The heretic thread approved by Roger Sadowsky or For those who pretend tone doesn't come from wood...

[Stub Mandrel]

Some burls are caused by viruses.

 

Make sure you're double vaxxed before handling that burl maple topped bass... better safe than sorry, send it to me for disposal.

[ezbass]

  On 24/11/2021 at 18:21, Stub Mandrel said:

Some burls are caused by viruses.

 

Make sure you're double vaxxed before handling that burl maple topped bass... better safe than sorry, send it to me for disposal.

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Quality thread mashup!

[leroydiamond]

Considering  the body of the bass guitar is coupled to the belly or lack there of, of the player, I wonder could the girth of the player impact on  the tone of the instrument?

Edited December 24, 2021 by leroydiamond

[Grimalkin]

Someone needs to do this with a bass. A lot of slappers like maple boards for the brightness.

[Grimalkin]

  On 24/12/2021 at 13:13, Grimalkin said:

Someone needs to do this with a bass. A lot of slappers like maple boards for the brightness.

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https://acoustics.org/pressroom/httpdocs/137th/fleischer.html

 

Looking at the physics of mass and vibration, I'd say the neck has quite a part to play in character. Not that much vibration happening with the body.

[Bean9seventy]

  On 24/12/2021 at 13:26, Grimalkin said:

 

https://acoustics.org/pressroom/httpdocs/137th/fleischer.html

 

Looking at the physics of mass and vibration, I'd say the neck has quite a part to play in character. Not that much vibration happening with the body.

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woodtone is as important as spliting hairs for those who go as far as dividing dandruff,

so yeah, you got the time money & patience to work out what is best woodtone/other material for you, well done

 

dose it matter ? probably, if you buy an expensive "all perfect" pro bass that doesn't sound & play well , it could be the wood / other saturating harmonic material its built with ,, 

 

[tauzero]

  On 24/11/2021 at 14:33, Stub Mandrel said:

I wonder what happens to the wood with rich tonal qualities, full of knots and ugly as sin*.

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Spalted, you mean? 😁

[Grimalkin]

  On 24/12/2021 at 13:53, Bean9seventy said:

woodtone is as important as spliting hairs for those who go as far as dividing dandruff,

so yeah, you got the time money & patience to work out what is best woodtone/other material for you, well done

 

dose it matter ? probably, if you buy an expensive "all perfect" pro bass that doesn't sound & play well , it could be the wood / other saturating harmonic material its built with ,, 

 

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I thought it was interesting to see how a guitar vibrates. Make your own mind up.

 

Dante missed out a particular circle of hell when he wrote The Inferno; Tonewood debates.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Grimalkin

[neepheid]

Ok, who picked this scab?

[Hellzero]

  On 24/12/2021 at 13:53, Bean9seventy said:

woodtone is as important as spliting hairs for those who go as far as dividing dandruff,

so yeah, you got the time money & patience to work out what is best woodtone/other material for you, well done

 

dose it matter ? probably, if you buy an expensive "all perfect" pro bass that doesn't sound & play well , it could be the wood / other saturating harmonic material its built with ,, 

 

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Wonderful, at least a readable text. Thanks."/[{\]}|~`™

[Bean9seventy]

  On 24/12/2021 at 17:10, Hellzero said:

Wonderful, at least a readable text. Thanks."/[{\]}|~`™

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Encore Bass , less "revs"than a Ford Escort, & because it maxes out sooner than later , with a wide fret board, you get this cheap wood sound ,, that rather works well when you need dry slappy funky tone ,

 

[Bean9seventy]

  On 24/12/2021 at 13:59, tauzero said:

 

Spalted, you mean? 😁

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it will either max out early ,, Like an Encore Bass or Over Max badly

soz yeah

coustom built perfect wood pro bass is great , plank of wood with 4 strings also great,

music is like science ,, everything matters & nothing matters at the same time 

 

 

[EBS_freak]

[Woodinblack]

Hey, we haven't argued about this for over a month. here is something!

 

[EssentialTension]

But from what kind of 'tone'wood were the bench and the shelf made?

 

🙃

[Woodinblack]

  On 26/01/2022 at 16:42, EssentialTension said:

But from what kind of 'tone'wood were the bench and the shelf made?

 

🙃

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I think it would have sounded brighter if he had used yamaha engines!

[StickyDBRmf]

I currently have my Chapman Stick on a stand connected to the belthook and I can hear it resonate.

So I guess it's a tone-cymbal stand.

[ezbass]

Doh, double post of @Woodinblack’s video. Note to self, have the decency to check the last half a dozen posts at least. 

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by ezbass

[Woodinblack]

  On 26/01/2022 at 17:23, StickyDBRmf said:

I currently have my Chapman Stick on a stand connected to the belthook and I can hear it resonate.

So I guess it's a tone-cymbal stand.

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mine is made of tone metal!

[Downunderwonder]

  On 26/01/2022 at 16:12, Woodinblack said:

Hey, we haven't argued about this for over a month. here is something!

 

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The advertisers won't be well pleased. This is the end of all tonewood threads forever.

[Guest]

  On 24/12/2021 at 13:13, Grimalkin said:

Someone needs to do this with a bass. A lot of slappers like maple boards for the brightness.

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It's just a shame that the pickups capture the vibration of the steings and not the maple board.

[mathlang]

Maybe a valid experiment would be to pick someone who's believes in paying more for specific tone woods, bolt their bass down onto a concrete slab, connect up some robotic plucker (I said plucker), then start to drill and saw their bass whilst measuring the output from the pickups?  If tonewood adds anything, removing it should subtract.  They can keep the plucker at the end too, if it's suitably dirty.

 

Just a thought.

[SteveXFR]

I couldn't get past the first five minutes. What a crap demonstration. Most of what I heard was just strings clattering against frets. Maybe they should have tried different grades of fret wire for a tone comparison. 

Like a bloody filing cabinet falling down a fire escape. 

A nice simple, repetitive walking bass line is what was needed here to give time to clearly hear each note.

[mikel]

  On 24/12/2021 at 10:50, leroydiamond said:

Considering  the body of the bass guitar is coupled to the belly or lack there of, of the player, I wonder could the girth of the player impact on  the tone of the instrument?

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Tone Cowp as we call it in Geordieland. The bigger the Cowp the meatier the tone. I do like a fat bass tone.

[Hellzero]

A 10 days old video by Roger Sadowsky to start again the debate as it's been a while... And most of the protagonists are certainly really deaf by now. 🫣🤣🤘