john Posted December 27, 2002 Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 hi ppl , im new here as you can guess , so go easy on me im making my first instrument . a 4-string fender style bass. im using a strat for my body template and made the neck to similar specification as my hohner "the jack" bass. ( no its not gonna be headless!) ive made a test neck out of an old fireplace mantlepiece which looked like mahogany ... until i planed it! , damn stain!. The actual neck will be made of mahogany(yes real mahogany this time!) of which i have a lot! what i would like to know is, what wood is it made of? could it infact be used instead of the mahogany? i have uploaded pics of the neck to: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~daveyj/ the wood seems very light , it can get very rough when working against the grain , having said that it is very smooth at the moment. opinions? should i forget about it , and use mahogany? or is it worth a try? thanks john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 27, 2002 Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 That looks like Maple, I say go with the Mahagony I think it would look and probably sound realy cool Oh and welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted December 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2002 thanks for the reply, yeah i`ll go with the mahogany! all i need now is the energy to get myself into the shed....... too much alcohol consumed this christmas! thanks, john. party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted January 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 well , most of the hardware arrived yesterday! i have already routed the truss rod hole, and shaped the neck. I realised that i have a serious amount of what seems to be rosewood .. so i made my fretboard .... that gets fitted tomorrow. seriously this wood is nice, it has a very stormy looking grain, and is very heavily flamed (flames are 90 degrees to the grain) , and its a very nice colour. much darker than the mahogany and yet brighter than the rosewood fretboard on my strat. i`ll try to get a few pictures up tomorrow! John. <-------- happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Great Wish the parts I ordered would get here soon then again thats a weekly thing for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 If you are going to use mahogany for a bass neck, due to the length and thickness of bass necks, I would suggest using some graphite rods in it for strenght. Mahogany isn't really the best choice for a bass neck. Stew Mac sells graphite strips that are like .125 x .250 that you can put into the neck for added strength. Nothing would suck worse than building your first neck, having it look great, and finding out it's not strong enough. For what it's worth, if that wood is very light, it won't be maple I don't think, more likely a poplar or basswood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted January 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 ive already assembled the neck, so no going back now! it has a stew mac 24" Hot rod , so i reckon it should be strong enough.its only going to be 32" scale so the string tension wont be so bad. im not exactly sure what wood the fret board actually is , it appears to be rosewood , but it is beautiful! heres a picture of it (slightly blurred... sorry) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~daveyj/fretboa...rdwoodsmall.jpg its a little more redish in real life, the camera flash makes it look brighter than it is. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Looks like some fine figureing running through it, where did you get it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted January 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 believe it or not , i found it in a dump around 4 years ago, i have a approx 10feet x 10" x 1" , which is nice! would be any use for making a body? what are its tonal characteristics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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