densest tonewood?

[iskim86]

what's the densest tonewood there is? I thought it was wenge but someone at another forum said it's like bubinga or somthing so now I'm confused. might try it out and use it for my bass.

thanks

[Strange Fruit]

Ebony maybe.

Woah, can you imagine a ebony bass

It would be insanely heavy, in both ways.

And damned expensive.

[bigdguitars]

Kingwood, Lignum Vitea, hardest and dense materials - they sink in water

Then these in some order mine may not be right.

Bubinga

Paduk

ebony

[krazyderek]

generaly you try to find the lightest hardwood possible for instruments, idealy the wood with the highest strength/stability/hardness to weight ratio

[bob7]

Wenge maybe

[darren wilson]

I have a mongrel Fender Precision Bass that must be made from the heaviest ash known to humankind... it's painful to play standing up for any length of time. It sounds good, but the weight isn't worth it, in my opinion.

[skibum5545]

Lignum Vitae, hardness and density.

[litchfield]

Purple heart bubinga, ebony, Braz. kingwood are all quite dense. I wouldnt use most for more than a FB or neck lam.

[iskim86]

i thought lignum vitea wasn't a tonewood? although there's a pick made from it that costs 15 bucks...

[aeli]

The densest I've used so far is wenge. Bubinga isn't as dense as wenge I have it on my bass and it is heavy, but not as heavy as my wenge guitar. Cocobolo is very dense too, I think...