Mahogany

EVOLVEBASS said:
Exactly. A Wal-ish tone with Warwick playability... perfection!

But I think I'd go with an ebony fretboard, I'm not a big Rosewood fan - it just feels "slow"...

Yeah, I had the 2002 LTD. with the Rosewood F/B...
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Hmmmm,

I do think the Ebony board will have a significant amount of influence to the sound: Maple neck and body top, plus an Ebony board.............isn't it going to be a bit too bright ?? Maybe a Rosewood board will give you a more "less Warwick, more Wal" like tone (as if that's a good thing !!) ?? I'm just speculating...............Just in case you didn't know: I use Warmoth as a source of information concerning the sound of wood:



P.S.1 Figuring out all kinds of wood combination must be one of the delights of getting a CS Warwick bass huh ?

P.S.2 Did you know that Warwick also make three piece bodies ?? You can have a Mahogany core with Birdseye Maple top and back !! Sweet.... :D
 
my STingray 30th Anniversary Edition is pure mahogany body and it makes my Thumb 5 feel super super light. I love the mahogany sound, but its pretty damned heavy. Be absolutely sure thart you want to deal with that kinda weight if you ever want to order a mahogany bass.
 
I think our Katana has a bunch of maple with an ebony board. It is very bright combined with mec and I love the tone. Strangely enough I played a maple Thumb 4 with a maple board and didn't like the tone much, kind of muddy. I'm interested now to try a mahogany bass.
 
boston asphalt2 said:
my STingray 30th Anniversary Edition is pure mahogany body and it makes my Thumb 5 feel super super light. I love the mahogany sound, but its pretty damned heavy. Be absolutely sure thart you want to deal with that kinda weight if you ever want to order a mahogany bass.
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I think it was Florin, but I'm not too sure about this. Anyhow someone had a Stingray made out of Poplar I think, and the bass was really really heavy.................Although Poplar and Mahogany have a comparable density similar to that of Alder !! At least according to .

Maybe you have all kinds of species like you have Swamp Ash (very light) and French Ash (heavy)..............maybe you ought to check it out with the CS department; ask them about density of Mahogany compared to other woods...............
 
The SR505 is mahogany, but not heavy. My K5 is on the light side too even with the padauk (both probably using lightweight mahogany). Small bodies though.

I thought Alder was lightweight? My Hohner is alder and super lightweight.
 
I don't know about that mate... Mahagoni bases I've tryed were heavy, heavyer than ash/poplar/alder
 
ThirdthumB said:
boston asphalt2 said:
my STingray 30th Anniversary Edition is pure mahogany body and it makes my Thumb 5 feel super super light. I love the mahogany sound, but its pretty damned heavy. Be absolutely sure thart you want to deal with that kinda weight if you ever want to order a mahogany bass.
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I think it was Florin, but I'm not too sure about this. Anyhow someone had a Stingray made out of Poplar I think, and the bass was really really heavy.................Although Poplar and Mahogany have a comparable density similar to that of Alder !! At least according to .

Maybe you have all kinds of species like you have Swamp Ash (very light) and French Ash (heavy)..............maybe you ought to check it out with the CS department; ask them about density of Mahogany compared to other woods...............
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Are you sure the stingray was made of poplar? stingrays have been made out of ash, or as they call it "selected hardwoods" for the longest time. The 30th, from what I remember, was toted as the first non-ash stingray from EBMM. Of course the toilet seat bass, errr i mean bongo, is made from bass wood which I find ugly to look at and ugly sounding....
 
They say selected hardwoods becouse it's not only ash. They use ash on all natural finish basses, and can use different woods for solid couored ones.

Mine was poplar. Very good bass it was...
 
Florin said:
They say selected hardwoods becouse it's not only ash. They use ash on all natural finish basses, and can use different woods for solid couored ones.

Mine was poplar. Very good bass it was...
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unfortunatelky, they tend to use very ugly cuts of ash!
 
ThirdthumB said:
I do know that the MM SUB basses are made of Poplar............. 8)
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Speak of the devil,I played one yesterday that was quite nice but the black nitrocellulose finish behind the nut had all been worn off from hanging on the wall.I tried a few Stingrays too,awesome sounding basses,I must get one some day.
 
I guess I'm one of the few that hates MM basses :P I've played just about every model they have, Although I do like the bongo a bit... But I really do dislike the other models... The tone is way to "tinny" for me and I could never get the sound I liked out of em.
 
My experience with Mahogany has been limited to the Stryker, Wals, Gibsons, and the times I've picked up Mahogany guitars... most recently Ralf Jung's custom-shop Framus...

That stuff is HEAVY. WICKED heavy. Heavier than Wenge or Ovangkol. Heavy enough to give an average-sized person some serious shoulder problems over time...

...and the tone? Sure; it's great. It's rich, it's deep, it's warm, the sustain is fantastic... but it lacks that "honk"... In all Warwick's models geared to get this kind of sound, the wood of choice is Zebrano, and I would say that is the most similar-sounding wood people on this forum might know...

If you have your sights set on a Mahogany body, I would suggest balancing things out with a top wood or neck woods that will lend a little clarity. A maple top or an ebony fingerboard aren't bad ideas at all.

In fact, does anyone remember when Gibson issued the "Les Paul bass"?? Mahogany body, Maple top, Ebony fingerboard.

Wanna hear what that sounds like? Go listen to Meshell Ndege Ocello's first two albums.

Unh. It's funky as all get-out, and it's thick as molasess.

Wow. I'm sitting here talking myself into getting a mahogany/maple/ebony double buck. Heh. :)
 
sethsbase said:
Go listen to Meshell Ndege Ocello's first two albums.

Unh. It's funky as all get-out, and it's thick as molasess.

Wow. I'm sitting here talking myself into getting a mahogany/maple/ebony double buck. Heh. :)
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The sound on those albums is great!!!
 
Florin said:
sethsbase said:
Go listen to Meshell Ndege Ocello's first two albums.

Unh. It's funky as all get-out, and it's thick as molasess.

Wow. I'm sitting here talking myself into getting a mahogany/maple/ebony double buck. Heh. :)
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The sound on those albums is great!!!
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I think same,too .
 
ThirdthumB said:
I do know that the MM SUB basses are made of Poplar............. 8)
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yeah, the SUB basses are poplar, and the regular ones are Ash IIRC
 
Florin said:
They say selected hardwoods becouse it's not only ash. They use ash on all natural finish basses, and can use different woods for solid couored ones.
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I was like huh ?? Are you sure Flo ?? I checked the MM site................and indeed...........it says "Selected Hardwoods"....................What is that supposed to mean ??? :shock: It's like they buy a huge container of arbitrary blanks of hardwoods and anything that doesn't look Ash like is going to end up as a solid coloured bass ?? it's like mystery food of bass land. :lol:
I say let's get a couple of those solid coloured MM basses, and give them to the guys here and we'll strip the basses to find out what wood they used !!! :shock:

"Look look !! My Stingray is made from Ovangkol !!!! Oh, and that one is made from Flamed Maple !!!!" :lol:
 
ThirdthumB said:
I was like huh ?? Are you sure Flo ?? I checked the MM site................and indeed...........it says "Selected Hardwoods"
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it shows how much wood isnt a factor when most people buy mm basses
 
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