Not your usual neck laminates

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Author Message adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1739 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 4:14 am:    Since a wood will have the biggest effect on the tone if it is in the neck, I wonder what would happen if you use cocobolo for neck laminates. And is it not one of the reasons for the high price of cocobolo that not all the wood looks nice enough to be used as a top or back laminate? So perhaps there is more affordable cocobolo available for neck laminates. byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 886 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 6:45 am:    Adriaan, I asked about doing just that-- the reason it isn't recommended: neck woods should have very straight grain. Also, cocobolo is oily, and can be tricky to make adhere properly. Bradley adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1742 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 6:56 am:    Don't we have a documented case of someone refusing a cocobolo top because it had such straight grain? The bass eventually wound up in Scotland, if memory serves me right ... So what would happen if you had a straight grained piece of cocobolo, big enough for a neck lam, and you would sandwich it with two ebony lams? (Message edited by adriaan on January 04, 2008) mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5021 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 7:21 am:    If you want to find out what the Coco Bolo does, I wouldn't pair it with Ebony, since Ebony really takes over and dominates the sound. I might convince my mom to do an experiment on Coco Bolo neck laminates. Of course, if you want to find out sooner... adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1743 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 7:22 am:    Dreams can soon become rather costly, from what I hear. ;-) byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 888 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 4:16 pm:    As I remember it, it was *switching* to a different piece of wood. I actually picked the "straight" piece first (and I think my wife still likes it better!). Mica, as long as you're experimenting, pair it with my other idea about a coco bolo bodied bass. In fact, do it with all coco bolo and purpleheart. That'd be perfect. Oh, and a maple fingerboard (kidding!). Bradley jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1557 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 4:50 am:    Bradley. I think Adriaan is referring to my mk deluxe that was originally destined for mike '5stringho' malarkey. graeme adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1745 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 4:51 am:    T'is. byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 896 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 8:21 am:    Ahh! I had initially picked out a piece of cocobolo, and changed to another one. I thought y'all were referring to me.