Nov 1, 2008 · I'm more of wooddorker than a luthier, I have a few thousand board feet of maple in the inconveniently large pile of lumber sawn off my lot, and I have never seen that sort of spacing from a respectable sugar/hard maple.

Mar 9, 2005 · Double maple burl tops, front and back. Roasted flame maple. First time seeing the neck connected to the body. Lots of work left and things will really stand out once they get oiled and stained (-: View attachment 7127418 View attachment 7127420

Dec 24, 2024 · Thanks for suggesting this group B-Mac. I've built a couple of 34" scale, acoustic archtop bass guitars. Fully carved spruce top and maple back with a 5 piece laminated neck (maple and walnut) with 20" lower bout and 4" ribs (so 61/2" body depth) based on Bill Moll's specs that he was so generous to share many year

Feb 10, 2007 · Sugar will also work, but you'll attract ants. Good finite element analysis software can help you predict resonances - there is a lot of work getting correlation between the modeled behavior and the real world, but once you get control of that, you can evaluate ideas without having to build al the iterations.

A rare 70' style Fodera 5 with Birdseye Maple board and blackburst finish over flame maple top $5,999.00 ...

Nov 29, 2024 · Not a maple board but I am extremely satisfied with my Yamaha BBP35. It sits beautifully in a mix, and is really nice to play. I also have a BB735 in the music school I work at, and it gets pretty close for a lot less money. The neck is a bit fatter on the shoulders than the BBP35 but otherwise is pretty similar.

Jul 29, 2019 · EDIT: And I have used mineral oil on everything except maple. It does tend to darken them up a bit and give them a bit more luster. EDIT #2: This is the darkest Pau Ferro fretboard I've seen and I have it. Looks dark enough to pass my "does it look like rosewood" litmus test for me.

Mar 3, 2004 · I owned 2 Elite V’s. One was maple and the other was ebony fingerboard. The ebony was a lot better on the low B. But it had to be approached with a very light touch. I thought it was good at the time. But once I compared it to EBMM, Sandberg, and …

Mar 3, 2004 · Personally I don't like Mahogany for necks, my preferences tend to be, Maple, Wenge, and or Purpleheart. All very dense and stiff, hardly need any seasonal neck adjustments since the wood is so strong. FYI my Warrguitar Artist 8 string only has 1 rod with no CF reinforcements as well. I can't recall the last time I needed to adjust it's rod.

Dec 14, 2014 · - made of burled maple, birdseye maple, and walnut - birch and pau ferro neck - rosewood fingerboard? - 34.5" scale with 25 frets - Single bartolini pickup - copper covering on headstock and at jack - approximately 9lbs