Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
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Chistopher
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
Korina sounds almost exactly the same as mahogany.
Korina sounds almost exactly the same as mahogany.
Jeffblue
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
Korina has a wider range of mids than Mahogany and I prefer Black Korina as a tone wood over Mahogany, Ash or Alder. I have Korina strats and tele tele builds that are superior in tone than those builds of other tone woods.
Korina has a wider range of mids than Mahogany and I prefer Black Korina as a tone wood over Mahogany, Ash or Alder. I have Korina strats and tele tele builds that are superior in tone than those builds of other tone woods.
RorySquier
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And or cardboard.
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And or cardboard.
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This made my day, thank you.
And or cardboard.
;>)/
This made my day, thank you.
ErikH
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
That's cool as hell! Curious what they reinforced it with to maintain the shape and to strengthen the neck.
And or cardboard.
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That's cool as hell! Curious what they reinforced it with to maintain the shape and to strengthen the neck.
RorySquier
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
I think they soaked the cardboard in resin from what I know?
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I think they soaked the cardboard in resin from what I know?
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ErikH
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
I have a strat made with a Mahogany body, with the typical bolt on maple neck/fretboard, and in the same vein a Tele in mahogany - but this time with WRHB pickuos.
I also have neck-thru korina guitars in both strat and tele shapes. Both are great guitars......
......if you load them with vintage type pickups they are not going to sound overly different to the typical guitar with full vintage options.....just with a slightly different tonal balance.
I have a strat made with a Mahogany body, with the typical bolt on maple neck/fretboard, and in the same vein a Tele in mahogany - but this time with WRHB pickuos.
I also have neck-thru korina guitars in both strat and tele shapes. Both are great guitars......
......if you load them with vintage type pickups they are not going to sound overly different to the typical guitar with full vintage options.....just with a slightly different tonal balance.
astrozombie
KatyPerryologist
Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
No offense, but I don’t like to experiment with tone woods. I really don’t mean to sound mean or arrogant but I literally just focus on playing.
Whether or not it changes the sound, who knows? I’m sure it does. But will the crowd notice? No.
They can’t even tell an epiphone from a Gibson.
Us guitarists are real cork sniffers when it comes to gear you know. Everyone who sees me pull my les Paul out of my case looks at me like I pulled a sword out of a stone and became king of England.
But they’re all wood and wire you know? Biggest thing that ever changed my sound was upgrading to a high end guitar and adding Seymour Duncan pickups to it. I’m sure there are other pickups that would work but the Duncan’s make this les pull sound so sweet it’s insane.
If I want a wood like black Korina I would try a derívative of a Gibson design. Not a fender.
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No offense, but I don’t like to experiment with tone woods. I really don’t mean to sound mean or arrogant but I literally just focus on playing.
Whether or not it changes the sound, who knows? I’m sure it does. But will the crowd notice? No.
They can’t even tell an epiphone from a Gibson.
Us guitarists are real cork sniffers when it comes to gear you know. Everyone who sees me pull my les Paul out of my case looks at me like I pulled a sword out of a stone and became king of England.
But they’re all wood and wire you know? Biggest thing that ever changed my sound was upgrading to a high end guitar and adding Seymour Duncan pickups to it. I’m sure there are other pickups that would work but the Duncan’s make this les pull sound so sweet it’s insane.
If I want a wood like black Korina I would try a derívative of a Gibson design. Not a fender.
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Francois
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
Ash (2 types) and Alder may be close and Mahogany (many species actually) and Limba/Korina may be close...
But Ash/Alder and Mahogany/Korina are quite different !
Will the crowd notice ?
If you chain a Big Muff and a flanger with airplane settings, no.
But with less distortion and no effect the tone wood will definitely affect the sound.
It depends of the music style.
When I was yound I played hardcore punk / proto grind with an Ash guitar and I did not even know myself it was made of canadian ash (all knobs at 10 on the amp except the master). But now I have realised this guitar can make cristal-like acoustic sounds partly because of the tone woods.
Ash (2 types) and Alder may be close and Mahogany (many species actually) and Limba/Korina may be close...
But Ash/Alder and Mahogany/Korina are quite different !
Will the crowd notice ?
If you chain a Big Muff and a flanger with airplane settings, no.
But with less distortion and no effect the tone wood will definitely affect the sound.
It depends of the music style.
When I was yound I played hardcore punk / proto grind with an Ash guitar and I did not even know myself it was made of canadian ash (all knobs at 10 on the amp except the master). But now I have realised this guitar can make cristal-like acoustic sounds partly because of the tone woods.
Lake Placid Blues
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Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
My next build will be a black limba Flying V. This idea has mostly to do with the look I envision. If it sounds close to mahogany but with a wider spectrum I will be very okay with that.
I have built three or four fender style bolt on guitars out of mahogany. Two of them sound really good and are extremely stable for tuning. One was kind of a dud. Another sounded rather bright for some unknown reason.
The one that was a dud just sounded kinda dead, even with maple neck. It turned out kinda heavy. HSS.
The best sounding mahogany strat build, I built for somebody else. It is an awesome guitar. It used African striped mahogany for both the body and the neck and Indian rosewood for the fret board. Beautiful guitar in trans red over the striped mahogany with black grain filler. Black pickguard. It is H/H. It is also lighter than a typical alder strat in weight. Sustain for days.
The second best bolt on out of mahogany was a tele with a maple-ebony neck. It has a trans black maple top over striped African mahogany. H/H. Sounds nothing like a tele. Almost like a Gibson but plays in tune better with a nice note bloom, and more articulate down low. Medium weight.
Once you go to a mahogany/limba type tone wood in a Fender style guitar your leaving the Fender spank behind and creating something else.
My next build will be a black limba Flying V. This idea has mostly to do with the look I envision. If it sounds close to mahogany but with a wider spectrum I will be very okay with that.
I have built three or four fender style bolt on guitars out of mahogany. Two of them sound really good and are extremely stable for tuning. One was kind of a dud. Another sounded rather bright for some unknown reason.
The one that was a dud just sounded kinda dead, even with maple neck. It turned out kinda heavy. HSS.
The best sounding mahogany strat build, I built for somebody else. It is an awesome guitar. It used African striped mahogany for both the body and the neck and Indian rosewood for the fret board. Beautiful guitar in trans red over the striped mahogany with black grain filler. Black pickguard. It is H/H. It is also lighter than a typical alder strat in weight. Sustain for days.
The second best bolt on out of mahogany was a tele with a maple-ebony neck. It has a trans black maple top over striped African mahogany. H/H. Sounds nothing like a tele. Almost like a Gibson but plays in tune better with a nice note bloom, and more articulate down low. Medium weight.
Once you go to a mahogany/limba type tone wood in a Fender style guitar your leaving the Fender spank behind and creating something else.
BTMN
LifeIsGoodologist
Re: Thoughts on a Strat with a Black Korina body
http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/ClassicShowcase.aspx?Body=2&Shape=1&Path=Stratocaster&core=11
http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/ClassicShowcase.aspx?Body=2&Shape=1&Path=Stratocaster&core=11
