Stub Mandrel Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Some burls are caused by viruses. Make sure you're double vaxxed before handling that burl maple topped bass... better safe than sorry, send it to me for disposal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said: Some burls are caused by viruses. Make sure you're double vaxxed before handling that burl maple topped bass... better safe than sorry, send it to me for disposal. Quality thread mashup! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Considering the body of the bass guitar is coupled to the belly or lack there of, of the player, I wonder could the girth of the player impact on the tone of the instrument? Edited December 24, 2021 by leroydiamond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Someone needs to do this with a bass. A lot of slappers like maple boards for the brightness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, Grimalkin said: Someone needs to do this with a bass. A lot of slappers like maple boards for the brightness. https://acoustics.org/pressroom/httpdocs/137th/fleischer.html Looking at the physics of mass and vibration, I'd say the neck has quite a part to play in character. Not that much vibration happening with the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean9seventy Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 13 minutes ago, Grimalkin said: https://acoustics.org/pressroom/httpdocs/137th/fleischer.html Looking at the physics of mass and vibration, I'd say the neck has quite a part to play in character. Not that much vibration happening with the body. woodtone is as important as spliting hairs for those who go as far as dividing dandruff, so yeah, you got the time money & patience to work out what is best woodtone/other material for you, well done dose it matter ? probably, if you buy an expensive "all perfect" pro bass that doesn't sound & play well , it could be the wood / other saturating harmonic material its built with ,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 On 24/11/2021 at 14:33, Stub Mandrel said: I wonder what happens to the wood with rich tonal qualities, full of knots and ugly as sin*. Spalted, you mean? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Bean9seventy said: woodtone is as important as spliting hairs for those who go as far as dividing dandruff, so yeah, you got the time money & patience to work out what is best woodtone/other material for you, well done dose it matter ? probably, if you buy an expensive "all perfect" pro bass that doesn't sound & play well , it could be the wood / other saturating harmonic material its built with ,, I thought it was interesting to see how a guitar vibrates. Make your own mind up. Dante missed out a particular circle of hell when he wrote The Inferno; Tonewood debates. Edited December 24, 2021 by Grimalkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Ok, who picked this scab? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Bean9seventy said: woodtone is as important as spliting hairs for those who go as far as dividing dandruff, so yeah, you got the time money & patience to work out what is best woodtone/other material for you, well done dose it matter ? probably, if you buy an expensive "all perfect" pro bass that doesn't sound & play well , it could be the wood / other saturating harmonic material its built with ,, Wonderful, at least a readable text. Thanks."/[{\]}|~`™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean9seventy Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Hellzero said: Wonderful, at least a readable text. Thanks."/[{\]}|~`™ Encore Bass , less "revs"than a Ford Escort, & because it maxes out sooner than later , with a wide fret board, you get this cheap wood sound ,, that rather works well when you need dry slappy funky tone , 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean9seventy Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 24/12/2021 at 13:59, tauzero said: Spalted, you mean? 😁 it will either max out early ,, Like an Encore Bass or Over Max badly soz yeah coustom built perfect wood pro bass is great , plank of wood with 4 strings also great, music is like science ,, everything matters & nothing matters at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hey, we haven't argued about this for over a month. here is something! 4 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 But from what kind of 'tone'wood were the bench and the shelf made? 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, EssentialTension said: But from what kind of 'tone'wood were the bench and the shelf made? 🙃 I think it would have sounded brighter if he had used yamaha engines! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I currently have my Chapman Stick on a stand connected to the belthook and I can hear it resonate. So I guess it's a tone-cymbal stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) Doh, double post of @Woodinblack’s video. Note to self, have the decency to check the last half a dozen posts at least. Edited January 26, 2022 by ezbass 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 39 minutes ago, StickyDBRmf said: I currently have my Chapman Stick on a stand connected to the belthook and I can hear it resonate. So I guess it's a tone-cymbal stand. mine is made of tone metal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 27/01/2022 at 05:12, Woodinblack said: Hey, we haven't argued about this for over a month. here is something! The advertisers won't be well pleased. This is the end of all tonewood threads forever. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 24/12/2021 at 13:13, Grimalkin said: Someone needs to do this with a bass. A lot of slappers like maple boards for the brightness. It's just a shame that the pickups capture the vibration of the steings and not the maple board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathlang Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Maybe a valid experiment would be to pick someone who's believes in paying more for specific tone woods, bolt their bass down onto a concrete slab, connect up some robotic plucker (I said plucker), then start to drill and saw their bass whilst measuring the output from the pickups? If tonewood adds anything, removing it should subtract. They can keep the plucker at the end too, if it's suitably dirty. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I couldn't get past the first five minutes. What a crap demonstration. Most of what I heard was just strings clattering against frets. Maybe they should have tried different grades of fret wire for a tone comparison. Like a bloody filing cabinet falling down a fire escape. A nice simple, repetitive walking bass line is what was needed here to give time to clearly hear each note. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 24/12/2021 at 10:50, leroydiamond said: Considering the body of the bass guitar is coupled to the belly or lack there of, of the player, I wonder could the girth of the player impact on the tone of the instrument? Tone Cowp as we call it in Geordieland. The bigger the Cowp the meatier the tone. I do like a fat bass tone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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