Basswood vs. Mahogany
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MetalManiac
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
'What does he Know'? ;
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
OR...Korina! It is probably my favorite tone wood for a solid body electric.
OR...Korina! It is probably my favorite tone wood for a solid body electric.
donnievaz
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He could make tons of $$$$$$$$$$ using anything from Balsa to Joshua Tree wood but he chose Basswood. Why?
He could make tons of $$$$$$$$$$ using anything from Balsa to Joshua Tree wood but he chose Basswood. Why?
MetalManiac
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
^ becasue he could make more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;'Asswood is Crap-Wood.Waste your time convincing someone else.
^ becasue he could make more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$;'Asswood is Crap-Wood.Waste your time convincing someone else.
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Little Pigbacon
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Go lay down, Jerry.
Go lay down, Jerry.
MetalManiac
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^ no really. It is. Go look on the interent.Its like trying to say a Chiropracter isnt a quack, when in reality all they are are quacks who couldn't get into medical school to be a MD, much less a skilled surgeoun . Basswood is the Chiropracter of tonewoods. Most the time you can play the 'jerry -drunk 'card , but not this time.Check the internet on Balsa..er..'Asswood.'... You can't lay this all on me this time .
^ no really. It is. Go look on the interent.Its like trying to say a Chiropracter isnt a quack, when in reality all they are are quacks who couldn't get into medical school to be a MD, much less a skilled surgeoun . Basswood is the Chiropracter of tonewoods. Most the time you can play the 'jerry -drunk 'card , but not this time.Check the internet on Balsa..er..'Asswood.'... You can't lay this all on me this time .
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Little Pigbacon
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Jerry, we are the Internet.
Jerry, we are the Internet.
Myaccount876
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
It seems you enjoy spending more time bashing gear/material you find inferior than trying to improve. Also, it is much easier for anyone (including you and me) to over-simplify than truly evaluate each individual case. Though simplicity can naturally be attractive, which would be, ironically, a simple explanation of why people will over-simplify.
It seems you enjoy spending more time bashing gear/material you find inferior than trying to improve. Also, it is much easier for anyone (including you and me) to over-simplify than truly evaluate each individual case. Though simplicity can naturally be attractive, which would be, ironically, a simple explanation of why people will over-simplify.
Jack_TriPpEr
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
I had a similar experience w a mahogany gothic les paul that I had for a short time but sold off because I could get no joy from. It was very dark sounding, almost zero mids sounding despite me trying various A5 and ceramic magnet pups in it. The "too dark" /zero mids sounding aspect is something I notice with most other all-mahogany (no maple top) guitars I have tried.
I prefer basswood. The highs are there but not as pronounced as alder or ash, the mids are present but a little scooped, and the bass (to a fault) are a little boomy but I compensate by cutting the bass freqs via the amp's eq section. The lite weight factor is a nice side benefit as far as playing comfort. I could see a blues player finding basswood lacking in highs, but it sounds pretty ideal for hard rock and metal.
I had a similar experience w a mahogany gothic les paul that I had for a short time but sold off because I could get no joy from. It was very dark sounding, almost zero mids sounding despite me trying various A5 and ceramic magnet pups in it. The "too dark" /zero mids sounding aspect is something I notice with most other all-mahogany (no maple top) guitars I have tried.
I prefer basswood. The highs are there but not as pronounced as alder or ash, the mids are present but a little scooped, and the bass (to a fault) are a little boomy but I compensate by cutting the bass freqs via the amp's eq section. The lite weight factor is a nice side benefit as far as playing comfort. I could see a blues player finding basswood lacking in highs, but it sounds pretty ideal for hard rock and metal.
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Jocelyn
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I have never used Basswood, but I was always under the imprtession on the net that it was sort of cheap and is good for high gain stuff. One of the main reasons I have stayed away was because again I heard it does not take abuse well, not that I abuse my guitars.
I have never used Basswood, but I was always under the imprtession on the net that it was sort of cheap and is good for high gain stuff. One of the main reasons I have stayed away was because again I heard it does not take abuse well, not that I abuse my guitars.
SongsForTheDeaf
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well metal maniac after making a true a$$ of yourself all I gotta say is most of us with basswood guitars probably have better sound and tone than you. ...:lmao:
well metal maniac after making a true a$$ of yourself all I gotta say is most of us with basswood guitars probably have better sound and tone than you. ...:lmao:
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jtougas
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
Personally, I find basswood to have a more focussed midrange peak than mahogany, which tends to be more like a broadband swell.
Also, I find that that peak works better for guitar than bass - to me, in a bass, it ends up somewhat nasal in the mids, and honky.
My 2 cents...
Personally, I find basswood to have a more focussed midrange peak than mahogany, which tends to be more like a broadband swell.
Also, I find that that peak works better for guitar than bass - to me, in a bass, it ends up somewhat nasal in the mids, and honky.
My 2 cents...
crusty philtrum
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
I built a guitar because I had a block of Honduran mahogany. Had that block been basswood, i wouldn't have bothered.
I built a guitar because I had a block of Honduran mahogany. Had that block been basswood, i wouldn't have bothered.
JeffB
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
Its like any other wood. Some sounds good,.some doesnt.
In general I find basswood to have a big midrange and compression..a "rounding off" of lows and highs...the midrange is big but not very complex or deep, if you will. Its punchy, without alot of character. If much of your tone lies in your preamps, and pickups, it is excellent, but low gain pickups, and moderate vintage crunchiness and cleans are really bland.
Its like any other wood. Some sounds good,.some doesnt.
In general I find basswood to have a big midrange and compression..a "rounding off" of lows and highs...the midrange is big but not very complex or deep, if you will. Its punchy, without alot of character. If much of your tone lies in your preamps, and pickups, it is excellent, but low gain pickups, and moderate vintage crunchiness and cleans are really bland.
SongsForTheDeaf
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
I like both to be honest I just got a new Mahogany Ibanez and its lows and mids are so beefy and big sounding but that could easily be the pickups over my Tele deluxes wide range humbuckers
I like both to be honest I just got a new Mahogany Ibanez and its lows and mids are so beefy and big sounding but that could easily be the pickups over my Tele deluxes wide range humbuckers
King IzzO)))
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It's a consistency thing. Basswood doesn't have the wild variations in quality that you find in what people call mahogany.
I like basswood just fine, it's kinda thuddy but when you use bright pickups, sounds great, especially with maple boards.
It's a consistency thing. Basswood doesn't have the wild variations in quality that you find in what people call mahogany.
I like basswood just fine, it's kinda thuddy but when you use bright pickups, sounds great, especially with maple boards.
TheLivingDead
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Re: Basswood vs. Mahogany
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