Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

[orpheo]

Just sharing for fun.

I was wondering what would happen if I made the recipe from hell: solid maple body, maple neck, floyd, jb/fullshred hybrid.

I feared a screechy, bright sound but it's not. It's ballsy with a nice top end, crunchy mids and a tight bass. Great true Stratty tones too

The right one is maple on ash. A lot heavier, in tone and weight. Both great. Which is your pick?!



Oh; and for laughs n giggles: a conundrum. What's going on here!?

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

I've got a "strat", maple center with poplar wings. Maple neck, rosewood board. Direct mount pickups (SSS). The stock pickups were G&B imports. The replacements are Alnico 5/2's (not Seymour Duncans). I'm not much of a strat guy but this one is "warmer" than a lot that I have played. I also have a cheap HSS. The single coils are direct mounted. It's a mahogany body with maple neck and board. The 5/2's were in that guitar as well. That one is a good bit brighter than the maple/poplar guitar. I guess you cant always go by the typical sonic descriptions of the wood type.

Nice looking guitars, as usual.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

I like the top right one! Pretty, too!

 

[orpheo]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

it's a combination of so many factors. right trem block, for instance, but also neck thickness and bolt on vs neckthru. fairly substantial

but... take a swing at that 3rd one. what do you think is happening with that one, spec/feature wise

 

[orpheo]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

I like the top right one! Pretty, too!

that one's tipping in at 12 lbs.... auch.

 

[metalchurch79]

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I actually like a maple body and neck myself, and I also like Poplar bodies. There's so much generalization and bs out there regarding certain woods and how they will sound as opposed how they're likely to sound. I say rock on otherwise you'll never really know.
Lovely guitars btw, do you wear an extra wide strap for that 12lb little baby Jesus?

 

[dave74]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

I like the left,,,,,spec-wise anyways. "give me floyd or give me death" lol

 

[daenius]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

I'm surprised to hear that ash is heavier than maple. While I never doubted that the maple would sound good, I would expect the maple to be just heavy as balls.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

If youre gonna go all the way, why no maple FB?

And maybe a maple 2x12 cab to go along with that

 

[AlexR]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

Funnily enough with the vintage spec strats I have, the full maple neck ones have less of that grating upper mids that the r/w fretboard ones possess.

Of course this is in no way scientific as the shaft wood has not been precisely the same. I have however swapped necks between guitars to further reinforce the shaky science with the same general tonal response.

 

[dave74]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

I'm surprised to hear that ash is heavier than maple. While I never doubted that the maple would sound good, I would expect the maple to be just heavy as balls.

Well the full-maple does have more wood removed for the floyd-routing,,,,,but then again I doubt it makes a 2-3LB difference,,,,,,must be heavy ash on the right.

My full-maple w/ebony Carvin st300 neck-thru (floyd and dual-bucker routes) only weighs-in at about 10LBS, with the 25" scale, thin-neck option, full tung-oil finish,,,,and Carvin's slimmer body-depth all contributing slightly to some weight-reduction.

 

[daenius]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

Well the full-maple does have more wood removed for the floyd-routing,,,,,but then again I doubt it makes a 2-3LB difference,,,,,,must be heavy ash on the right.

My full-maple w/ebony Carvin st300 neck-thru (floyd and dual-bucker routes) only weighs-in at about 10LBS, with the 25" scale, thin-neck option, full tung-oil finish,,,,and Carvin's slimmer body-depth all contributing slightly to some weight-reduction.

Only 10 lbs...

I should stop being a cry baby about my 9lb Les Paul xD

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

All 3 meet my standards in awesome.

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

it's a combination of so many factors. right trem block, for instance, but also neck thickness and bolt on vs neckthru. fairly substantial

but... take a swing at that 3rd one. what do you think is happening with that one, spec/feature wise

Well, I'm probably missing something obvious, but you've doubled up with two blades in the bridge. What is the fretboard? Is it died/stained maple?

 

[MkIII Renegade]

Re: Full maple strat vs maple+ash strat.

Ash all day, every day.