BFG 28 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hey everyone this subject allways brings good debate so lets hear it what is your fav wood combos and why? mine is Mahoganey neck and body maple top and rosewood fretboard. not because its an lp type setup but because of the battle bettween mahoganey and maple give great lows and sharp shiney highs and rosewood for a for its tight midrangey tone and its look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billybobrus Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 i truely agree with you. For every same reason as well. Mahogany neck and body and Maple top, with rosewood fretboard is all i have used, and it is what I'm used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Well my favorite is exactly what you describe. But I do also like the sound of my ash strat. For acoustics I like the combination on my Taylor (big reason why I bought it). It has Sitka Spruce for the top and Sapele for the back and sides. I always liked this article on various wood types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mick Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hey everyone this subject allways brings good debate so lets hear it what is your fav wood combos and why? mine is Mahoganey neck and body maple top and rosewood fretboard. not because its an lp type setup but because of the battle bettween mahoganey and maple give great lows and sharp shiney highs and rosewood for a for its tight midrangey tone and its look :- I agree but I like the maple neck of the Pro a bit more bite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFG 28 Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 I always like this topic as well. That taylor sounds like an awsome guitar rocketman. I also like ash and alder when i want alot of midrange in the tone of a guitar with a maple neck for some highs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I can't say. For an acoustic guitar, a cedar top with rosewood body is best, I think. For an electric guitar, I think pickups make more of a difference than wood. I like how my Casino sounds, but who's to say if it's the maple (laminated, I'll add) body or mahogany neck or P-90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFG 28 Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 nice acoustic pohatu771, you are right it is hard to tell but if you play the same pickups in differnt woods you will notice a differance in the tone of those guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Korina - every square inch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hey everyone this subject allways brings good debate so lets hear it what is your fav wood combos and why? mine is Mahoganey neck and body maple top and rosewood fretboard. not because its an lp type setup but because of the battle bettween mahoganey and maple give great lows and sharp shiney highs and rosewood for a for its tight midrangey tone and its look :D My exact combination also... Because I love Gibson LP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 MDF! just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 mine is Mahoganey neck and body maple top and rosewood fretboard. not because its an lp type setup but because of the battle bettween mahoganey and maple give great lows and sharp shiney highs and rosewood for a for its tight midrangey tone and its look I agree it's a great combination, but my favourite sound is the the brighter sound of a Custom with maple neck / ebony board. I find it stays tight and clear when using high gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 mahoganey body and neck with ebony fretboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFG 28 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 I agree it's a great combination' date=' but my favourite sound is the the brighter sound of a Custom with maple neck / ebony board. I find it stays tight and clear when using high gain. [/quote'] I agree with that a great combo as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 What a surprise! Everyone's favorite tone woods are, coincidentally, the same ones used for Les Pauls! Well, except for AXE but that's because he's a metal god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hey everyone this subject allways brings good debate so lets hear it what is your fav wood combos and why? mine is Mahoganey neck and body maple top and rosewood fretboard. not because its an lp type setup but because of the battle bettween mahoganey and maple give great lows and sharp shiney highs and rosewood for a for its tight midrangey tone and its look Same as above but with ebony fret board... Just feels smoother and looks classy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarmann199 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 mahoganny all the way ( body neck etc) its a very rich tone which i think is the best sound for blues; bb king freddie king and such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradmeister Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 As a new Les Paul convert, I'm certainly digging that combination. I've got a cedar Seagull acoustic that I really like. It has a nice, full sound, and not too bright. Honestly, though, every tone wood has a place. You have to love the maple/ash on a Strat or Tele, and that will only do in certain situations. I dunno if you could get a similar sound from an all mahogany guitar. I also can't see Angus playing anything but that SG. One thing I've noticed is that a Strat just seems more articulate than a Les Paul. You seem to hear every string better in a chord. (Or, maybe it's those raised poles on the pickups?) I found that you just have to have it to get/match a certain sound that other guitars just can't achieve.... -Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 What about balsa? Balsa is cool, you can build little models with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 What about balsa? Balsa is cool' date=' you can build little models with it... [/quote'] From Wikipedia..... Studio Lite In the mid 1990s Gibson produced the Studio Lite and Studio Lite M-III. The Lite models were produced with balsa wood (referred to as "chromyte" in advertisements) portions of the body to reduce the guitar's weight, responding to some players' complaints about the heaviness of a standard Les Paul after four or five hours of playing. The Studio Lite M-III was produced with a new pickup configuration: 2 humbuckers with a single coil in the middle. The pickup selector switch gave five single-coil options in the "up" position, and four humbucker combinations in the "down" position, plus an "off" position. The name M-III refers to the Gibson M-III model, which was a Superstrat-style guitar, for which these electronics were originally developed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 From Wikipedia..... Studio Lite In the mid 1990s Gibson produced the Studio Lite and Studio Lite M-III. The Lite models were produced with balsa wood (referred to as "chromyte" in advertisements) portions of the body to reduce the guitar's weight' date=' responding to some players' complaints about the heaviness of a standard Les Paul after four or five hours of playing. The Studio Lite M-III was produced with a new pickup configuration: 2 humbuckers with a single coil in the middle. The pickup selector switch gave five single-coil options in the "up" position, and four humbucker combinations in the "down" position, plus an "off" position. The name M-III refers to the Gibson M-III model, which was a Superstrat-style guitar, for which these electronics were originally developed. [/quote'] Yep, I remember those guitars with balsa inside... but my comment was actually made as a joke (as was my MDF comment before it). By the way, I like your avatar Rocky... hope you don't change it. (no matter what the kids and their parents say, do not change that avatar... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 How much does a big piece of balsa cost? That might be a fun project... I could get a thru-body neck for about $250 from Stew-Mac, and attach some balsa pieces to make a body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Yep' date=' I remember those guitars with balsa inside... but my comment was actually made as a joke (as was my MDF comment before it). By the way, I like your avatar Rocky... hope you don't change it. (no matter what the kids and their parents say, do not change that avatar... )[/quote'] I know it was a joke I thought my last avatar would get some bad press....but nope so I'll stay with this one.....as advised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristofferPence Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Well, i Absolutely Love flamed Maple. But i think a killer Birdseye top on a les paul with mahogany back and brazilian Rosewood Fretboard. i would either have it red like a '57 redtop or amber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teobeck Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 After playing only Gibsons and Epis for 50 years (I now only have ES-339 and Epi Sheraton having just sold my ES-345 and LP), all maple laminates (except for a few old archtops with spruce tops), I just bought a new Samick Royale RL4, semi hollow, single cutaway, all mahogany, with Duncan Designed HB pups, for $700, and was blown away by quality, action and especially the tone. Up until this time I would not have believed that there was a better sounding guitar at that price point than an Epi Sheraton, especially with 57 pups. Mahogany top sounds darker, mellower, softer on lows, and highs are punchy and outstanding. Big chords are smooooth. I have Fender Princeton Reverb with Weber Alnico speaker, and a Weber Proluxe 5E3P with 6L6's and 12" Weber Alnico, and Royale sounds wonderful with both amps. I am blues and R&B player, some jazz,, so I was pleasantly surprised. A little research (the oracle of the net) shows that many boutique makers like Sadowsky, Collings, Etc. do mahogany tops. I just never knew. The Royale is heavy like an LP, maybe 9.5 lbs, but is only 15" wide, so it is smaller than regular Gibson ES series. Intonation was spot on. Has bone nut, Grover tuners, bound F holes, stays in tune. I wouldn't have believed it, but it's a fact IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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