Help me find my ideal wood combo.
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Lazarus1140
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KeeperOS
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Re: Help me find my ideal wood combo.
That's the usual solution.
Pau Ferro supposedly lies between Rosewood and Ebony as a fretboard. Rounder than Ebony and spankier than Rosewood. However I now really wonder what it'd sound like as a neck wood (prolly one piece or with an Ebony board).
It'd be interesting to say the least...
That's the usual solution.
Pau Ferro supposedly lies between Rosewood and Ebony as a fretboard. Rounder than Ebony and spankier than Rosewood. However I now really wonder what it'd sound like as a neck wood (prolly one piece or with an Ebony board).
It'd be interesting to say the least...
uOpt
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Re: Help me find my ideal wood combo.
How does Paul Ferro feel?
I'm really hooked to the slick feel of Ebony.
How does Paul Ferro feel?
I'm really hooked to the slick feel of Ebony.
darkshadow54321
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Re: Help me find my ideal wood combo.
Go for a maple neck + fretboard, mahogany body and ash top. Would have a similar eq overall to your mahogany guitar but with the added growl of ash. Go for bolt on or set neck. Neckthru would be too bright for what you're looking for.
If you think it would still be too bright, go for the same combination but with a rosewood or pau ferro fretboard instead to tame some of the highs.
All very theoretical, of course.
Go for a maple neck + fretboard, mahogany body and ash top. Would have a similar eq overall to your mahogany guitar but with the added growl of ash. Go for bolt on or set neck. Neckthru would be too bright for what you're looking for.
If you think it would still be too bright, go for the same combination but with a rosewood or pau ferro fretboard instead to tame some of the highs.
All very theoretical, of course.
KeeperOS
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Re: Help me find my ideal wood combo.
These among others are a MUST. So far the closest I know of is the Suhr Modern but d@mn that's a lot of money!!!
Thought of that too but TBH I have doubts whether the growl I'm talking about will come through with the Ash as a top.
Still worth exploring though!!!
REALLY thank you guys for helping out here! :beerchug:
Although I am a Strat-guy I'm afraid a typical Strat is still far from what I want which is 24 frets (yeah I know you're the other way around but I like the neck pickup being AFTER that 24th fret nod), a bucker at the bridge and a top-mount Floyd.
These among others are a MUST. So far the closest I know of is the Suhr Modern but d@mn that's a lot of money!!!
Go for a maple neck + fretboard, mahogany body and ash top. Would have a similar eq overall to your mahogany guitar but with the added growl of ash. Go for bolt on or set neck. Neckthru would be too bright for what you're looking for.
If you think it would still be too bright, go for the same combination but with a rosewood or pau ferro fretboard instead to tame some of the highs.
All very theoretical, of course.
Thought of that too but TBH I have doubts whether the growl I'm talking about will come through with the Ash as a top.
Still worth exploring though!!!
REALLY thank you guys for helping out here! :beerchug:
uOpt
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Re: Help me find my ideal wood combo.
The big question is whether you have to combine your 24 fret fretboard with a deeper 24-fret cutaway. Or whether a regular soloist shape and a fretboard with overhang for frets 22-24 will do.
There probably is a substantial difference in sound there (from where the body starts grabbing on to the neck). A larger difference than species of wood might give you.
The big question is whether you have to combine your 24 fret fretboard with a deeper 24-fret cutaway. Or whether a regular soloist shape and a fretboard with overhang for frets 22-24 will do.
There probably is a substantial difference in sound there (from where the body starts grabbing on to the neck). A larger difference than species of wood might give you.
KeeperOS
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Re: Help me find my ideal wood combo.
If the luthiery behind it is good and the access to the 24th fret is uninhibited I don't have any kind of problem with overhangs on principle. Soloists are mighty comfy but mind you, they're also neckthru.
I don't need a really deep cutaway anyway, the trick where there's a contour on the top of the normal cutaway is plenty enough for me.
If the luthiery behind it is good and the access to the 24th fret is uninhibited I don't have any kind of problem with overhangs on principle. Soloists are mighty comfy but mind you, they're also neckthru.
I don't need a really deep cutaway anyway, the trick where there's a contour on the top of the normal cutaway is plenty enough for me.
