| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2439 Registered: 6-2000 |
This isn't sliced up yet, but making this topic will remind me to have it done sometime:  Just scraped along the top.  Hard to tell how sweet it is in this state, so you can enjoy a picture of the bowl my uncle Bob made for Valentino until we make an instrument from this beautiful wood. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 1732 Registered: 5-2002 |
The bowl is beautiful! I'll have to have breakfast at Val's house someday. The scrape is intriguing. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 956 Registered: 4-2004 |
very interesting bowl is this cut yet? is it pricey? | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 488 Registered: 1-2003 |
Is that Australian Jarrah? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3597 Registered: 6-2000 |
Yessiree! We're making a fretless Rogue for our showroom out of some of this slab right now. | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 489 Registered: 1-2003 |
Could you post a picture of it sliced? Is there an upcharge to use it as top wood on a Rogue? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3628 Registered: 6-2000 |
We've been emailing about this wood, but I'll update the rest of the Club too. Jarrah Burl is the same price as Burl Maple. Here's a bass we're making for our showroom that's in carving right now:  Can't wait for this one to be done! It's a fretless Rogue with a Mahogany/Vermilion/Ebony neck. It's got side LEDs too, I just don't recall what color they are at this moment. | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 491 Registered: 1-2003 |
What is the aim with that neck combination? Is there an upcharge for mahogany & vermillion? | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 492 Registered: 1-2003 |
Are those little cavities in the surface? How will they be filled? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3659 Registered: 6-2000 |
Oh sure - like most burls, the Jarrah has some voids. We're planning on filling the voids in this piece with an Ebony dust/epoxy mixture - should coordinate with the Ebony neck laminate and fingerboard, and accentuate some of the interesting things about this piece. We're thinking this neck will make a nice warm, rounded fretless sound, with the excellent sustain of the Ebony. Pricing depends on the model, Susan can answer any specific questions by email. | ||
| bassjigga
Junior Username: bassjigga Post Number: 41 Registered: 8-2005 |
Ok stuff like that definitely deserves a build thread even if it isn't for anyone particular. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 859 Registered: 10-2002 |
Even if there isn't a FTC, I'd really like to see how this one turns out ;-) Graeme | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 493 Registered: 1-2003 |
I have just ordered a 5 string Rogue in this wood - so maybe we could have an FTC thread for both basses. | ||
| tbrannon
Intermediate Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 182 Registered: 11-2004 |
David- Is the Rogue going to be for personal use or for the shop? Care to share build details- neck woods, electronics? Toby | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 494 Registered: 1-2003 |
Toby - it is for our display stock. 34" scale, Orion peghead (which I think really suits the Rogue body shape). The rest is "standard" Rogue. | ||
| tbrannon
Intermediate Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 183 Registered: 11-2004 |
David- My bank account wishes you hadn't said that.... I agree on the Orion peghead. The only one I like more on this type of body style is the Elan peghead. I'll sit on this FTC thread for awhile and see how things shake out. Toby | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3758 Registered: 6-2000 |
Here's the first Jarrah Burl bass with a little finish in place:  Still a ways to go - it's quite time consuming for filling the large pores. I know I always say this, but in person, it's a total knockout! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 880 Registered: 10-2002 |
Even from this side of the pond it still looks a total knockout Mica. What sort of tone do you think the mahogany, vermillion, ebony neck will give? Graeme | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1119 Registered: 6-2002 |
Graeme, That question was already addressed - check Mica's first post under the first picture of the bass. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 881 Registered: 10-2002 |
Doh! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4523 Registered: 5-2002 |
Wow, that does look nice! And a love the sound of that name, Jarrah! | ||
| jbabies
New Username: jbabies Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2010 |
Jarrah is a beautiful timber, the burl is even better. My house and most older houses in Western Australia have Jarrah floors. We have some really nice figured hard woods in this part of the world. A mate of mine who is a local luthier put me onto this mob down in Denmark (West Aus) who he buys timber off, check it out... http://www.djarilmari.com/gallery.htm | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2091 Registered: 10-2003 |
That is an absolutely spectacular bass. Pictures don't do it justice. And then there's the sound! John |
