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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Guitarzan on August 29, 2005, 01:18:38 AM

Title: Type of wood
Post by: Guitarzan on August 29, 2005, 01:18:38 AM

What is the best wood for the Nailbomb? I was thinking a light wood. I am to make my own guitar so the wood choice is critical. What types of wood do  you guys use?

Title: Type of wood
Post by: Tim on August 29, 2005, 08:07:46 AM

The lighter the timber the brighter the pickup tone generally...........in basswood or ash the Nailbomb will sound quite balanced..........in mahogany it'll sound very fat and full.
I personally don't build guitars but have got Nailbombs fitted in and Alder Strat where they cured the lack of bottom end nicely and I've also got them in a mahogany Vee where the tone is thick and solid.

Title: Type of wood
Post by: WITH FULL DISTORTION on August 30, 2005, 12:18:12 AM

hAILS tIM
WHAT About a ash guitar with nailbombs?

Title: Type of wood
Post by: Guitarzan on August 30, 2005, 02:52:03 AM

I was thinking someting along the lines of Jeutlong or something lite, such as ash. Does anybody have a Jeutlong guitar?

Title: Type of wood
Post by: Guitarzan on August 30, 2005, 09:34:42 PM

Correction "Jelutong"

Title: Type of wood
Post by: chrisola on August 30, 2005, 09:51:54 PM

i'm getting a swamp ash one with nailbombs soon, will post clips and give verdict then heh 8)

Title: Type of wood
Post by: Guitarzan on September 02, 2005, 02:54:31 AM

Has anybody heard of Purple Heart wood? I found it while brousing Woodworkers Source.  It says that it is extreamly hard.  Does anybody have any expirience with this wood? http://www.woodworkerssource.net/index.php

Title: Type of wood
Post by: PhilKing on September 02, 2005, 03:46:00 AM

It is usually used in bass necks (I have a neck through bass being built with a maple/purpleheart/maple/purpleheart/maple neck).  It is brown when you cut it but turns purple as it oxidises.  

I'm not sure that it would work as a body.

Title: Type of wood
Post by: big steve on September 02, 2005, 05:31:15 PM

i've seen it used as the sides in acoutsic guitars as well... how could it "not work" as a body?

Title: Type of wood
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on September 02, 2005, 05:33:41 PM

Quote from: big steve

i've seen it used as the sides in acoutsic guitars as well... how could it "not work" as a body?

I would imagine that means that it may not have good resonance characteristics in the part of the frequency spectrum needed for a guitar body.  :?:  :roll:

Title: Purpleheart as tonewood...
Post by: Drac on September 02, 2005, 06:27:19 PM

I have built two guitars out of purpleheart-
I wouldn't recommend it as body matierial-it's as dense as Rosewood/ebony, spendy, hard on blades, has a high wax content...
-It looks awesome, though-like oxblood Docs, or dried blood...
If you want the look, I recommend a body of maple or mahogany, and a top cap of Purple Heart, or even laminate the whole thing-
I use it mainly as stringers in neck throughs, and as binding...
-Most guitarists whine about the weight of solid PH bodies-
-wimps!-
 cheers from Drac

Title: Type of wood
Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on September 02, 2005, 06:36:25 PM

Purple heart is normally used for bass guitars because of its thick bottom end and bright mid range, simular to bubbinga. It is usually used as laminates for necks and finger boards, But I have seen bodies made from it too.