and weak...with small stripes running ribbonlike through the length of the board,the other being super hard,dense,and with "patches" of color.... the dense one is what might besuitable,but i have never relly considered it because i don't like the look...it is too "glam rock, fur coat wearing,silver chain,pimp hat" type stuff for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 wow, welcome member #9000!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Oh wow! #9000. Welcome to PG!! Zebrawood should be hard enough for a fretboard. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'm not one of the pros here, but I've used zebrawood with good results: Hard to tell in this pic, but the fretboard on my bass is zebrawood(zebrano?). I wasn't sure about it's suitability at the time, so it is bound, oiled(with the stewmac fretboard oil), and the fret slots all got a dab of titebond in the hopes of firming up the sides of the slots. Maybe unnecessary or ineffective, but I decided to try everything I could think of. I have since seen a couple instruments on the net with zebrawood fingerboards. I think they look great. I'll see if I can find a close-up pic when I get home tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) thanks for the welcomes awesome im number 9000 and im currently doing my first build waiting for my neck(im being lazy buying a neck.) but for a month ive been very interested in guitar building and am already thinking about project number two where i will build the neck. i found free plans for a guitar called the chicken wing and i thought it looked pretty cool so that will be build number two i have pictures of my progress on my first build if anyones interested in looking. its gonna be a left handed delonge signature fender when its finished i hope. cut out and routed out waiting for neck to come so i can make neck pocket with strap buttons and jack in http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...-25-06_2102.jpg P.S. ill take some pics of that zebra wood so you can identify it. i also have mahogany maple poplar probly and some walnut i believe oh yea and at what age did everyone start making guitars Edited January 16, 2007 by carousel182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 sorry about the low quality picture but its from my phone and thats all i had at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Nice Laguna! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 can zebra wood be used for fretboards because i dont feel like getting more wood and i have a zebra wood board lieing around You don't feel like getting more wood? Wha..? I mean, how? Why? Wha..? My poor wood-addicted brain fails to understand this. (other than that, sure, use as fingerboard). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 i would love to get more wood but it would be hard to get some nice wood in the area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 can zebra wood be used for fretboards because i dont feel like getting more wood and i have a zebra wood board lieing around You don't feel like getting more wood? Wha..? I mean, how? Why? Wha..? My poor wood-addicted brain fails to understand this. (other than that, sure, use as fingerboard). i thouth i was the only one with this type of addiction; im mostly an exoticholic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Nice Laguna! Chris yes i agree Laguna's are awsome... we the th 18" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Here's my zebrawood fingerboard. If you ignore the lapses in workmanship ( ) you'll get some idea how sharp it can look: PS I hate to say it, but the 9000 member count probably has more to do with spammers than guitar lovers. I am 7158 and only joined about 4 months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 i prefer it flatsawn http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woo...20q60%20web.htm i saw a piece like this once at paxton in austin...i was going to buy it but it was $350...which i thought was a little high for such a piece...i mean,it is interesting and unusual...but really pretty ugly....so i picked out some bocote instead...which is a much better wood in my estimation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Eh...not too hot, flatsawn, IMO. Also, 350? For that kind of money, it better have been huge. Zebrano's not very expensive; a piece large enough for a carved top shouldn't run more than 10-20 bucks, if you get it at a lumber yard. It's not like it's uncommon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Ahhh, flatsawn Zebrawood looks awful. I definitely prefer it quartersawn. http://www.conklinguitars.com/facebass/9gallery/9zebra1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 to me it's ugly no matter what.... that piece that was $350 was about 3" thick,and about 30" by 18" or so...but i felt it was overpriced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 That flatsawn Zebrawood looks a little too much like plywood for my taste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Plywood??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 plywood Plywood??? That's the exact same reaction I had ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 plywoodPlywood???That's the exact same reaction I had ... Well, obviously it's nicer than plywood, and the grain is darker, but If you get a sheet of plywood that happens to have a flatsawn ply on the face, it can look similar to that. I'll admit that I haven't had a sheet that pretty, though. I'm not trying to knock the bass, but that is what it reminds me of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewu22 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I like quatrersawn much better, flatsawn looks cheap to me. but thats just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) Here pic of multi-plex (plywood) bass created by Dutch builder...... Some of his ideas are very creative.... Simple love this thing. Defintely gonna steal that fretmarker idea..... Check out more Edited January 21, 2007 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dh7892 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 That Jigsaw bass is fantastic. How do you suppose he did it? There seems to be a layer of black/dark binding between each of the pieces. That's got to be a challenge to do. Then again, perhaps it's painted on afterwards. What do you think? I'd love to have a go at making a guitar like that but I might have to wait until I've got a few more builds (and a lot more experience) under my belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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