hey. I have to add to this part of the forum. I'll be building a super secret bass that few know about. not giving away the design, or too much about electronics just yet, but as far as the body woods...I'm still deciding.
to start off, my influences are Billy Sheehan, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee (in that order)...the holy trinity of rock bass gods. I'm going for something between Billy's and John's tone (even thought they're pretty similar). but as far as neck wood, it's going to be a maple neck/maple fingerboard combo. for the body, I'm deciding between alder, swamp ash, hard ash, and maple (hard of soft). I will have two outputs on the bass (via Yamaha Attitude LTD), so I won't have to worry about not having low end...it will always be present in mass amounts. BADASS III bridge, three pickups in the body, and three knobs. also, it will have Hipshot ultra lights + 1 Hipshot D-tuner.
I would like to get a maple body because I loved Geddy's tone back when he was using the Ric, but someone at Warmoth said the body in maple would weigh 8 lbs, alone. I'm wondering if soft maple would be good. it seems to be as bright, but it said it weighed less. then again, with me running both my channels through a compressor, and the top end through some tube overdrive and sometimes a fuzz pedal, will the choice in body wood really be necessary? I'm looking for good sustain, and enough highs/mids to cut through like John managed to do live. as far as the total weight, I'm looking for around 9lbs, or so. nothing too heavy, nothing too light.
interesting, though, cause I did some research, and I found out the Yamaha Attitude LTD actually uses Alder.
to start off, my influences are Billy Sheehan, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee (in that order)...the holy trinity of rock bass gods. I'm going for something between Billy's and John's tone (even thought they're pretty similar). but as far as neck wood, it's going to be a maple neck/maple fingerboard combo. for the body, I'm deciding between alder, swamp ash, hard ash, and maple (hard of soft). I will have two outputs on the bass (via Yamaha Attitude LTD), so I won't have to worry about not having low end...it will always be present in mass amounts. BADASS III bridge, three pickups in the body, and three knobs. also, it will have Hipshot ultra lights + 1 Hipshot D-tuner.
I would like to get a maple body because I loved Geddy's tone back when he was using the Ric, but someone at Warmoth said the body in maple would weigh 8 lbs, alone. I'm wondering if soft maple would be good. it seems to be as bright, but it said it weighed less. then again, with me running both my channels through a compressor, and the top end through some tube overdrive and sometimes a fuzz pedal, will the choice in body wood really be necessary? I'm looking for good sustain, and enough highs/mids to cut through like John managed to do live. as far as the total weight, I'm looking for around 9lbs, or so. nothing too heavy, nothing too light.
interesting, though, cause I did some research, and I found out the Yamaha Attitude LTD actually uses Alder.
