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Old 12-01-2011, 10:18 PM
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It's going to be awhile I'm afraid. It's such a super awesome fretless.


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Old 12-01-2011, 10:20 PM
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Hello Ken,

Could you tell what grade of walnut top my bass has? Is there a rule of thumb in grading the quality of wood?

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Old 12-01-2011, 10:53 PM
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Hello Ken,

Could you tell what grade of walnut top my bass has? Is there a rule of thumb in grading the quality of wood?

Thanks,
Roy
http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...tchwalnut.html

Black Walnut grades on my scale; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...lnutgrades.htm

Claro Walnut samples; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...arowalnut.html

The bass shown is a Claro variety I believe and within the standard grade for that model. The picture looks to be a 3a or so.
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Thanks Ken. You are the true Guru of woods

IHMO your 3A grade woods equals to other builder's 5A grade woods because you set your standards so high.

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Black Walnut grades on my scale; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...lnutgrades.htm

Claro Walnut samples; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...arowalnut.html

The bass shown is a Claro variety I believe and within the standard grade for that model. The picture looks to be a 3a or so.

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Any difference in sound? Describe. Thanks.
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The BT Black Tiger is a bit more compressed sound and the Maple topped beauty a bit more open sounding.

Both are somewhat a ying yang of each other and l love both of them equally

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