best wood for a deep bass sound?

[DED]

ok, so...what wood does what to your tone?

i always thot bubinga looks excellent, never tried one tho, is that a good choice for increasing a bass and slight middle tone?

[Ed Belknap]

Back when Tobias basses were really made by Mr. Tobias their website had some pretty in-depth explanations of how the different available body woods (both core & top/back caps) affected tone...not sure if they still have anything like that (or if the company still even exists). Stands to reason the MTD website might offer a similar guide.

Also check out Alembic's website.

[Jon Gauthier]

yeah, I concur with Ed... I spoke to Mr. Tobias at NAMM one year and was completely impressed with his arcane knowledge of woods for basses. astounding amounts of knowledge. :robot:

[DED]

cant believe i missed this link when i looked at the alembic page before writing this thread...for anyone interested here is the link

http://www.alembic.com/info/wood_body.html

[army_bass]

This link to warmoth has some great info...I pick their brains then use the info to make decisions when I buy here at Sweetwater!




http://www.warmoth.com/bass/options/options_bodywoods.cfm

Best of Luck

[bob anderson]

Over the years I've owned most of the basses mentioned previously in this post. At one point I owned a 12 string "Grand Stick" from Emmet Chapman made of walnut and purple heart. I commisioned a custom built walnut/purple heart 7 string fretless traditional bass (not stick) from a custom builder, and was totaly impressed with the sound.... It had the thickest hunk of ebony for a fingerboard I'd ever seen. This bass had Jonh Pettitucci bottom with Stanly Clark top. One of the finest basses i ever owned.

Bob Anderson

[4stringaxeman]

I made a Bass body out of box elder once that sounded very nice.

[bloodless]

I think Basswood does the job pretty well