What's your Favorite Tonewood?

[ehdwuld]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

For me :
Three woods for body : Alder/Ash/Mahogany, all great (I am refering to the type of mahogany used in the old Gibsons, not Khaya. And Ash : both Swamp and Northern)

Maple for neck but also mahogany (the old type. From Honduras maybe ?)

I am not a fan of basswood but it can be OK with hi-gain and for metal
And maple for body is very snappy !!! (OK for funk)

All my guitars except 4 have a rosewood fretboard. I won't discuss this too much. But I love it, especially with the beautiful (slightly violet) black veins.

When saying tonewood does not matter remember those instruments can be played with lots of distortion + modulation but also unplugged. You won't see the difference through an Airplane Flanger with Regen at 11. But with a light crunch or a clean sound.

while I respect your opinion
and value your contribution

I feel that you missed the point of the thread
and the "Choose One" premise

[Larioso]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

I don't have a favorite wood - nor a favorite guitar.
They all do their own thing.

Do I want the woody tone of a Martin - or the shimmering tone of a Taylor - I love them both. I elevate a bit over chair from where I sit on both.
Do I want the bluesy tone of lp or cut threw of tele or strat - I love them all, but maybe combined with different amps.
Playability of lp is lovely, shorter scale length and overall.

If I had to choose single electric - it would be tele - it works well on any amp. So easy to get it sounding excellent.

[Chistopher]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Tonewood is a myth perpetuated by big business to convince the uneducated to shell out a car payement for a 12"×18" piece of wood.

[Larioso]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Tonewood is a myth perpetuated by big business to convince the uneducated to shell out a car payement for a 12"×18" piece of wood.

Nah, I thinks the other way around - too many people with more money than sense.
Where there is a market......

[GuitarStv]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Nah, I thinks the other way around - too many people with more money than sense.
Where there is a market......

It's easier to buy new gear than get good at playing the gear you have. That's why I have half the **** I've collected. :P

[Clint 55]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Tonewood is a myth.

False. Tonewood is a fact which has been scientifically proven.

[BeKindRewind]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Maple. If I ever built a custom guitar it'd be 100% maple neck and body

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[GreatOz]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

I can't really say I have a preference for tonewood, but I do have a preference for feel and weight....

Although, I guess that since 4 out of 6 of my electric guitars have mahogany bodies, mahogany must be my favorite wood by default hehe

[Mincer]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

I am fine with alder, but hey, I like carbon fiber, too. When building a guitar from parts, I have to be careful about lightweight ash as it is easy to build something that is neck-heavy (although I love lightweight guitars). Alder is cheap, sustainable, and sounds good with both vintage and high-output pickups.

[Lewguitar]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

I am fine with alder, but hey, I like carbon fiber, too. When building a guitar from parts, I have to be careful about lightweight ash as it is easy to build something that is neck-heavy (although I love lightweight guitars). Alder is cheap, sustainable, and sounds good with both vintage and high-output pickups.

Clapton prefers alder Strats over ash Strats. He likes the resonance. Both sound fine to me if the wood is light and resonant but I do hear and sense a difference.

On a different note, he never uses his vibrato but all of his Strats have one because he likes the sound and response better.

[Demanic]

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I'd still like to try a solid body neck through made with ironwood or some other type of mesquite.

[dystrust]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Whatever wood the guitar I'm currently playing is made of???

I don't really have a favorite, and everything I could say about tonewood is general in nature. For Strats, I tend to like Alder bodies with maple neck & fingerboard, while for Teles I like maple / rosewood. I generally don't care for basswood, but my Model series Charvels are basswood and they sound great. I tend not to like all-maple guitars, but Spector basses tend to be maple neck-thru with maple body wings and I love those. When it comes to Gibson-style guitars, I like mahogany with both rosewood and ebony fingerboards, maple cap optional.

[Mr. B]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

I would have said anything but this years ago, but my favorite tonewood has become Basswood bodies, with maple on maple necks.

[Mincer]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

Clapton prefers alder Strats over ash Strats. He likes the resonance. Both sound fine to me if the wood is light and resonant but I do hear and sense a difference.

On a different note, he never uses his vibrato but all of his Strats have one because he likes the sound and response better.

I like alder over ash, too. But I also have a maple/mahogany Brian Moore strat-shaped thing that sounds wonderful, too.

[Lucius Paisley]

Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?

I've got wood right now, but I wouldn't want to make a guitar out of it.