Gibson and European companies are making double cream humbuckers now, just to piss of Dimarzio. And in Europe, MANY builders make the LP. Huber, Smitty, Hartung, Dommenget, and Patrick Eggle to name a few. EU courts simply laughed Gibson out of the courtroom. Literally.
First new build since 2022, and a little 'gift' from Gibson
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Gibson and European companies are making double cream humbuckers now, just to piss of Dimarzio. And in Europe, MANY builders make the LP. Huber, Smitty, Hartung, Dommenget, and Patrick Eggle to name a few. EU courts simply laughed Gibson out of the courtroom. Literally.
I want to say one thing about this guitar, though. It sounds bright and loud, unplugged. Very, very loud and bright. Not icepicky, just clear and resonant. Only the fretboard and top are 'LP' spec, the rest is my own, and yet it feels and sounds like a bright LP.
does that mean tonewood doesn't exist?! Or does it mean that it doesn't matter as long as the wood is straight, stable, and properly dried.
does that mean tonewood doesn't exist?! Or does it mean that it doesn't matter as long as the wood is straight, stable, and properly dried.
beaubrummels
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The only bright (unplugged) LP i've owned was weight relieved like a semi-hollow. I think you've found a solid-body wood improvement recipe.
could be. The back is ash, the neck is laminated, so that stiffness there helps with the brightness. In fact, it feels and sounds like very old LP's. I truly think that modern swamp ash is close to old mahogany, for bodies anyway.
Chistopher
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Does a AAAA quilted maple top sound any different from the unquilted wood that came from right next to it on the tree?
How come cheap common woods are generally bad tonewood, but super expensive woods are almost always considered good tonewoods?
How come cheap common woods are generally bad tonewood, but super expensive woods are almost always considered good tonewoods?
the maple cap itself is roasted, and if that does anything tonally, no idea. but I never equated the figure of the wood with sound/tone, at all. My point was rather, the body is swamp ash, not mahogany, and the neck is a laminate of wenge, bocote, and maple. Yet, the guitar does have the LP vibe. does tonewood then mean nothing at all?
Oh, and 'bad'tonewood? really?
ash and maple are dirt cheap, just like olivewood, and I made e p i c guitars out of that. moabi, afzelia, obeche: same. Sorry man, but pricing is often for looks, not tone.
