Uncommon pairing of woods inadvisable?

[arealken]

I'm considering mating a Warmoth Swamp ash P-bass body to Warmoth  a Maple shaft/ ebony fretboard neck. Is this ill advised? I do not see or hear a lot of this particular tonewood configuration.

 

[ghotiphry]

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[swarfrat]

You might not hear people talk much about it because it's one of the standard 31 flavors. Good stuff to be had there.

 

[AirCap]

Vive la difference!

 

[rgand]

Sounds pretty snappy for a bass. Just the way I like 'em to sound.

 

[Logrinn]

The most common neck woods must surely be maple/maple, maple/rosewod and maple/ebony. And the most common woods for bodies must surely be alder and swamp ash. So the maple/ebony/swamp ash-combo must be pretty common, mustn’t it? ???

 

[aarontunes]

Yep, Swamp Ash body with a Maple/Ebony neck is not an uncommon combination of woods at all. It's definitely one of the tried-and-true tone recipes.

 

[BigSteve22]

Yep, Swamp Ash body with a Maple/Ebony neck is not an uncommon combination of woods at all. It's definitely one of the tried-and-true tone recipes.

Prime example below in my signature.  :sign13:

 

[Rick]

Maple shaft + ebony board + swamp ash body = excellent snappy tone