I discovered this wood looking for a light bass and bought 2 that were reduced. They had necks on and a pickup and it played very well. Sadly they were rosewood which to me is awful so I bought a maple neck from the same place for 35 quid and I have a very light (7.2 lbs) P bass.
I can't tell the difference between this and alder or ash, except that it's a lot lighter. My only downside is that the neck pocket is only 61mm so a fender neck won't fit.
(anyone want a job widening a couple of neck pockets for me??)
I've just bought what is probably the last new Ibanez SR500M in monogamy with the maple board. As said very very light and fitted with Bartolini's. Super powerful with great tone and just over 7lbs
Works for my back and frozen shoulder....
I noticed that in the for sale threads the number of items per page has shrunk and I keep having to go to the next page which is a bit tedious and I lose track of where I am easily. Can we have it back to where it was please?
I know it will sound a bit trivial but at my age little things matter, plus I'm a Methodist...... change? change?
Now I realise what's going on I'm happy to let the mods deal with the problems, they'll get there I'm sure. Stop criticising and let them get on with it.
(it is a bit of a pi$$er losing all my emails, like John I needed to keep some of mine)