skibum5545 Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 This is for a 4 string neck thru bass with bubinga wings. Which pattern do you like best for the wood laminates? Keep in mind, these were the best I could do using Visio. Thanks for your votes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 voted 1, second choice would be 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 3 looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Yeah, 3's the best of the bunch. Nice contrast, very clean look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 wait a second. have you checked the prices recently on ebony? its feasible to use the faux ebony guide to fake it on a piece of mahogany or something. besides one piece of laminate is not going to exactly make or break the sound. and wenge is quite expensive as well...... so you may not want to make that the majority of the neck. have you concidered maple-bubinga-wenge-faux ebony-wenge-bubinga-maple it would still give you the laminated neck stability but for a little less. BTW bubinga is GREAT for necks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 what about combing 3 and 4, so its wenge, maple, bubinga, maple, ebony MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted May 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 wait a second. have you checked the prices recently on ebony? its feasible to use the faux ebony guide to fake it on a piece of mahogany or something. besides one piece of laminate is not going to exactly make or break the sound. Well, I figure that macassar ebony will be $45.00 a bf, so at 1/2 in. x 2 in x 48 in long I get 1/3 bf or around $15. Wenge is around $20 a bf, so at 1 in. x 4 in (2x2in pieces)x48 is around $27, and then maple is cheap and bubinga wouldn't be more than $15 total, The neck woods would cost maybe $60 total. I also want the sound of wenge (growl a la Warwick) and the sustain of ebony (alembic constantly talks about the sustain of ebony) and the matching bubinga for the wings, so the wood choilce is fairly critical. I assume 48 in. is long enough for angled headstock 34 in scale neck thru, right? what about combing 3 and 4, so its wenge, maple, bubinga, maple, ebony I'm not sure how difficulty goes up with number of laminates, so I don't know how much harder a 9 laminate neck would be. good idea though! seems a bit busy to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 i dont think itd b too busy if the middle maple bubinga ebony is fairly small 1/8 - 1/4" per so its a small dose of contrast and color with the wenge on the outside, may look cool mayb not MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 i think 2 looks best because the bubinga would keep constant with the wings, and i like the contrast of the maple, but 3 is also good if you dont like all the contrast. I think that you should have a thin-or medium sized bubinga laminate on the edges to blend with the body, then a thick maple lam. on each side, and then put whatever you want in the middle. After all, it is your bass and your choice. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 and #1 would also look pretty nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 tres amigo porque me gusta los colores y no me gusta mucho maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 4 - cant explain why, just looks better having dark ish wood then light then dark... i dont know... 4 def. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiled Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 1 looks good to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loosetoe Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I assume 48 in. is long enough for angled headstock 34 in scale neck thru, right? I ROUGH cut my 38" scale to 52 then went from there. So I'd venture to say yes 48 is enough. Ebony seems too expensive to me as well. Macassar ebony is nore like $65 b/f here in Austin, Texas. And the only chunks I can find are ~3 b/f. Too rich for my skill level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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