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  • #16
    Re: tonla characteristics of swamp ash?

    how does the tonal characteristics of northern ash and swamp ash compare to the tone of the japanese variety of ash known as 'sen' ?

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    • #17
      Re: tonla characteristics of swamp ash?

      Originally posted by Lewguitar
      Cool as that might sound I don't know how anyone could play a heavy ax like that all night and not need a chiropractor and massage therapist the next day. Lew
      Truth be known, with the nice padded strap i've got, i can play it standing for around 2 hours... after that i'll need to sit down or lean against somthing. It's a beast, but no worse than some of the heavy LP Customs i've played. However, if i was feeling particularly ambitious, i'd get myself a surplus load bearing vest, and hook it up to that. Personally, for P-basses, hard ash is the way to go, at least in my opinion. It weighs a ton, but it doesn't get all spongy the way that swamp ash does. Swamp ash IMO, is more of a Jazz Bass thing
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