Members Mercer Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 Couldn't you get a guitar made from a SOLID PIECE OF BUBINGA!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iansmitchell Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 Wouldn't maple be easier?Maple tops on les pauls, maple necks on teles, it'd be bright and HEAVY, but the TWANG would be great, and sustain for days if it was one solid piece of maple.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chqtarzan Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 Sorry but what's bubinga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mercer Posted July 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 ^n00b. kidding. It's a kind of wood. Smack in the middle of the tonometer in terms of brightitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Railfanespee Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 I think Tom Anfield made a solid bubinga guitar. If I recall correctly, it was retired from gigging due to excessive weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twofoolsaminute Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 I'm putting a bubinga/bubinga neck on my new build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sleepeatplay Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 Bubinga (Guibourtia demeusei): A very strong stiff wood used primarily for bass necks and in laminations. Used by Rickenbacker for fretboards and Warwick for bodies. As a bass neck, it provides bright midrange and a thick well defined bottom. Bodies made form Bubinga will be very heavy but will sustain for days. Tone-O-Meter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alley trash Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 Sorry but what's bubinga? That's the sound you hear as the bullet hitza youz in the skullza. Right after the guy yells "Badda ........" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rob_doud Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 yea would a bubinga body make some sick tone but might just destroy your shoulder....alot of high end basses are bubinga right? of and TAMA has a starclassic bubinga omni tune kit that is all bubinga. the nerds over in the drum forum RAVE about them. they are BEAUTIFUL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badone07 Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 If you do a bubinga search here there are a couple of people who have make bodies out of it. Most definitely hollowed out probably. I have been saving a piece for many years, that originally was going to be 2 rifle stocks. It's definitely as heavy & hard as people claim it to be. Eventually I'll get to work on my slab, but it will have to hollowed out because I have no desire to be uncomfortable with a strap digging into my shoulder. I haven't gotten a chance to take it out of it's rough sawn state yet. No idea what's under it, but did look good wet After a little sanding. The more the figure, the more you will pay. Just like anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 I have never really liked the idea of making a whole guitar out of one solid piece of wood. Sure, people have done it plenty of times. Sure some of them come out just fine, but in reality, the bigger a piece of wood is( as in WHOLE guitar size) the more tendency it has to move as a whole with changes in climate, i.e., moiture/humidity, and temp etc and the more potentially unstable it becomes.. Finding clear, straight grained nice looking pices of wood of most species big enough to yeild a stable chunk suitable for "carving" a whole guitar out of will be trouble enough, not to mention the tendency to want to also use a pretty figured wood of some type, like bubinga for your example, in such a project. I mean, what would be the point, unles you were doing it specifically either just for the challenge, or the novelty? I just dont see the risk of the thing twisting and moving, not only after constru8ction, but even during construction as being worth the trouble if you are expecting to end up with an actuall playable STABLE guitar that will not "adjust" itself back into an unplayable condition at some point. I think it is mostly a novelty thing, and though they can be very cool and pretty to look at, I just wouldnt trust one personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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