Okoume Wood Bass

Unfinished it is typically a light pinkish brown in color sometimes quite lustrous with variable interlocking grain. Get the guaranteed best price on 5 string electric bass like the fender deluxe active jazz bass v okume rosewood fingerboard electric bass guitar at musicians friend. This is the commercial name for timber that comes from the tree aucoumea klaineana an african hardwood also known as gaboon or alternately angoumait has been widely used throughout europe over the past century.

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In paraguay the wood is commonly known as paraiso paradise because the jesuits would use it to make sacred objects in the early 1600s.

Okoume wood bass. A few times now and i always get compliments on it. I put black ultralites on my okoume jazz and i am now waiting on a new black hipshot vintage bridge i ordered to show up. A little dark because of a lot of mid range and a not so tight bass end. Deep bass lively mids and exceptionally clear trebles.

Essentially what it is is an asian species of mahogany like you mentioned. The lumber of this tree is known by many names among them acoume gaboon wood uume and zouga. Specific gravity is 045 28lbft3 pumaquiro aspidosperma macrocarpon pumaquiro is a stately wood with long soft stripes. A unique working mans 5 string jazz bass made of african okoume wood.

Suhr has been using it on their satin series moderns for a couple of years now. Built using okoume an african hardwood the fender deluxe active okoume jazz bass is different in looks but its certainly a classic fender model at heart. The fender deluxe active jazz bass delivers all the features you love from our current line of deluxe active jazz bass guitars. Diy electric guitar kits for pb style bass guitar unpolished solid okoume wood body maple neck composite ebony fingerboard white pickguard and all electronic parts it is easy to build your diy own guitar.

One of my bandmates is raving about how he can finally get mahogany without his bass weighing so much as to break his back. Okoume is the wood of the okoume tree aucoumea klaineana a species native to west central africa in particular gabon equatorial guinea and the republic of congo. Itll sound like most other species of mahogany and other similar somewhat softer high grain density wood. Ive gigged this bass.

The black looks great on this bass. A comfortable c shape neck dual hum canceling ceramic noiseless. Lets talk about okoume as a tonewood. So i agree about the big chrome bridge being a bit of an eye sore imo.

The deluxe active jazz bass v okoume offers elegant 5 string styling and modern features that make. It seems like a nice wood as far as im concerned.