Is This really bubinga??

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Author Message electronicstud New Username: electronicstud Post Number: 2 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 2:03 pm:    I know wood grain varies. andbassforall Junior Username: andbassforall Post Number: 24 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 2:09 pm:    Looks like Padduk to me. Forgive me if I spelled that wrong. I could be wrong, but I own two basses with that wood. The grain looks very similar. Usually bubinga is one of the woods you think of that they use on the back of a warwick necks long with wenge. I'm sure you'll find out soon enough if you ask about the serial number. Good luck! I'm very curious. (Message edited by andbassforall on October 04, 2008) electronicstud New Username: electronicstud Post Number: 3 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 3:20 pm:    Yea thanks, I looked up "Padauk" and it is also known as Vermillion, imagen that. I think you are right. I did the serial number request some time ago and am still waiting. Whatever it is I like it! Very thick grain, very hard. richbass939 Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 984 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 7:29 am:    Brian, As far as I can tell from the picture, it doesn't look like the bubinga I have seen. Here is a pretty representative pic of my bubinga Epic. Welcome to the board. Rich http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/17267.html?1159397078 terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 593 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 8:54 am:    Electronicstud - Go to Showcase/Signature Basses/Mark King 93. My bass has a bubinga top..a fine example funkyjazzjunky Advanced Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 215 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 9:03 am:    Terryc has a very very fine example electronicstud New Username: electronicstud Post Number: 4 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 2:55 pm:    very nice, both. I have looked at alot of pictures and have noticed that on many of the Epics; different types of wood look red, stained I assume? I guess I will just have to wait a few months to find out what the record is. rushfan Junior Username: rushfan Post Number: 29 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:06 pm:    i think i read a ftc here that included wood staining. glocke Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 466 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:32 pm:    FWIW, I had a warwick bass made of bubing that looked like that. hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 437 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 5:01 pm:    Here's the bubinga back of my Stanley Clarke Standard: Hope it helps! (I'm happy to show off my basses anytime!) richbass939 Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 986 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 7:34 pm:    Here is a link to Terryc's Mark King 93. Wow, is that a beautiful top or what. Congrats, Terry. Rich http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/46076.html?1196153967 bsee Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 2040 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 7:51 pm:    I would have thought that Epic could be walnut and the red tinge is coming from it being surrounded by a maroon case interior. terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 594 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 3:32 am:    hieronymous - your laminate is much darker than mine but you can still see the flame. I guess no two same woods are the exactly alike.