Re: Same guitar, all mahogany
one more thing, if the wood on the neck of a strat is quartersawn it makes it sustain longer about 25 to 30 percent and it has a more snappy midrange with harmonics being more pronounced. That doesnt mean it sounds better. it only means thats what the wood differance will do to the tone. If you like a soft, round, clean tone on a strat you may hate the snappy, punchy, articulate quartersawn neck tone. Theres no right or wrong here. Its simply what you prefer.
I will say this......If you had a quartersawn neck on a strat your gunna notice about a 20 percent differance in tone (max and only if your good enough to exploit it). But if you add real steel saddles about 10% diffence, and a large brass block 15% differance, and a more efficent capacitor 10 to 15% difference, and a titanium claw and heavier springs 10% difference, all without even starting on the pickups, you will suddenly have a significant differance as long as you dont overprocess the tone.
I have not experimented with baked necks yet as I have only played about 5 guitars with baked necks. I have done no side by sides with the same model. Those that like baked necks really swear by them and claim the sustain is better and the tone clearer. I found the guitars I played had definently good sustain and a clear, articulate tone. I think a polyester finish would nulify much of that so your back to exploiting the baked neck by trying to use a Nitrous finish so it would really resonate more and the diffence would become more noticable.
Its expensive to naturally enhance your guitar tone for different tone and more sustain. Pickups are often the easiest and most affordable way to quickly change your tone. I will say the best players are gear heads and tweakers for a reason. Natural good tone always sounds great unless over processed.
good luck gentleman. Im a hopeless tweaker and gear head. Its just something I love to do. Theres no right or wrong and your experiance and tastes will vary.
one more thing, if the wood on the neck of a strat is quartersawn it makes it sustain longer about 25 to 30 percent and it has a more snappy midrange with harmonics being more pronounced. That doesnt mean it sounds better. it only means thats what the wood differance will do to the tone. If you like a soft, round, clean tone on a strat you may hate the snappy, punchy, articulate quartersawn neck tone. Theres no right or wrong here. Its simply what you prefer.
I will say this......If you had a quartersawn neck on a strat your gunna notice about a 20 percent differance in tone (max and only if your good enough to exploit it). But if you add real steel saddles about 10% diffence, and a large brass block 15% differance, and a more efficent capacitor 10 to 15% difference, and a titanium claw and heavier springs 10% difference, all without even starting on the pickups, you will suddenly have a significant differance as long as you dont overprocess the tone.
I have not experimented with baked necks yet as I have only played about 5 guitars with baked necks. I have done no side by sides with the same model. Those that like baked necks really swear by them and claim the sustain is better and the tone clearer. I found the guitars I played had definently good sustain and a clear, articulate tone. I think a polyester finish would nulify much of that so your back to exploiting the baked neck by trying to use a Nitrous finish so it would really resonate more and the diffence would become more noticable.
Its expensive to naturally enhance your guitar tone for different tone and more sustain. Pickups are often the easiest and most affordable way to quickly change your tone. I will say the best players are gear heads and tweakers for a reason. Natural good tone always sounds great unless over processed.
good luck gentleman. Im a hopeless tweaker and gear head. Its just something I love to do. Theres no right or wrong and your experiance and tastes will vary.
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