Help pick a neck!

[Micahbell]

Alright guys, so my body arrived a few days ago, and now I need to pick a neck. I am leaning towards a macassar ebony on canary wood, but it doesn't look perfect...
Can you help me find something that you think would look better?
I think I would really like the tone and feel of padouk, but it does not go with my body at all. Perhaps I could get one with a peghead veneer, but which wood would look best?

Here is my body (spalt maple on alder)

Thanks

 

[Nando Vallart]

Since they don't make spalted maple veneers in straight headstocks, see if you like something like that: (I'm going to Warmoth site to see if I found something cool)

 

[Nando Vallart]

Try make tests on Paintbrush or something alike with those:
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_necks.cfm?type=bass&start=1&menuItem=1&itemNumber=BN1317&subMenuItem=0&subMenuItem2=0
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_necks.cfm?type=bass&start=1&menuItem=2&itemNumber=BN1271&subMenuItem=0&subMenuItem2=0
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_necks.cfm?type=bass&start=1&menuItem=1&itemNumber=BN1316&subMenuItem=0&subMenuItem2=0
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_necks.cfm?type=bass&start=1&menuItem=1&itemNumber=BN1168&subMenuItem=0&subMenuItem2=0
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_necks.cfm?type=bass&start=1&menuItem=1&itemNumber=BN1099&subMenuItem=0&subMenuItem2=0

Perhaps you can try a Burl Maple veneer... They say in the site only Spalted Maple is not made in straight headstock

 

[guitlouie]

I hate to sound like a boring old fart, but....I kinda think a nice flame maple with a darker board would have a great look with that gorgeous body,  and would be in the tonal spectrum you seem to be shooting for.

 

[Micahbell]

Well, I am not 100% sure what the tone I am going for is...I change my mind very, very often.
I am leaning more towards an unfinished neck, tho, so maple is out.
I am leaning towards either padouk or wenge (both with ebony) but I need to find a good veneer. If I cant, then I will go canary wood.

NonsenseTele - is there a place I can see the different veneers? Burl Maple isn't in the wood necks page, so I don't know what it looks like.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Burl Maple:
http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_bodies.cfm?type=guitar&start=1&itemNumber=S1886&menuItem=14&subMenuItem=0&subMenuItem2=0&laminateWood_filter=17

I dunno if they make it neither, I don't payed attention to this before you said... send an email to them...
I think those necks I showed will look very cool in this bass, but we gotta know what are you searching... Ah, they don't put a veneer in a Showcase neck, so...

 

[Crappy]

padouk is a fine wood, but might be alittle too red in color for that body

 

[jackthehack]

I think that canary/ebony neck in the Showcase would look great on that body

 

[willyk]

Bubinga!!! with any sort of ebony you like, I can't spell maccasar :blob7: