Northern bass tonewood???

[Toe-Knee]

I came across a guy selling bodies on ebay and he says theyre made of the above wood. I tried googling it with little joy. Is it just basswood?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAND-MADE-strat-body-New-High-gloss-QUILT-MAPLE-top-trans-gree-burst-/330837615131?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d0775621b

[Philly Q]

Hard to say!  Looking at the neck pocket it's a pale colour and kind of bland looking, so maybe it is basswood.  Not sure about the "Northern" bit though.

[Telerocker]

Could be Canadian basswood, like Godin uses in some of their guitars like the Godin Session.

[Elliot]

http://forestry.about.com/od/hardwoods/tp/American_Basswood.htm

Northern basswood is this, I think - it is basswood, nevertheless.

[WezV]

yeah, quite often americans like to state its american in the name.   So I have heard it called North American Basswood a few times - would imagine this is just a varitation on that.   It is a basswood from North America


nothing like spanish cedar

[Philly Q]

That reminds me, when Ibanez first introduced the Satriani signature models I seem to recall them making a big fuss about the JS1 being American Basswood as opposed to the, er, regular basswood used for other models.

[Toe-Knee]

Thanks guys.