all-mahogany body, or maho~maple cap?

[korovamilkdud]

Has anyone ever tried both side by side? Impressions?

 

[darthphineas]

Re: all-mahogany body, or maho~maple cap?

I have 2 all mahogany and 2 mahogany/maple - in fact, I also have 2 that are all maple. And they all sound great.


a good resource on wood tones can be found here: http://www.suhrguitars.com/wood.aspx

hope that helps.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: all-mahogany body, or maho~maple cap?

I have found the all mahogany less muddy. I had a three-pickup Gibson Black Beauty for about a year, and I thought it sounded brighter than my standard, my Studio Plus, or my '83 Custom. I only have the '83 and the Standard; the other two have been sold or traded.

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: all-mahogany body, or maho~maple cap?

I have tried both and liked both a lot.

All other things being equal, compared to each other all-mahogany has a rowdier, more mid-focused tone while the Mahogany+Maple produces a more even response that can also be sweeter and more polite.

That's NOT to say that Mahogany+Maple can't be aggressive and/or rowdy, quite the opposite. Because of the more even response it is actually easier to tweak the tone to a specific direction with pickups.

In the end, it depends what you want the guitar for.

 

[JordanM82]

Re: all-mahogany body, or maho~maple cap?

it so different from piece of wood to piece of wood it's really hard to say, but I find I prefer a maple cap personally...

 

[JeffB]

Re: all-mahogany body, or maho~maple cap?

I have tried both and liked both a lot.

All other things being equal, compared to each other all-mahogany has a rowdier, more mid-focused tone while the Mahogany+Maple produces a more even response that can also be sweeter and more polite.

That's NOT to say that Mahogany+Maple can't be aggressive and/or rowdy, quite the opposite. Because of the more even response it is actually easier to tweak the tone to a specific direction with pickups.

In the end, it depends what you want the guitar for.

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