| Author | Message | ||
| sricabla
Junior Username: sricabla Post Number: 34 Registered: 3-2003 |
I just bought some cocobolo for a top wood to use for a bass sometime in the future.I live in Hawaii and the weather can be dry to humid and everything in between.Right now I have it covered in plastic and laying down flat with some weight on top of it so it dosen't warp. Is this a good way to store it? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3215 Registered: 6-2000 |
What are the dimensions of the wood? | ||
| sricabla
Junior Username: sricabla Post Number: 35 Registered: 3-2003 |
33 inches long by 11 1/2 bookmatched and 1/4 inch thick  | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 265 Registered: 2-2003 |
That's going to make an interesting looking instrument... JP | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1195 Registered: 7-2004 |
NICE wood! Bill, tgo | ||
| byoung
Advanced Member Username: byoung Post Number: 266 Registered: 12-2004 |
Wow. | ||
| jlpicard
Senior Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 419 Registered: 7-2002 |
Ever considered a rectangular instrument? I wouldn't have the heart to lose even one millimeter of that board!! It doesn't look real. It's almost as if the grain pattern was drawn on the wood! Who/Where did you find this piece? Wait a minute! I think I've got it! we're looking at spalted cocobolo! Wow I didn't think that was possible. Mike (Message edited by jlpicard on April 09, 2006) | ||
| george_wright
Member Username: george_wright Post Number: 88 Registered: 3-2005 |
Looks like it was painted by Edvard Munch. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 600 Registered: 10-2002 |
Wow, what a superb piece. Am I the only one seeing a lady in a flimsy blouse? Graeme | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2367 Registered: 9-2002 |
Nope ...this twisted mind here too! Paul TBO anyway ...great minds think alike HA | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1000 Registered: 11-2003 |
I can conjure a lot of images from that wood but a lady in a flimsy blouse isn't one of them. Must have something to do with the long North Atlantic winters. That's a piece of wood I would love to see in person. It looks 3D From the balmy part of the Atlantic, Sam | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1203 Registered: 7-2004 |
Sam: Think of the lighter colored areas as her skin. The upside down triangle of light wood at the top in the middle is her throat surrounded by the plunging neckline of the shirt, which then opens up to bare the midriff. I guess I'm just as sick as you guys. LOL Bill, tgo | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1001 Registered: 11-2003 |
Ahhh, Bill, of course! And the 3D part is... I need to get out more. | ||
| byoung
Advanced Member Username: byoung Post Number: 276 Registered: 12-2004 |
If that is the case, I don't think that "ban the bra" thing is working out too well. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 730 Registered: 9-2002 |
And I thought I was losing it seeing the AlemBird and the black helicopters! I can't see the girl, this wood is just other-worldly, some real Martian wood. JeanLuc, regarding a rectangular instrument for this singular piece of cocoB, wouldn't it make the ULTIMATE Bo Diddley? J o e y | ||
| jalevinemd
Advanced Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 384 Registered: 12-2003 |
I don't recall seeing cocobolo with such a wide variety of colors. I'd LOVE to have that piece. Nice find, Steve! | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 214 Registered: 2-2006 |
Lady in a flimsy blouse(?)........you guys need to get out more. TOO many Saturdays at the office Bill. LOL This wood is great though. I can picture it on a Bass/Guitar with an Omega cut at the base. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3236 Registered: 6-2000 |
Since it's already sliced to laminate thickness, we'd probably store this between two thicker boards, secured with some c-clamps. The main thing you want to do is keep it from changing moisture too rapidly so you don't get cracking or checking, so keeping it in the house with temperatures and humidities that suit you are probably fine. Keep it away from heating vents or in the direct path of your a/c vents. The weight or pressure from the clamps will keep it from "potato-chipping out," and that is a technical term. It's a lovely board, reminds a bit of Ghost Crow, which started out as this board. | ||
| trekster
Member Username: trekster Post Number: 82 Registered: 7-2004 |
Curiosity question -- do you know how long ago these boards were dressed to that thickness? As much as they are admirable, if this was recent I'd daresay you are going to have some color change soon. Not that it would be a bad thing! --J |
