Bow woods

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Joshua Phelps

This question is mainly directed towards mr smith as I value his opinion & also know few others who have had/have such a vast & pricy collection of bows/basses, but anyone feel free to chime in. What are your thoughts on the 3 main bow woods? Do you own any snake wood bows?

I don't recall ever playing a snakewood bass bow. If I did, it didn't leave much of an impression or I would have remembered it.

I think you have more then 3 woods for bows unless you want to mix Brazilwood and Pernambuco as one wood. They supposedly come from the same tree but possibly there are a few varieties of species but on they varieties, I am no expert. Ipe is another old wood that was used for Bows as well. It is known also as Pau d'Arco.