Okoume Wood Bass

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.

Okoume wood bass. The deluxe active jazz bass v okoume offers elegant 5 string styling and modern features that make. A comfortable c shape neck dual hum canceling ceramic noiseless. The black looks great on this bass. Itll sound like most other species of mahogany and other similar somewhat softer high grain density wood.

In paraguay the wood is commonly known as paraiso paradise because the jesuits would use it to make sacred objects in the early 1600s. 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. Essentially what it is is an asian species of mahogany like you mentioned.

Suhr has been using it on their satin series moderns for a couple of years now. A little dark because of a lot of mid range and a not so tight bass end. Ive gigged this bass. The fender deluxe active jazz bass delivers all the features you love from our current line of deluxe active jazz bass guitars.

A unique working mans 5 string jazz bass made of african okoume wood. Specific gravity is 045 28lbft3 pumaquiro aspidosperma macrocarpon pumaquiro is a stately wood with long soft stripes. 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. Unfinished it is typically a light pinkish brown in color sometimes quite lustrous with variable interlocking grain.

Lets talk about okoume as a tonewood. 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. Deep bass lively mids and exceptionally clear trebles. The lumber of this tree is known by many names among them acoume gaboon wood uume and zouga.

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. So i agree about the big chrome bridge being a bit of an eye sore imo.