LeftyBassist.com

That's right the description says carved one piece pine body WTFF


http://cgi.ebay.com/LeftyLang-T-Bird-St ... 336268d8ff

Yeah but it looks sweet.

I was reading pine doesn't sound too bad, more mid/high range rather than bassy. You could amp the low end and have a bass that really cuts through a mix

Nice website, good-looking guitars. Only the one T-Bird bass on the site.

http://www.leftylangvintageguitar.com/

Don't laugh - there's some truth to this observation



Gravity is a key factor regarding Pine Wood Derby cars and Thunderbird necks:

a = g sin(θ)
where
a = acceleration
g = standard gravity
θ = angle to the horizontal

I like it set neck, pine body, flat black finish to show any and all blemishes like a GothBird..

isn't that a copyright infringement using the pickguard with the logo on it? that kinda reminds me of Mutt guitars home made leftys....

When I first heard of pine being used on a guitar body, I cringed too...

Then I read about Roscoe using pine for a body... there's a brief mention of it in THIS THREAD on TalkBass, but, unfortunately, I couldn't find any pics of it. It was listed for about $3K though.

Fender also used to make Teles out of pine... they're known as "Pinecasters" and some people think they're the most underrated tone-monsters ever.

Here's an old listing I found for a Fender Custom Shop "Pinecaster": CLICK HERE!

And, finally... here's a current production Squier Tele that uses a pine body: CLICK HERE

I've also read about a couple of "fancy named" woods that have been used by MTD and Warwick that are members of the conifer family... so, basically, they're fancy pine bodies. Unfortunately, I can't remember the names of the woods right now, though.

But yeah... either way... I still don't know if I buy it. To me it seems WAY too soft and "sappy" to be a great tonewood, but... I'm by no means a wood expert.

If I recall my history correctly, the two main reasons Pine isn't used are:
1 - weight
2 - stability (tendency to warp)

I will probably come off as a headstock snob or whatever but like I care? I played on junk basses for the first 20 years and I’m not looking back with any fond memories of my first Hondo trust me. Played through my share of Peavey amps too and I don’t miss them either.

Pine is meant for frames for velvet Elvis paintings. It's as soft as ice cream and full of water and sap. Sorry those well respected builders might have dabbled in trash wood but if it was anything successful we would see a lot more instruments made out of pine and play dough and many other fine products like mayonnaise and fruitcake. They tried it most likely because it's cheaper than sand but all came to the same conclusion “you can’t polish a turd”


quote from the movie Carrie.

I like mayo on my sandwiches, but not my basses.

and I never minded playing through Peavey amps (heads) but i couldn't stand their cabs.