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Title: Top wood storage
Post by: sricabla on April 07, 2006, 10:47:01 AM

I just bought some cocobolo for a top wood to use for a bass sometime in the future.I live in Hawaii and the weather can be dry to humid and everything in between.Right now I have it covered in plastic and laying down flat with some weight on top of it so it dosen't warp. Is this a good way to store it?

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: mica on April 07, 2006, 12:25:06 PM

What are the dimensions of the wood?

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: sricabla on April 08, 2006, 01:54:43 AM

33 inches long by 11 1/2 bookmatched and 1/4 inch thick(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/27014.gif)

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: jet_powers on April 08, 2006, 06:48:01 AM

That's going to make an interesting looking instrument...
 
JP

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: lbpesq on April 08, 2006, 08:36:32 AM

NICE wood!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: Bradley Young on April 08, 2006, 08:37:22 AM

Wow.

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: jlpicard on April 08, 2006, 10:22:01 PM

Ever considered a rectangular instrument? I wouldn't  have the heart to lose even one millimeter of that board!! It doesn't look real. It's almost as if the grain pattern was drawn on the wood! Who/Where did you find this piece?  Wait a minute! I think I've got it! we're looking at spalted cocobolo! Wow I didn't think that was possible. Mike
 
(Message edited by jlpicard on April 09, 2006)

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: george_wright on April 09, 2006, 07:40:13 AM

Looks like it was painted by Edvard Munch.

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: jacko on April 09, 2006, 12:02:02 PM

Wow, what a superb piece. Am I the only one seeing a lady in a flimsy blouse?
 
Graeme

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: palembic on April 09, 2006, 12:15:54 PM

Nope ...this twisted mind here too!
 
Paul TBO
 
anyway ...great minds think alike HA

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: bracheen on April 09, 2006, 12:22:39 PM

I can conjure a lot of images from that wood but a lady in a flimsy blouse isn't one of them.  Must have something to do with the long North Atlantic winters.
That's a piece of wood I would love to see in person.  It looks 3D
 
From the balmy part of the Atlantic,
Sam

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: lbpesq on April 09, 2006, 12:32:56 PM

Sam:
 
Think of the lighter colored areas as her skin.  The upside down triangle of light wood at the top in the middle is her throat surrounded by the plunging neckline of the shirt, which then opens up to bare the midriff.  
 
I guess I'm just as sick as you guys.  LOL
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: bracheen on April 09, 2006, 12:42:46 PM

Ahhh, Bill, of course!  And the 3D part is...
 
I need to get out more.

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: Bradley Young on April 09, 2006, 02:58:19 PM

If that is the case, I don't think that ban the bra thing is working out too well.

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: bigredbass on April 09, 2006, 08:05:42 PM

And I thought I was losing it seeing the AlemBird and the black helicopters!  I can't see the girl, this wood is just other-worldly, some real Martian wood.
 
JeanLuc, regarding a rectangular instrument for this singular piece of cocoB, wouldn't it make the ULTIMATE Bo Diddley?
 
J o e y

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: jalevinemd on April 09, 2006, 08:19:50 PM

I don't recall seeing cocobolo with such a wide variety of colors. I'd LOVE to have that piece. Nice find, Steve!

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: olieoliver on April 10, 2006, 06:03:55 AM

Lady in a flimsy blouse(?)........you guys need to get out more. TOO many Saturdays at the office Bill. LOL
This wood is great though. I can picture it on a Bass/Guitar with an Omega cut at the base.

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: mica on April 10, 2006, 04:55:35 PM

Since it's already sliced to laminate thickness, we'd probably store this between two thicker boards, secured with some c-clamps.  
 
The main thing you want to do is keep it from changing moisture too rapidly so you don't get cracking or checking, so keeping it in the house with temperatures and humidities that suit you are probably fine. Keep it away from heating vents or in the direct path of your a/c vents.  
 
The weight or pressure from the clamps will keep it from potato-chipping out, and that is a technical term.  
 
It's a lovely board, reminds a bit of  Ghost Crow (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_crow.html), which started out as  this board (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=7910).

Title: Top wood storage
Post by: trekster on April 12, 2006, 06:28:56 AM

Curiosity question -- do you know how long ago these boards were dressed to that thickness?  As much as they are admirable, if this was recent I'd daresay you are going to have some color change soon.  Not that it would be a bad thing!
 
--J