Purpleheart on Wenge?

[aussietc]

Putting together a G4 singlecut shortie bass.
Body: Swamp Ash clear satin finish
Black hardwear
Neck shaft: Wenge
Thinking of a Purpleheart fingerboard?
Possibly Swamp Ash peghead veneer or leave it Wenge?

Anyone got any pics of Purpleheart on Wenge?

 

[line6man]

 

[Great Ape]

Why the hell would you want to cover the wenge peghead face with ash?!!?

 

[aussietc]

It would match the body.
Don't know if the wenge-purpleheart-swampash would work aestheically, cause I haven't seen it done before.

 

[line6man]

Why the hell would you want to cover the wenge peghead face with ash?!!?

+1. :dontknow:

 

[aussietc]

Does anyone know where I could listen to the difference between wenge with ebony and wenge on wenge?

 

[bagman67]

To be honest, I'd be surprised if you could hear a difference that would be attributed solely to the fingerboard.  The neck shaft lumber choice is far more significant.  Lots of folks say the ebony fingerboard is bright, the rosewood one is darker, blah blah blah, but it's a comparatively (some would say negligibly) small part of the overall sound of your axe.  Go with whatever rocks your world visually, and feels right under your fingers.


I happen to like the density and slickness of ebony, but on a fingerboard my fingers, ironically, rarely make contact with the lumber because I just don't press the strings down that hard.  VIsually, I don't much care for purpleheart, even if it is a nice smooth piece of wood - so I'd go with ebony on that basis alone.


Good luck.

 

[Cagey]

All true. Then, there's the color issue. It's a fascinating color for a wood, so you kinda wanna use it for something. But, what's it gonna look good with? You're almost limited to black or white unless you have no aesthetic color sense whatsoever. Even a matching purple body finish is going to be off after a while because the Purpleheart changes color over time no matter what you do.

Black Ebony, on the other hand, matches anything, and forever. Not to mention feeling great to play on and wearing like metal.

 

[JimBeed]

But, what's it gonna look good with? You're almost limited to black or white unless you have no aesthetic color sense whatsoever.

You called?! haha.

 

[DustyCat]

Can you guys do a Wenge shaft neck with Alder Peghead veneer?

I have a strat that has an alder body and from what Ive seen in the showcase, Wenge is just a tad too dark and the contrast would be more than a matching Alder peghead veneer.

 

[Ddbltrbl]

Yes, it can be done, but the question for me is why? The contrast between Alder and good old chocolaty Wenge is beautiful IMHO.
I don't have an example of exactly that, but I have an Alder and Macassar Ebony,

And a Black Korina and Wenge as examples.

Wenge is pretty plain, but beautiful none the less!  :icon_thumright:

 

[Surf n Music]

That Korina and Wenge guitar is beautiful!!!

 

[yonoid_man_man]

I've got a purpleheart fingerboard and wenge neck on my Conklin. It sounds absolutely fantastic. Aesthetics? It boils down to taste. I personally think it looks stellar.

 

[AutoBat]

I've got bloodwood on wenge.  I like it.