Visual differences between Maple and Basswood? - TalkBass.com
2005年2月9日 · 3. www.james-goodwin.com. May 3, 2009. #12. I think it's Ash - the grain is not tight like maple; maple has an almost white look to it depending on the species. Ash has similar grain structure to pine but is very strong and still light weight. It is possible that it's Alder - also a fine wood for a bass, it's soft and light but strong.
What is "soft maple"? - TalkBass.com
2012年5月3日 · Soft maple is more commonly used in cabinets and furniture, than hard maple. To use hard maple, you better have perfect bits and great tools and setups. Between myself and my father, we have supplied high end cabinets and doors for more than 150 cabinet shops, from Maine to California, over the past 30 years.
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2007年11月18日 · The term “Soft Maple” is merely used to differentiate these species from Hard Maple. Hard Maple, on the other hand, typically refers to one specific type of maple species: Acer saccharum. Hard Maple is also known as Rock Maple or Sugar Maple, (this is the same tree which is tapped to get maple syrup).
First neck build: Canarywood and Curly Maple fretless
2021年10月10日 · The list of things I will be trying for the first time on this neck include: Thicknessing the boards without using a thickness planer. Designing a custom neck profile. Shaping the back of the neck. Cutting truss rod/stiffening rod channels. Cutting a truss rod wheel slot out of the heel of the neck. Building my own brass nut.
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2015年5月18日 · The Christopher DBG is a fully carved, arcthop acoustic bass with a 34" scale lenth. It uses real double bass strings and a state of the art dual piezo pickup and pre-amp system to pack as much Double-Bass tone and feel as possible into an electric bass sized instrument.Christopher DBG Highlights (standard on all instruments): -Carved Red ...
For sale Unique Offset Dana Alvarez Bass.... - TalkBass.com
2024年3月13日 · They are Korean made and came in black or dark metallic blue with a 24 fret rosewood board with block inlays, a bolt on maple neck with 4 in-line tuners and headstock, offset sugar maple body with aggressive countouring, Dana P/J pickups and 2 band preamp and gotoh style tuners and bridge.
Roasted Poplar - TalkBass.com
2010年6月27日 · The cooked maple was definitely deader and more muted sounding than fresh or old maple. The old maple had the warmest tap tone; the fresh maple was snappier with more highs; the cooked maple was the dullest with the least sustain. If you believed the theory and hype, you'd think that the cooked maple should sound like old, naturally dried maple ...
'Soft maple' vs Basswood - TalkBass.com
2014年3月29日 · Soft maple is quite a bit harder than basswood but the basswood on these is well protected. I think I prefer the basswood tone slightly over the soft maple but it's a very minor difference. I think the only significant negative for soft maple is its weight compared to basswood. My VM Jazz V weighed 10.6 lbs and the VM P V weighs 9 lbs.
Poplar vs Soft Maple - TalkBass.com
2019年7月8日 · 19,054. Florida USA. leshaley.com. Nov 12, 2020. #5. If you subscribe to the idea of the importance of tone wood, (some do more than others) maple is generally considered brighter sounding and poplar has less character and is more bland sounding. in my humble opinion, the neck wood has more effect on the sound than the body wood.
Squier Classic Vibe Jazz or Fender Standard MIM Jazz?
2012年1月22日 · Before, I favored Squier's Classic Vibe Jazz over the typical MIM Fender Standard. Now, however, Fender has stepped up their quality control - even on their Standard MIM models. I would say their 2011 is the first I've been impressed with them. Not to mention, with the MIM Standards, you'll have more color and maple fretboard options.