Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

[kramersteen]

I don't know if this is a stupid question or not :scratchch

Do different wood types, body/wings on a neck through guitar change the tone at all or are they more decoration and a means to make up the shape and desired weight?

As an example, Besides weight would mahogany wings sound dramatically different to hoop pine if they both had the same maple neck through section and fretboard etc?

Thanks in advance

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

You'll encounter differing opinions on this. I honestly don't know how much research there is on it.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

You'll encounter differing opinions on this. I honestly don't know how much research there is on it.

yeah i know that, I might have to do some research of my own. Build 2 identical neck through guitars but with different wings. hmmm

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

yeah i know that, I might have to do some research of my own. Build 2 identical neck through guitars but with different wings. hmmm

Yep. People who've done that, or at least played guitars that were that similar but with different wing wood, are probably the only ones qualified to answer. It doesn't stop the rest from chiming in, though.

 

[Silver]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

I have a neck thru guitar with alder body wings, a maple neck and rosewood board. It sounds pretty much like another guitar i have that is a bolt on with alder body and maple neck/rosewood board.

My opinion is that the body wings do influence tone and that you should choose the body wings according to the tone you want.

I haven't played two identical guitars with different body-wing woods, but that's my 2 cents anyway.

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

My opinion is that the main differecne is going to be in weight/sustain, and not so much in tone with guitars with a Maple neck thru. Your neck through guitars are always going to sustain more but be brighter cause of the hard woods used for the neck thru, which makes up most of the tone . The wings can add mass/ sustain, but not much tone ( unless you have an all mahogany Firebird or something, which acts like a solid mahogany guitar).

 

[uOpt]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

Sure I'd say. Just see how much a Strat's upper horn vibrates (put your chin on one while you play).

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

Sure I'd say. Just see how much a Strat's upper horn vibrates (put your chin on one while you play).

That ain't no chin rest your thinking of the chotus region

 

[AlexR]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

http://www.jemsite.com/jem/wood.htm

Go to the bottom of the page for neck-through

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

^ Note who wrote it.

 

[J E C]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

Very informative, a good reference to book mark.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

http://www.jemsite.com/jem/wood.htm

Go to the bottom of the page for neck-through

A good bit of info thanks mate.

 

[vinta9e]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

I don't know if this is a stupid question or not :scratchch

Not at all, that is a very good question.

Do different wood types, body/wings on a neck through guitar change the tone at all

Yes they do, although in a typical NT guitar, the influence the wings' composition has on the tone is less pronounced than the body of a bolt on or glued neck guitar. In a neck through, it's mostly the center plank that determines the body's longitudinal flex, unless there is a thick, stiff top. The wings however, still "make tone" as they have to follow the centerpiece in their vibrations. Their influence therefore is subtle but it's there. I've found that on a maple neck through, alder wings produce a balanced, wide range coloration with a slight high mid resonance, whereas mahogany wings add chunk and yield darker sustain.

 

[0v3nm4n]

Re: Neck-through wings and their influence on tone?

the best way to control the initial sound of the neck-through is to make a multi-ply neck with different species. after-which you have the body wings acting like 'salt and pepper to taste'