Basswood is only for cheap rubbish guitars? Suhrly not?

Sporky

I bet you put sugar on your porridge.

johnonguitar

Sporky;1020296" said:

I bet you put sugar on your porridge.

He probably has fruit and fibre

thomasross20

Lol I definitely don't put salt in - yuck!

shamus26

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57Deluxe

jpttaylor said:

Can't say that I've ever (knowingly) played a basswood guitar but I think the Squier Classic Vibe '60s Telecaster uses it and they get pretty much universal praise.

The first Classic Vibe Teles are Pine bodies, some of the later additions are Alder.

Sarge

Sporky;1020290" said:

No true Scotsman owns a basswood guitar.

That's right, he has basswood bagpipes.

johnonguitar

Sarge;1050924" said:

[quote="Sporky;1020290"]No true Scotsman owns a basswood guitar.

That's right, he has basswood bagpipes.

[/quote]

Bagpipes are made from the hollowed out bones of dead Englishmen

Creed_Clicks

Any issues with neck dive and light basswood bodies? I’ve seen some around the 1kg mark or so (tele bodies). 

Bridgehouse

johnonguitar said:

Sarge;1050924" said:

[quote="Sporky;1020290"]No true Scotsman owns a basswood guitar.

That's right, he has basswood bagpipes.

[/quote]

Bagpipes are made from the hollowed out bones of dead Englishmen

 Course, you know the bagpipes are an English adaptation of a french invention

meltedbuzzbox

johnonguitar said:

Sarge;1050924" said:

[quote="Sporky;1020290"]No true Scotsman owns a basswood guitar.

That's right, he has basswood bagpipes.

[/quote]

Bagpipes are made from the hollowed out bones of dead Englishmen

So Scots like blowing English men's bones?

OilCityPickups

Basswood is ... as far as I'm aware Lime ... or Lindenwood ... it was was commonly used for making shields in the dark ages. It's super tough ... light and proof against attack from hand axes :-)

Kittyfrisk

Apparently European Lime/Basswood has a higher 'Modulus of Rupture'.
And if that isn't already the name of a band, I'm having it   

OilCityPickups

Kittyfrisk said:

Apparently European Lime/Basswood has a higher 'Modulus of Rupture'.
And if that isn't already the name of a band, I'm having it   

lol

GoldenEraGuitars

meltedbuzzbox said:

johnonguitar said:

Sarge;1050924" said:

[quote="Sporky;1020290"]No true Scotsman owns a basswood guitar.

That's right, he has basswood bagpipes.

[/quote]

Bagpipes are made from the hollowed out bones of dead Englishmen

So Scots like blowing English men's bones?

Only the dead ones 

robgilmo

The way I see it is, if you produce tens or even hundreds of thousands of guitars a year you will source the cheapest, most suitable wood you can find, thats suitable for machining, longevity, finishing,  then, you will get your PR guys to sell it to the plebs and masses with things like ''tone wood'' in the description.
If you like the guitar, it matters not what its made out of.

Matt_McG

In the 80s, I had a Japanese made Kramer (hockey stick headstock, single pickup, _wonderful_ neck) which was made of basswood. it did seem quite soft -- a very small slip with an allen key while adjusting the Floyd took a small chunk of wood out next to the trem cavity -- but otherwise, I had no problem with it. The guitar was light and sounded nicely balanced.

darthed1981

OilCityPickups said:

Basswood is ... as far as I'm aware Lime ... or Lindenwood ... it was was commonly used for making shields in the dark ages. It's super tough ... light and proof against attack from hand axes :-)

Quite useful in a lot of venues then.

OilCityPickups

darthed1981 said:

OilCityPickups said:

Basswood is ... as far as I'm aware Lime ... or Lindenwood ... it was was commonly used for making shields in the dark ages. It's super tough ... light and proof against attack from hand axes :-)

Quite useful in a lot of venues then.

Back in the Seventies when I played dodgy punk venues, my Tele was often wielded 'battle axe' style to ward off stage invaders ... for that I prefer ash ... dents rib-cages without denting the wood :-)

p_jay78

Doesn't EVH say in his opinion basswood with a maple cap is the holy grail of tone? Coming from someone whos known for being rather OCD about tone! 

OilCityPickups

The only thing against lime/linden/basswood in my book is that as other's have said, it dents a bit easily, and the grain is totally uninteresting ... so you really need to put a coloured finish on it ... or a veneer if you are going natural wood.