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drjenney
Member Username: drjenney
Post Number: 87 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 3:38 am: | |
Given that cocobolo is Alembic's "house wood," I'd love to see the factory offer it in a spalted version. Now I don't care much for the spalted stuff I've seen of other woods, but check out the top on this bass: LEJ 6 string Spalted Cocobola. http://www.thelowend.net/thelowend/index.htm |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1070 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 3:42 am: | |
Looks like sapwood to me, not spalting. Nice enough whatever it's called ... |
811952
Senior Member Username: 811952
Post Number: 834 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 7:07 am: | |
I'm with Adriaan. The lighter colored section is sapwood. Beautiful chunk of wood though. John |
bigideas
Member Username: bigideas
Post Number: 94 Registered: 1-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 10:37 am: | |
i third that motion.. beautiful, but sapwood. it is interesting that the non-sapwood part has an almost ziricotian (yes i made that word up) feel to it as far as grain overlapping and having dark outlines on certain sections. (Message edited by bigideas on October 03, 2006) |
2400wattman
Advanced Member Username: 2400wattman
Post Number: 242 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 10:52 am: | |
I got to play a Lake Placid blue 4 string at a guitar show in Charlotte. These basses are fantastic and sound great. That pre amp is very sensitive,smooth,growly and it's not clacky sounding like some active pre's are. I played through one of their Low End bass pre-amps( they have a desk top and rackmount versions), which has minimal controls and sounds great. Go to the link above for their web site and look for them under amplifiers. Good stuff! |
57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra
Post Number: 409 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 12:40 pm: | |
I like that a lot. I appear to be in a 'zircotian' frame of mind. You are most 'zircotian', sir! She protested with 'zircotian' emphasis! |
lidon2001
Advanced Member Username: lidon2001
Post Number: 221 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:48 am: | |
A picture of spalted coco: http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/26979.html |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 1682 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 12:26 pm: | |
Tom: Why do you think the piece from Hawaii is spalted? Bill, tgo |
lidon2001
Advanced Member Username: lidon2001
Post Number: 222 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Saturday, October 07, 2006 - 5:43 pm: | |
He purchased the wood from www.exoticwoodbrokers.com , and I am still tempted to buy some for my next project. Why would you assume the wood comes from Hawaii just because he lives there? I live in FL and Amboyna comes from Asia. Did you think I have a tree out back? ;) T (Message edited by lidon2001 on October 07, 2006) |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 1694 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Saturday, October 07, 2006 - 8:16 pm: | |
I meant the piece that is currently in Hawaii, not that the tree grew there. It certainly might just be there on vacation. (I wish I was). Bill, tgo |