ThomThomKC
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So what's up with the Stingray Special not getting the flamed/figured treatment on its roasted neck? The guitars all get it. Why are we being left out?
Possibly because a much bigger piece of figured maple is needed for a bass, and that would be costly.
Flamed maple is less stable/more sensitive to weather changes too, especially without any hard finish on it.
Might simply be a supply issue getting pieces of wood big enough to make a bass neck out of. EBMM is not a wood supplier, and is limited by the market. In general they have offered BEM and Flamed maple necks much more often on guitars than on basses. There's a lot more string tension involved with a bass as well.
Flamed maple is less stable/more sensitive to weather changes too, especially without any hard finish on it.