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    Amazonguitar
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    I have played guitar for over 15 years. But my occupation is Author and wildlife lecturer. I travel to the Amazon rainforest every 8 weeks. While in one of the Amazon villages I live in, I became friends with a very talented wood carver. Last week while in his hut he hand carved me a guitar body from bloodwood. It blew my mind… It was even blessed by a Shaman.

    I am looking for advice on how to set it up to be a real sweet ax. Needless to say I am having this villager make more in all different styles, themes, and wood.. Your advice is priceless thanks… Please go to my website and check it out.

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    • #75062
      lee_UK
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      this thing was more like 4 kilos

    • #75069
      1bassleft
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      That’ll be the John Delorean Reissue. Seriously, basswood is low-density in most eyes, or weighing scales. Warmoth says this
      [quote]This is a lighter weight wood normally producing Strat® bodies under 4 lbs…It is quite soft, and does not take abuse well.[/quote]

      and I have seen bodies take a ding under pretty superficial contact. Must be another reason for the heft.

    • #75071
      lee_UK
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      definatly basswood and very heavy, maybe it was a smugglers guitar stacked with 5kgs of coke, and he let it go for £300 with upgraded pickups and the original set too. criminal.

    • #75088
      glw
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      Yeah, my Fender Jap Strat is basswood, and it’s pretty damn solid.

      It’s not as heavy as my perspex Strat though.

    • #75070
      1bassleft
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      I honestly thought you were being ironic, Lee. Basswood is usually low density (and very dingable). Sure that RI wasn’t ash? Ash does weigh something awful.

    • #75092
      lee_UK
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      Watch it Bass we might be in for a youngwasp attack if you start quoting wood body tonal qualites, My firends Basswood strat was very heavy not balsa wood light, thats the main reason he got rid of it, i also notice a lot of the production jap fender modls are now basswood.

    • #75053
      1bassleft
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      Basswood may be balsa-light, but it’s about as resistant to dings, too. Those 70s North-American ash bodies look lurvly but by gum, they weigh. The basses are real shoulder slopers. I guess there’s good reason that alder, swamp ash and mahogany are the most popular body woods.

      Funnelly nuff, I used to be quite sceptical that wood choice made such a difference to tone (compared with the electrics) but my mahogany bass has a bottom like J-Lo compared with the others.

    • #75063
      lee_UK
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      Must be one of the heaviest woods around, not realy ideal to hang around your neck for 2 hours, i remember a friend of mine had a 68 reissue jap strat with a basswood body, now that was heavy!

    • #75052
      1bassleft
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      Even more dense, Lee (talking about the wood – have I done that joke before? 😛 )

      Probably weighs something like rosewood , on a bod-for-bod basis. Just my estimate/guess.

    • #75061
      lee_UK
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      looks like a wider grained mahoghany.

    • #75094
      1bassleft
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      The luthier Christopher Woods (mentioned elsewhere) has also made a bloodwood Tele. http://www.christopherwoods.com
      #http://homepage.mac.com/bigvelvetdog/gallery/artists/Resources/brooketele.jpeg

    • #75098
      Michael
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      “Bloodwood – This red colored wood is a native of Brazil. It is beautiful and heavy wood.” Link

      And a little more info for those who love the wood:
      http://www.exotic-wood.com/bloodwood.htm

    • #75091
      1bassleft
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      Quite dense, I think, Lee (that’s the bloodwood, not you 😛 ). I’ve heard of it used in acoustics and a search showed up its use in a one-off Alembic bass. Never seen a one-piece, all bloodwood solid body, though.

    • #75086
      lee_UK
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      I wonder if it’s tonaly any good? and how much it weighs, ive not heard of blood wood before.

    • #75059
      Tim
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      Have to agree with 1bassleft, the nicest bit is the bit you’d have to destroy to fit the hardware, I think.

      Tim.

    • #75089
      1bassleft
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      Best left as it is – a nice carving in the shape of a guitar body. A neck rout, at least one pickup, flattening an area for the bridge, a couple of holes for the pots…

      Whether or not it appeals to the senses as a player’s guitar, the hunking out of the necessary wood kindof ruins the work already done, IMO.

    • #75068
      italos
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      ….ain’t this what we call a really strange coincidence…

    • #75095
      lee_UK
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      Lets post a picture of it up, so we all know what we are talking about..

      #http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6215/1gbody8xm2cd.jpg

    • #75073
      glw
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      Errrrrmmmmm…

    • #75072
      lee_UK
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      And what do you think glw??

    • #75081
      glw
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      Edit: Ahhhh… I see it now.

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