1-piece curly zebrawood neck anybody!!!

[Death by Uberschall]

And no, it's not mine.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[dNA]

:headbang:

 

[Disco Scottie]

Oh, how l luuuuuuuuuuuuv Suhr guitars. I don't even want to check on a price... that's gotta be one of their "exotics".

 

[shanejw]

I'm gonna need to spend some time in the bathroom after that one.  AMAZING!

 

[Cagey]

I'm gonna need to spend some time in the bathroom after that one.  AMAZING!

Yeah, that's a helluva piece of work, isn't it?

Y'know, Warmoth made Suhr's necks for a while until they could afford their own CNC machines.

 

[ptirman]

Being a zebrawood freak, I love it. Do you think it is quatersawn or flat? I think flatsawn, harder to get.

 

[Cagey]

I don't know about Zebrawood, but usually quartersawn is harder to get. There's less yield from a given log that way, so the waste raises the price.

Judging by the look of that, I'd say it's quartersawn. I've cut several faceplates for some amp cabinets here, and the edgework where it's been rounded off looks sorta like that.

 

[DangerousR6]

Now that's a cool neck, one of the coolest I've seen.......Hey W, sit up and take note.... :headbang:

 

[hannaugh]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Zebrawood is usually quartersawn because that's how you get the straight line pattern.  Flat sawn Zebra looks awesome too, you just don't see it very often.  This bass is supposed to be flat sawn Zebrawood:

 

[OzziePete]

Now that's a cool neck, one of the coolest I've seen.......Hey W, sit up and take note.... :headbang:

Would Warmoth have suitable slabs to cut into necks out of Zebrawood? :dontknow:

 

[Cagey]

Now that's a cool neck, one of the coolest I've seen.......Hey W, sit up and take note.... :headbang:

Would Warmoth have suitable slabs to cut into necks out of Zebrawood? :dontknow:

I'm sure they would, because they have pieces large enough to make into bodies. The local wood supplier I use has a piece about 12' long, 12" wide and about 1 1/2" thick, so you know it grows big enough. They won't cut it up, though, and they want about a million bucks for it. I got some for Mayfly's amp heads, and it wasn't cheap. I don't know if Warmoth would want to make necks out of it, though. It's very heavy, open-grained, coarse and doesn't want to machine easily so it fights every inch of the way getting into shape and finished. It also causes respiratory reactions in some people, like me, and is an endangered species. Sure makes for some interesting parts, though.

 

[rapfohl09]

Wow, that is one nice A** guitar. I really do like zebrawood, that fireburst one in the showcase is soooo awesome.

 

[Xinox]

Hello,

This guitar looks really great. But... what is the laminate wood ? That's not look like flame maple, so what is-it ?

 

[Cagey]

Actually, just about everybody refers to that as "Curly" maple except musicians, who often call it "Flamed" maple. I suspect it has to do with the kinds of finishes applied.

 

[rapfohl09]

Actually, just about everybody refers to that as "Curly" maple except musicians, who often call it "Flamed" maple. I suspect it has to do with the kinds of finishes applied.

Its true, when I got into more woodworking then just guitars I had no idea what people were talking about when they said curly maple. Made me feel kind of dumb since curly is actually the norm  :laughing7:

 

[ptirman]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Zebrawood is usually quartersawn because that's how you get the straight line pattern.  Flat sawn Zebra looks awesome too, you just don't see it very often.  This bass is supposed to be flat sawn Zebrawood:

That is my understanding as well. Usually quartersawn because it is much more stable. Flatsawn tends to have a more bizarre pattern.
Here is a non bookmatched flat sawn laminate LP:

Here is a quartersawn tele:

I only know about this because I was working with Ken Warmoth to try to get a piece of flatsawn to make a hollowbody with. He said it is difficult to get but he is always on the lookout.

The neck in question frankly looks like somewhere between flat sawn and quartersawn but more flat to me.

 

[Cagey]

Yeah, it's one of those idiosyncrasies of the guitar world, like calling vibrato bridges "tremolos", or putting extraordinarily high prices on substandard, worn out or heavily abused instruments <grin>

 

[Wyliee]

I'm sure they would, because they have pieces large enough to make into bodies. The local wood supplier I use has a piece about 12' long, 12" wide and about 1 1/2" thick, so you know it grows big enough. They won't cut it up, though, and they want about a million bucks for it. I got some for Mayfly's amp heads, and it wasn't cheap. I don't know if Warmoth would want to make necks out of it, though. It's very heavy, open-grained, coarse and doesn't want to machine easily so it fights every inch of the way getting into shape and finished. It also causes respiratory reactions in some people, like me, and is an endangered species. Sure makes for some interesting parts, though.

FYI, we do have some Zebrawood/purpleheart Gecko neck blanks available.  Don't know about any other neck blanks though.  (They're definitely on the heavy side, but look pretty stinkin' cool.)

 

[Velcro]

Yeah, it's one of those idiosyncrasies of the guitar world, like calling vibrato bridges "tremolos", or putting extraordinarily high prices on substandard, worn out or heavily abused instruments <grin>

Tremelo or tremelando and vibrato both mean the same thing.

 

[Cagey]

No, tremolo is a wavering intensity or volume, while vibrato is a wavering pitch. People have been calling them "tremolo" bridges for a long time, but it's a misnomer that's only heard in the guitar world. It's a running joke, and has been for years. Even the manufacturers participate. You don't have to wonder about it - look it up. There are thousands of references that will tell you the same thing.