Maple as a tonewood

[Senor Skanky]

Yo,
Has anyone out there ever played/owned a guitar with an all maple body? I've heard they are "bright". The ESP SC 600 comes in maple and it's pretty badass looking.

 

[kmcguitars]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

I think the main reason most people don't use a solid maple body is
for weight . A LP is only around 1/3 maple. And it's pretty heavy.

 

[Hellion]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

Maple is incredibly heavy. And bright tone does seem to be a residual result. However, I've got a 1980 model Washburn Falcon made up of alternating laminates of Maple and Walnut. It's an amazing instrument.

 

[Willis]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

I'm making a maple Strat, but with a slightly different design. It's not done yet, so I'm not sure how it sounds. I've heard maple is good for smaller bodies.

 

[Bludave]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

Mape is the wood of choice for back and sides of High end Archtops. It adds a lot of punch and snap to the guitar. As far as a solid body goes.... I think Alder, Mahogony or Basswood would be a better choice!

 

[sonicexplorer]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

George Lynch's tiger strat is made of maple. That's the guitar sound on Dokken albums. The ESP kamikaze guitars he use are maple body too.

My Westbury deluxe has a laminated maple body. The tone is bright with a lotta bite to it. It's a bit heavy, but you get use to the weight. When I owned a Mashall JTM 60 combo and had a JB pup in the Westbury, I could get the sound on the song Wicked Sensation!

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

wast randy rhoads jackson v made from maple?>

 

[The New Guy]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

I used to have a Washburn Nuno B. model that had a padauk (sp?) neck and body, the Warmoth website says that padauk sounds a lot like maple, it had a JB in the bridge and a '59 in the neck with a Floyd...it screamed in a good way!!

 

[RCM78]

Re: Maple as a tonewood

wast randy rhoads jackson v made from maple?>

Yes it is.