will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

[JOEBACCA]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

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[uOpt]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

FWIW, I have seen people saying these are unusable bright.

[ItsaBass]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

It would probably make a slight difference. But it will vary guitar to guitar. I have played maple topped black beauties (in fact, I own one) that are far muddier than traditional-style mahogany topped black beauties (which I would love to own).

[youngthrasher9]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

FWIW, I have seen people saying these are unusable bright.

Maple's brightness is created by the clash of the amount upper mids in a pickup and the upper mids of the maple. Maple actually kinda attenuates a bit of the bass and treble. Thats why a JB sounds great in a all maple guitar, it tightens the bass and does away with some treble thus making it sound incredible. IIRC ash and etc... are actually bright I the treble frequencies.

The is all IME and IMO of course.

[uOpt]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

Maple's brightness is created by the clash of the amount upper mids in a pickup and the upper mids of the maple. Maple actually kinda attenuates a bit of the bass and treble. Thats why a JB sounds great in a all maple guitar, it tightens the bass and does away with some treble thus making it sound incredible. IIRC ash and etc... are actually bright I the treble frequencies.

The is all IME and IMO of course.

If these SG supremes are too bright I don't think it is the maple.

If they are too bright then it is because after you subtract the new layer the actual mahogany body way too thin.

[richard parker]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

While the Supremes have a flamed top, isn't it a veneer? Seems like it would be too thin to be a real maple top.

The Supremes was an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. I don't recall them having flamed tops although they did have some rather wonderful stage outfits.

[youngthrasher9]

Re: will sg with maple quilt top sound different than a reg sg

If these SG supremes are too bright I don't think it is the maple.

If they are too bright then it is because after you subtract the new layer the actual mahogany body way too thin.

I think I may have quoted your post by mistake, meaning to quote someone else. I agree with you completely, there might not be enough mahogany to make the bass frequencies noticeable. It would make sense.