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Title: Bloodwood?
Post by: altgrendel on December 17, 2010, 08:12:13 AM

Anyone ever order bloodwood as the main part of the neck on their bass? Curious as to what the results were.  
 
Or if anyone just wants to provide opinions...

Title: Bloodwood?
Post by: edwin on December 19, 2010, 08:22:05 PM

I have a David King fretless 5 with a bloodwood fingerboard. It's been great. The neck is mahogany and the sound is perfect.

Title: Bloodwood?
Post by: mica on December 20, 2010, 06:17:53 PM

I don't think we've used it before. I've never seen one first hand, and I've never run across it (or Satine as it is also called) as a neck wood in the instrument files, but I haven't read every file.  
 
As a main neck wood, I would think it to be rather heavy. I know, weird to hear me comment about a heavy guitar. From density alone, it should give a good bright sound. The structure of the wood may enhance other aspects of the sound, but you'd have to make 2 similar instruments with that one variable changed to try to start learning what it really does, and if the trade off of added weight is worth it.

Title: Bloodwood?
Post by: eddieg on April 05, 2011, 09:47:24 AM

Hey Guys: Blood wood is a very sturdy wood to use as a support strip because of it's density. It would be heavy as a main neck wood though! It's real close to ebony on the janka scale for density.
 
Hey guys : I have a project in the works that requires another opinion? what kind of tone would the combination of 100 year old curley cherry top and bottom and a vermillion core produce. Off the top of your heads????
 
Thoughts???
 
Peace.  See ya down range !
 
EddieG