Author Topic: Black Limba (Read 3535 times)

The amazing Phil · « **on:** January 08, 2006, 04:11:24 PM »

My tele's getting a new body, and the old body can assume it'll get an new neck one day, however for now I want to try a semi-solid thing.

I'm planning on trying out a Warmoth hollow tele body made of black limba, only problem is I have no idea how this looks under finish. How does it compare to say mahogany or ash? I'm hopefully gonna have it brownish, so it'll go with the maple board just fine.

Another option I considered was getting it finished elsewhere, but this'd no doubt drive the cost up somewhat.

Any ideas or whatever?

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2006, 04:33:21 PM »

what kind of finish are we talking about here?

PhilKing · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2006, 04:57:55 PM »

I have a PRS style black limba with a maple cap from Warmoth. It is finished in transparent purple and looks fine. It is a darker Korina, so looks a bit like a light mahogany.

Sean · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2006, 03:24:15 AM »

hows she sound?

PhilKing · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2006, 12:54:47 PM »

I have a rosewood neck with an ebony f/b on it. It has a wilkinson trem and I have a claibrated set of MM's on it. With these pickups I have a PRS style megaswitch. I think that the body and neck work well together to give a neutral sound (the rosewood/ebony would be bright with a heavier body I think). If I had a mahogany/rosewood neck I think it would be mellow. I think the black korina is somewhere between swamp ash and mahogany in its sounds. Having the maple cap tightens it a bit. The pickups on this let me have a lot of sounds, all the way from rock through to metal. This is partly due to the switch, and mainly due to the MM set having a ceramic magnet in the bridge, but alnico in the neck.

Ratrod · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2006, 02:17:47 PM »

A nutural finish would look great.

The one on the left is finished.