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For some reason I just had to check out warmoth's showcase. So, I notice they have PRS imitations (VIP) and I found some resonable stuff.

I'm wondering how this would sound. What it would be comparable to, ect.

Body: PRS copy (VIP), Black Limba

Neck: Warmoth conversion 24 3/4" fatback, Wenge with and ebony fretboard.

Pup:
Bridge choices - SD 59 or Custom
Neck - 59 or Jazz
 
Re: GAS: Someone tell me this would sound terrible, Lie to me if you have to

You're very pretty ;)



Hey! You said lie to you. LOL
 
Sorry I can't lie...

Sorry I can't lie...

Warmoth rules:approve: But you are not making a PRS clone with these woods, just a guitar that looks like a PRS. In any case, Warmoth has quality woods that are the base for a good guitar. I just made a Warmoth strat and I love it.
 
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A bolt-neck PRS-style guitar is going to feel weird.

When going Warmoth, I always try to stick with stuff that's traditionally bolt-on like Strats, Teles, Jags, etc. But that's just my guitar-luddite behavior coming through.
 
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sosomething said:
A bolt-neck PRS-style guitar is going to feel weird.
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Why is that? I has got to feel better than PRS's heal from hell. LOL!!!!
 
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sosomething said:
A bolt-neck PRS-style guitar is going to feel weird.
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PRS has the CE model since the early 90's. Now they have also the Johnny Hiland model, also a bolt on. Both guitars are great and... expensive!
 
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Kostas said:
PRS has the CE model since the early 90's. Now they have also the Johnny Hiland model, also a bolt on. Both guitars are great and... expensive!
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+1, PRS makes bolt-ons


I'm really wondering how Limba (Black Korina) and Wenge are as tone woods. I've looked them up online in a few places, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with these. I'd rather hear a review from a SD member than a sales person.

I looked up Limba (Black Korina) in a search before I posted this and almost all the threads were about the color Korina, ect. Very little info on Wenge also.

Also, I'm not trying to make a PRS copy, I just like the shape of the PRS (Warmoth VIP) body.
 
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black korina is a killer body wood. Makes for a fantastic gutiar.

Wenge...I'm not so sure on. I know warwick uses that wood on some of their basses. Might make for a unique-sounding guitar...though...I dunno. I can't say that I'd recommend it.
 
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Black Korina sells a lot in Warmoth, it's an alternative choice for mahogany, slightly brighter so most of the users do not use a maple top.
 
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Disclaimer: If you don't need one of these, skip this post.

I done put together a Warmoth with that exact wood combination. It's magic. Magic I tell you. I really liked the Limba for the body. It had just the right amount of heft and a really nice resonance. Kinda like alder with some added mahogany warmth and walnut dryness. Wenge turns out to be one of the most vibrant woods I've ever met. I dropped a piece on the floor and it rang better than most claves. I really like feeling the note I'm playing as well as fret/fingerboard noise in the neck. This guitar had that. To sustain a note, you could lightly drum on the back of the neck and it would feed into the strings. Just keep in mind wenge is more like a weed than a tree. It's extremely porous, well, it's more like a bunch of super stiff fibers with space between them. If you want to cut your own headstock, sandwich a thin layer of something like maple on both sides for the entire shaping process, otherwise it'll chip and flake.
 
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Wenge is heavy as hell. It is also tends to be splintery and painful. No idea how it sounds, and if it's shaped well that shouldn't be a problem, just be aware.

Also, I doubt wenge is that stable in terms of moisture, since it is very porous. But it is also really oily, and it has a nice feel unfinished. In fact, I think you can get away with using it unfinished.
 
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The wenge neck I had didn't seem to be much heavier than maple. And supposedly it's quite stable. Ebony is known to undergo large dimensional changes in response to humidity, so I don't think it's porousness that causes it.
 
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Just wanted to mention that Ibanez uses (or used at least) wenge as a neck wood on some of their Prestige SZ models, which are very PRSesque to begin with. They also used bubinga.
 
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Kostas said:
PRS has the CE model since the early 90's. Now they have also the Johnny Hiland model, also a bolt on. Both guitars are great and... expensive!
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The Swamp Ash Special is another bolt-on...

I dig the hell out of mine. Generally I like the PRS bolt-ons more then the set-necks...

Go figure.
 
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