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Slingy
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I'm thinking about an sb model. Wonder how the basswood is gonna sound compared to the swamp ash ray? Will definately try em out when they hit the stores.
adouglas
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What it really says is that wood is just a part of the equation and it's not "better" or "worse."
People turn up their noses at basswood, IMO, because it's associated with cheap instruments. So it must be inferior, right? Wrong. It's just a different material with special considerations.
Bongos are made of basswood, AFAIK, because it offered the best balance of weight and tone when combined with the Bongo preamp and pickups. The tradeoff is that since basswood is ugly, you can't get a Bongo in a trans or natural finish.
strummer
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Guys, not that I actually know anything on the subject, but the MF site says "The Sterling RAY34 Bass Guitar features a select solid swamp ash body" and since they specifically go on about the tonal properties of ash I feel pretty confident the Sterling by MM are made out of Swamp Ash.
Edit: Ok, so the Sterling SB14 is made of basswood, the others swamp ash.
Edit: Ok, so the Sterling SB14 is made of basswood, the others swamp ash.
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strummer
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Bongos are made of basswood because we, the Bongoloids, willed it to be so
bovinehost
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You make a bass.
You use basswood.
Jeez, what else is there? Drumwood?
This is not so hard.
You use basswood.
Jeez, what else is there? Drumwood?
This is not so hard.
patpark
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Ray 34 and Ray35 are swamp ash.
SB14 is "bass"wood.
SB14 is "bass"wood.
patpark
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i concur. we're working on sourcing some guitarwood. I'll keep you posted.
we just planted the seeds and waiting for it to sprout.
Slingy
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Hahaha that cracked me up! I'm not really a tone freak or anything, I just think I'll like the slimmer neck. My Axis is basswood, sounds killer. Never had a swamp ash guitar or bass.
On guitars I've owned the wood is a pretty big factor. So much as I try to get different ones for different things.
