Maple body

[BloodRose]

Re: Maple body

I too need an maple brightness combatting pup... I have a maple body, ebony board and brass nut.. Bright x 3. Currently have a tone zone and it sounds thin and "plinky". I know maple can sound good. Lynch and others are a testament to that.. I just have to find the right pup. The neck pup is an air norton and it works good. I have a C5 on the way and will try that, then morph it to a CC if the 5 isnt the one..

 

[Hot _Grits]

Re: Maple body

My advice? -sell it. I've never met a maple guitar that didn't sound way too bright and harsh. But that's just me. Here's what John Suhr, a guy who knows a little about guitars, has to say:

Lets not forget that there are many things that influence tone, the body and the neck wood are a strong part of that but they are not all that matters. For years I played a Solid Quilt Maple Standard with a rosewood board neck and a Floyd. Bright you think? Not really... The Floyd isn't very bright - sort of neutral, the rosewood warmed it up, I used a hot dark bridge pickup. All this equaled a combo that was a killer shred guitar and never got lost behind the keyboard. The only disadvantage was the price of the wood and the fact it wasn't the lightest guitar in the world. Sometimes a guitar or a sound will sound killer in your living room but just not cut properly with a band.