Help pick a neck!

Micahbell

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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)
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Thanks
 
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)
 

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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.
 
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.
 
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...
 
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