wood

Recently I got a chance to buy one of those two basses. The 2011 limited edition is about 550€ or 62000Yen cheaper than the 2018 CS model, which is quite a usual configuration: wenge neck, flame maple body, MEC, no inlays. But I found that the 2011 limited models used 'blackwood', which I am...

Hi everyone, as some of you might have seen, I'm looking for a fretless bass. New Warwick FL basses have ebony fingerboards. I know ebony is great, both because of the sound characteristics, and it's density/durability. However, I've been thinnking of defretting a fretted bass, lately. And...

I've got green spots showing up on my Corvette $$ natural finish monster right where i rest my thumb while playing. Two spots, actually. One on the side of each pickup. What can I do to prevent that from happening again if, I fix it. I probably won't try to fix it if it's gonna happen again. It...

As a Warwick and Rockbass owner and lover of all types of wood used in guitar building, I thought I'd find out more about this Carolena wood that my Rockbass is made from. Ignoring mentions of Carolena wood in Warwick forums and in adverts for Rockbasses, the only mention I find of it is for...

Does anybody know what options I have for Bubinga wood other than beeswax?

Hi, I recently purchased a corvette $$ in nirvana black. A week ago I noticed that where my pointer finger rips the G string, white marks have appeared in the wood. They appear to be little dents or scratches in the wood where my fingernail is making contact with it. There is also 1 or 2 similar...

Looking through the Custom Shop Gallery has got me pondering this question. First off, if someone wants a Streamer Stage 1, as an example, because of the classic Stage 1 tone, then putting in a CS order for exotic body and neck woods seems somehow counter-intuitive. The reasoning being that...

Well, ok, maybe not huge shards of wood... But twice now in the past few months I've firmly planted rather large splinters of wood from the edge of the fretboard on my Taranis 5-string into my finger while gliding my hand up the fretboard. This bass is still under warranty, but only for...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY-ZoVMwGKM I wonder what a Bubinga tree sounds like

I'm thinking of getting a custom Streamer $$ and I have some questions and thoughts I'd like to share and discuss, I am very grateful for anyone's help, but I guess I need expert custom model knowlegde =P well here we go: It says in the pricelist "Examples of standard options --> If a...

So I have a Thumb BO (a 2006 or 07, can't recall the exact year), and I was wondering the proper cleaning materials to keep the fretboard in good shape. I use the Warwick wax on the body and the back of the fretboard, but I do not know what to use on the fretboard. I have heard mixed reviews...

Hey guys, I remember reading a post a while back on alternate oils or waxes that can be used to protect and treat the natural finish basses. Does anyone know of something different from the Warwick wax I can use? I tend to be a hand sweater when I play, so my basses always end up feeling...

heyy there i almost got enough money to get my own thumb nt 4 ( :D:D:D ) 2 years of workin finaly made it happen (im 17years old) during those 2years i played a pretty simple squier jazz bass.. but anyway thats not the point i was thinking what kinda wood i can have my thumb in. i know with...

I am bumming pretty hard right about now. I just noticed that my LTD 2009 has a crack in the olive wood top. I remember noticing what I thought was just a scratch when I first got it, but now it seems to be getting worse/longer. It runs below the neck pickup towards the volume knob. Possibly the...

I'm wondering how best to adjust the balance on the bass I will hopefully be building soon. Its most likely going to be swamp ash with, ebony fingerboard, and wenge neck. I'm a little paranoid about neck dive so how can I counteract this? I've thought about putting the screw on the bridge...

does anybody know a good site with correct info about the subject? I've read through many, often finding untrue and even contradicting stuff... thanks in advance :)

I never quite get over how much dark my SSII is when compared to newer models. It's seriously dark brown, compared to the lighter ones that come out of the factory. It's a '92, but wow. I just never get over it. Post some pictures if you got an older vintage that has aged quite darkly. I'm...

on the Warwick site it says that the Rockbass Fortress has a swamp ash body, but I found a lot fortress basses in cyberstores that have alder bodies (or at least it says there they have).. is that a mistake or there are different series of Fortress basses? :/

I need some help, I got a Streamer 1990 and I has some areas that the wood is darker because the dirt, does anyone can give tips on how to clean this bass? also it has golden hardwear, what should i used to clean them without faing the color?

I being looking for the guy that was selling the wood knobs here in the forum, can anyone can tell me his user name or a way I can get in contact with.