Fazley basses?

[Chienmortbb]

On 10/07/2024 at 10:31, kodiakblair said:

Compared to a Northern Ash jazz bass it probably is mega light. 

 

That said I doubt the Fazley is 'Basswood', it's just a blanket term for several lookalike timbers. Most East Asian basswood is Lime/Linden since it's plentiful over there, about 20 varieties. Limes are generally heavier and harder than American Basswood. 

Basswood Linden Lime are all the same family.

[kodiakblair]

48 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Basswood Linden Lime are all the same family.

As with all families it's seldom you find two siblings exactly alike never mind cousins.

 

Basswood is a softer lighter Tilia, average Janka 410 and 26lbs ft3. European Lime  has average Janka of 700 and is 33lbs ft3.

 

Guitar companies aren't stupid, they know that 99.9% of the general public see the word 'lime' and think of the citrus fruit and  unless folk are familiar with Ancient Germanic warfare they won't have a clue about 'Linden'; it was used for shields.

[Chienmortbb]

18 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

As with all families it's seldom you find two siblings exactly alike never mind cousins.

 

Basswood is a softer lighter Tilia, average Janka 410 and 26lbs ft3. European Lime  has average Janka of 700 and is 33lbs ft3.

 

Guitar companies aren't stupid, they know that 99.9% of the general public see the word 'lime' and think of the citrus fruit and  unless folk are familiar with Ancient Germanic warfare they won't have a clue about 'Linden'; it was used for shields.

THanks for that. The term basswood is used for all varieties in guitar building, so which grows in the far east?

[kodiakblair]

4 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

so which grows in the far east?

China is home to 15 local varieties of Lime/Linden. Indonesia has 3 if my memory is playing fair. Mongolia has one, it's fairly widespread but is quite small ( 20ft to 30ft).

Japan also has it own native Lime tree.

 

 

[herrlster]

I purchased the Piranha 5 and upgraded pretty much everything on it except for the body and neck. I think it's a good, inexpensive bass to use as a foundation. The stock pick up was horrible on mine, the low B was too boomy, the g had a big drop in volume and most of the pole pieces didn't even align with the strings.

[neepheid]

7 days to go... if there are no further delays...

[RnRDave]

On 04/02/2025 at 00:57, neepheid said:

7 days to go... if there are no further delays...

 

Any update mate?

[neepheid]

42 minutes ago, RnRDave said:

 

Any update mate?

 

Changed to a new game - Groundhog Day - been "Fast delivery within approx. 4 business days" for about the past 4 days now.  TBF, the last email I got about a time change said the ETA was "week 8 2025" and we've just begun week 8, so hopefully it'll be soon...

[neepheid]

Goddamnit, jinxed it.  Can's been kicked down the road another couple of weeks

 

[ezbass]

Just now, neepheid said:

Goddamnit, jinxed it.  Can's been kicked down the road another couple of weeks

 

FFS! They're 'aving a larf!

[Chienmortbb]

I blame Trump!

[herrlster]

I was looking at getting a second for downtuning. The site says they have 5 in stock currently?

[neepheid]

5 hours ago, herrlster said:

I was looking at getting a second for downtuning. The site says they have 5 in stock currently?

 

Are you looking at the same product as me?

 

[herrlster]

18 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Are you looking at the same product as me?

 

 

Oh, my apologies. For some reason I thought you were the OP who was looking at the 5 string Piranha.

 

Sorry about that. That reverse P looks great though, hopefully the wait time comes to an end soon.