Basswood is only for cheap rubbish guitars? Suhrly not?

darthed1981

OilCityPickups said:

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 :-)

"Heavy relic" = smashed over some douchebag's head...

OilCityPickups

darthed1981 said:

OilCityPickups said:

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 :-)

"Heavy relic" = smashed over some douchebag's head...

My old 1975 black Tele took it all in its stride :-)