Studio Wood Floor Type?

Probably an impossibly subjective question, but I'm interested in what types of wood or bamboo studio flooring folks have used or worked with.  Specifically, I'm planning on doing the whole studio floor wood, with rugs if/as/where needed. 
 
I also have plenty of absorption and refraction materials that I will install on ceilings, corners, and walls where needed.  Mostly I want my two drumkits and other acoustic instruments recordable on the wood, or at least to have that option.
 
So, Maple?  Bamboo - if so, hard, soft?  Are there any definite "not advisable" types of wood flooring for studio use?  It's in a rental location, so I'm not investing too heavily.  Space is about 15' x 12'.
 
Any heads up appreciated.
 
Thanks.

Considering most speaker cabinets are pine and some early Fenders were pine... I would think a pine floor would both work well and look great with 6" boards. I have seen pine floors in a large home with 6" boards finished in a medium light stain and they looked really good. I think they would be a good option, all things considered (including price).

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/78112-pine-bodies-why-did-they-not-continue-them.html

J

I strongly recommend Luann underlayment! Cheap- like $10 for 4' X 8'... and if you pick 'em carefully, the wood grain once stained and varnished can be beautiful! I don't think you'll hear much recordable difference in sound between wood types for all the money- but wood itself really does make a difference in a room!

Well, the thread about tonewoods and flooring was not helpful, though it was informative.  Many causes out there, this is not one of mine, though I respect the general objection to overuse and neglect of natural resources.  So, that said, I won't choose a tonewood.

But the economics are, of course, bass-ackwards.  For what I want, bamboo - a fast-growing grass that basically cannot be overharvested - is more expensive than maple!  At least at my "local" Home-Wal-Depo-Mart.

It's a freakin' rental - the floor will be ripped up when I move out - so I will definitely keep away from short-supply woods.  I just don't get why the pricing incentive doesn't push me away from tonewoods anyhow.  Are the electonic music folks subsidizing the endangered woods?

Here.

Replied because I was brought into this. But good luck anyway.
 
edit;  removed statement that could be taken wrong.

After some research, I did my studio in cork.  Looks good.  Feels good on the feet and has a nice sound.  Not as bright sounding as wood, but the room stays live. 

You can try laying a clipboard under the snare drum if you need more snap to it.

Seth

ChuckC


Spacey,
  It sounds like he is looking for a economical way to get the warm sounding benifits from a wood floor and is not doing so to "soundproof" it but to enhance the acoustics within the room.

I read fine. I suggested an alternative. If you read the thread then you should understand why I did.
But I must assume you didn't or you just don't get it.
 
Cork was suggested because it is a great alternative and fits many of his needs for a temorary solution.
You may have missed the part that he has many options for sound control.
 
At least it was a suggestion for consideration that he may not have considered. Maybe you have one for him?