pajrul Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi I am new, so hello to all here. Thanks for all the great information. I find myself sitting hours on end, reading the tutorials. I ve done a search on the net as well as over here. Nada. Rubber wood is a replenishable resource and its available here in the plentiful.. hence cheap. (I am in Malaysia.. there are more rubber trees here than there are humans). Its a dense hardwood (600+ kg/m3) used to make durable furniture, its light colored and quite attractive. Is it sonorous enough to be a neck or fingerboard or body wood? I hope to build myself a 5 string bass soon (there is only 1 official luthier in all of malaysia... sheeesh) thanks norman rashid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 check the weight resistance. A typical neck pulls about 120 lbs with .009s on it at full tension. I think I have that right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 if its fairlly dense and is used for furniture then it sounds promissing. if you can give some information on what sort of finish its given when used for the furniture that may be useful. im not gonna say its definatelly usable since tbh i dont really know a huge amount about this sort of stuff lol might wanna wait untill u got a few more opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 And probably contacxt that luthier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 everything i can find on it suggests it will work....they compare it to teak an awful lot i don't know about for a neck.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I found these stats: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Green Density 800 kg/m? Density at 12% m.c. 600–620 kg/m? (light) Relative Density 0.63–0.66 (moderately heavy timber) Volume Shrinkage Negligible and comparable to Dark Red Meranti Tangential 1.4%, Radial 1% Compression Strength (Parallel to Grain) (Perpendicular to Grain) 32 N/mm? 4.69 N/mm? Bending Strength (Modulus of Rupture) 66 N/mm? Sheer Parallel to Grain 11 N/mm? Modulus of Elasticity 9240 N/mm? What are the comparable stats for maple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pajrul Posted June 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I found these stats: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Green Density 800 kg/m? Density at 12% m.c. 600–620 kg/m? (light) Relative Density 0.63–0.66 (moderately heavy timber) Volume Shrinkage Negligible and comparable to Dark Red Meranti Tangential 1.4%, Radial 1% Compression Strength (Parallel to Grain) (Perpendicular to Grain) 32 N/mm? 4.69 N/mm? Bending Strength (Modulus of Rupture) 66 N/mm? Sheer Parallel to Grain 11 N/mm? Modulus of Elasticity 9240 N/mm? What are the comparable stats for maple hi all , i found the following on the csudh site (http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/chemdata/woods.htm) black maple : density = 0.620 g/cc modulus of rupture = 9.37 kg/sq mm modulus of elasticity = 1141 kg/sq.mm african ebony : density = 0.768 modulus of rupture = 5.55 kg /sq mm modulus of elasticity = 1007 kg /sq mm compare those to rubber: rubber wood : density = 600 kg/sq m = 0.6 g/cc promising, although i donno what this means in terms of good guitar wood properties.. thanks for the replies though.. keep it coming. regards norman rashid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I may sound stoned, but would hard rubber work for a body... besides the weight issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 i may sound stoned and drunk and just dumb, but what would it sound like if you made a hollow body and filled it with wood filler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 probably a lot like a mix between a acrylic and a clay guitar, which shouldnt be too pretty. plus youll have a hell of a time filling in those chambers, going mm by mm as if its too thivk it wont dry.. im not shure if its ment to be sarcastic tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 you could try some other south-east asian tropical timber, like meranti and nyatoh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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