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Krohn

Post subject: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:59 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:04 pm
Posts: 56
First name: Drew
Last Name: Miles
City: Sarnia
State: On
Zip/Postal Code: P7C 3T3
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Anyone ever use tigerwood before?

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Marc Lupien

Post subject: Re: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:31 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Wed May 16, 2007 12:39 am
Posts: 170
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

I have used it once... to make that bass... Sounds great, but since it was a new design with a custom pick-up, it is hard to know what the wood brings to the equation...

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alan stassforth

Post subject: Re: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:28 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 10:32 am
Posts: 2616
First name: alan
Last Name: stassforth
City: Santa Rosa
State: ca
Zip/Postal Code: 95404
Country: usa
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Nice bass!
Looks like Koa a bit.

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Michael

Post subject: Re: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:28 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:54 pm
Posts: 186
Location: Miami, FL
First name: Michael
Last Name: Schreiner
City: Miami
State: FL
Zip/Postal Code: 33183
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Just finished this...

Was hard to bend

Michael

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Krohn

Post subject: Re: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:23 pm

Mahogany

thanks alot guys - sick looking bass by the way. the grain is beautiful. I have a line on an abnormally figured huge chunk of this stuff, and i'm absolutely smitten with how it looks.

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Timbo

Post subject: Re: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:29 am

Walnut

Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:30 am
Posts: 36
First name: Tim
Last Name: Adams
State: Illinois
Country: United states
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Uber Rookie builder here, so I haven't really worked with it, but...

I do have a "kit" strat with an unfinished Goncalo Alves neck. IMO, feels great to play on (if you're into the feel of an unfinished neck). I've played un-finished Indian RW and Wenge necks on other guitars too, to me the Goncalo feels the most natural and "woody" of the three. Leaving it unfinished has led tot it getting a bit darker over time. I'm not sure if that's due to oxidation or dirt/oils from my hand... or a combination of both...

Cant speak much to its use as a body wood though.

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Krohn

Post subject: Re: Goncalo Alves

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:27 pm

Mahogany

verhoevenc wrote:

That's how the stuff got me too... Never excited me til I saw this one abnormally figured piece and I just had to have it.

You can't really see here, but there's a decent amount of bees wing/mottle figure on there too.
Chris

GORGEOUS!

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