PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

[Frogman]

I promised I would put up some in progress pics of my PRS 22 build, so here they are!


-Body: 1 piece black limba (2" thick)

-Neck: 1 piece honduran mahogany

-Fingerboard: 1 piece pau ferro

-25" scale

-22 frets

-12" radius

-fender style trem (stainless steel saddles)

-master volume

-master tone

-3 way toggle

-black hardware


Haven't decided on the pickups yet but I just acquired a DD, so I'ma post a pickup suggestion thread to see what suggestions I get.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Nice start!!

 

[DankStar]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Coolness!

 

[J E C]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Looks good. I like the look of the Black Limba. I have no experience with the stuff, what's it like to work? Similarity's to other woods would be?

 

[CTN]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

very cool! where'd you get the templates from? did you make them yourself?

 

[Frogman]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Looks good. I like the look of the Black Limba. I have no experience with the stuff, what's it like to work? Similarity's to other woods would be?

Limba (Korina) is supposed to sound like the combination of honduran mahogany and a thick maple top.
Whether or not black limba differs from white ("regular"), I'm not sure.


Really, really resonant. I picked this piece out of about 5 other boards, and
did the "tap test", and this one rang the most.


And the fact that it's 2" thick ---> should be a tone monster. :naughty:



As for workability, that's the only downside. It splits like a motherf*cker.
You have to be real slow and careful.
It's nothing like poplar or alder where you can route a body in 15 minutes lol

where'd you get the templates from? did you make them yourself?

The template is owned by my friend. He has a small shop and I do the work there.
He's made some amazing sh*t over the years....I'll hafta get some pictures.
If I'm Luke, he's my Obi-Wan.

 

[J E C]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Hay man, thanks for the response about the limba. Keep us posted on your build. LOOKIN GOOD.

 

[DarkMatter]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Nice. Great wood selections too. That fretboard is gorgeous.

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Nice .... Keep the progress coming.

 

[Frogman]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Thanks guys

Yeah the fretboard is real nice.

I got it and the neck block from LMII -- they do great work!


--Actually, come to think of it, I got my truss rod there too.

 

[metalmachine]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

the regular a5 makes a good tight but but mellower.

 

[eviltobz]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

we all know that the internet is for porn...

...and i'm spent

that is looking gorgeous. i have a prs inspired build plan floating around my head, so seeing stuff like this is great inspiration.

 

[Frogman]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

the regular a5 makes a good tight but but mellower.

I'm thinking the high end may still be an issue.

But then I wonder if the UOA5 will be too lose.

 

[0v3nm4n]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Diggin' the 'scar' going down the lower cuttaway to the control route :eyecrazy:

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Limba (Korina) is supposed to sound like the combination of honduran mahogany and a thick maple top.

I hope this is not what you are hoping to get from using limba...because that description ain't correct.

Whether or not black limba differs from white ("regular"), I'm not sure.

Sounds the same...black and white limba come from the same tree, just different sections of the tree.

 

[0v3nm4n]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

I hope this is not what you are hoping to get from using limba...because that description ain't correct.



Sounds the same...black and white limba come from the same tree, just different sections of the tree.

he's kind of right about sound...but its more like, mahogany is scooped and limba is spiked

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

he's kind of right about sound...but its more like, mahogany is scooped and limba is spiked

Who is right??

What do you mean scooped and spiked??

 

[0v3nm4n]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Who is right??

What do you mean scooped and spiked??

Scooped meaning lack of mids, Spiked meaning the mid range is boosted.

limba has 'tonal properties' that are found in both mahogany and in maple which is why to some people it 'sounds like a les paul'

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

Scooped meaning lack of mids, Spiked meaning the mid range is boosted.

limba has 'tonal properties' that are found in both mahogany and in maple which is why to some people it 'sounds like a les paul'

I disagree about limba sounding like mahogany and maple...I've always thought it sounded like a slightly more airy mahogany, like good mahogany with a bit if swamp ash in the mix.

I've never heard a limba guitar that sounded like mahogany + maple to me.

I own one solid limba guitar, body and neck and it sounds like a nice solid mahogany guitar but with a little more air to it, a bit more clarity but I hear nothing in it that reminds me of maple.

 

[0v3nm4n]

Re: PRS 22 build.....Limba/Mahogany/Pau Ferro

I disagree about limba sounding like mahogany and maple...I've always thought it sounded like a slightly more airy mahogany, like good mahogany with a bit if swamp ash in the mix.

I've never heard a limba guitar that sounded like mahogany + maple to me.

I own one solid limba guitar, body and neck and it sounds like a nice solid mahogany guitar but with a little more air to it, a bit more clarity but I hear nothing in it that reminds me of maple.

wood is one of those things where its never the same twice. remember also, that everyone ears are different.