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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
False. Tonewood is a fact which has been scientifically proven.
False. Tonewood is a fact which has been scientifically proven.
What's your Favorite Tonewood?
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BeKindRewind
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Maple. If I ever built a custom guitar it'd be 100% maple neck and body
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Maple. If I ever built a custom guitar it'd be 100% maple neck and body
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
I am fine with alder, but hey, I like carbon fiber, too. When building a guitar from parts, I have to be careful about lightweight ash as it is easy to build something that is neck-heavy (although I love lightweight guitars). Alder is cheap, sustainable, and sounds good with both vintage and high-output pickups.
I am fine with alder, but hey, I like carbon fiber, too. When building a guitar from parts, I have to be careful about lightweight ash as it is easy to build something that is neck-heavy (although I love lightweight guitars). Alder is cheap, sustainable, and sounds good with both vintage and high-output pickups.
Lewguitar
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Clapton prefers alder Strats over ash Strats. He likes the resonance. Both sound fine to me if the wood is light and resonant but I do hear and sense a difference.
On a different note, he never uses his vibrato but all of his Strats have one because he likes the sound and response better.
Clapton prefers alder Strats over ash Strats. He likes the resonance. Both sound fine to me if the wood is light and resonant but I do hear and sense a difference.
On a different note, he never uses his vibrato but all of his Strats have one because he likes the sound and response better.
dystrust
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Whatever wood the guitar I'm currently playing is made of???
I don't really have a favorite, and everything I could say about tonewood is general in nature. For Strats, I tend to like Alder bodies with maple neck & fingerboard, while for Teles I like maple / rosewood. I generally don't care for basswood, but my Model series Charvels are basswood and they sound great. I tend not to like all-maple guitars, but Spector basses tend to be maple neck-thru with maple body wings and I love those. When it comes to Gibson-style guitars, I like mahogany with both rosewood and ebony fingerboards, maple cap optional.
Whatever wood the guitar I'm currently playing is made of???
I don't really have a favorite, and everything I could say about tonewood is general in nature. For Strats, I tend to like Alder bodies with maple neck & fingerboard, while for Teles I like maple / rosewood. I generally don't care for basswood, but my Model series Charvels are basswood and they sound great. I tend not to like all-maple guitars, but Spector basses tend to be maple neck-thru with maple body wings and I love those. When it comes to Gibson-style guitars, I like mahogany with both rosewood and ebony fingerboards, maple cap optional.
Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
I like alder over ash, too. But I also have a maple/mahogany Brian Moore strat-shaped thing that sounds wonderful, too.
I like alder over ash, too. But I also have a maple/mahogany Brian Moore strat-shaped thing that sounds wonderful, too.
Lucius Paisley
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
I've got wood right now, but I wouldn't want to make a guitar out of it.
I've got wood right now, but I wouldn't want to make a guitar out of it.
ICTGoober
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
There is no particular wood known as ironwood other than local names used because that wood is heavy. That's why I prefer the Latin names for classification. Names can be deceiving. Korina is a trademarked name, by Gibson - for limba. A lot of what is represented as white mahogany or korina is actually yellowheart or meranti. Philippine Mahogany is actually luaun. Spanish Cedar isn't Spanish or cedar - it's close to mahogany. I can't remember exactly, I think what we know as oak here in the US is known as pine in Great Britain. It's all very confusing, which is why I prefer the exact taxonomic species name of various woods in Latin.
There is no particular wood known as ironwood other than local names used because that wood is heavy. That's why I prefer the Latin names for classification. Names can be deceiving. Korina is a trademarked name, by Gibson - for limba. A lot of what is represented as white mahogany or korina is actually yellowheart or meranti. Philippine Mahogany is actually luaun. Spanish Cedar isn't Spanish or cedar - it's close to mahogany. I can't remember exactly, I think what we know as oak here in the US is known as pine in Great Britain. It's all very confusing, which is why I prefer the exact taxonomic species name of various woods in Latin.
Demanic
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Yes. To the best of my understanding "ironwood" at least the stuff I'm thinking of, is in the mesquite family.
To be specific then, Olneya tesota. Or Prosopis glandulosa. Or Prosopis pubescens.
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Yes. To the best of my understanding "ironwood" at least the stuff I'm thinking of, is in the mesquite family.
To be specific then, Olneya tesota. Or Prosopis glandulosa. Or Prosopis pubescens.
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beaubrummels
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What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Carbon fiber
Oh, that’s two words, I guess I broke the rules. Oops, I did it again..,
Carbon fiber
Oh, that’s two words, I guess I broke the rules. Oops, I did it again..,
nexion218
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Not sure about that, to my knowledge oak refers to trees from the Quercus genus, be it in Britain or anwhere else. Wouldn't be surprised though if the Brits had their own way...
But I totally agree with using the proper taxonomical names. That would make everything more starightforward and trasnparent. Think about all those woods marketed as mahogany and in a taxonomical sense they couldn't be farther from the Swietiana genus, to which the "OG" mahogany belongs. But I guess it really is just marketing. "Not being called mahogany doesn't make a wood sound inferior, but being called mahogany makes a wood sell instantly better, so mahogany it is!"
Not sure about that, to my knowledge oak refers to trees from the Quercus genus, be it in Britain or anwhere else. Wouldn't be surprised though if the Brits had their own way...
But I totally agree with using the proper taxonomical names. That would make everything more starightforward and trasnparent. Think about all those woods marketed as mahogany and in a taxonomical sense they couldn't be farther from the Swietiana genus, to which the "OG" mahogany belongs. But I guess it really is just marketing. "Not being called mahogany doesn't make a wood sound inferior, but being called mahogany makes a wood sell instantly better, so mahogany it is!"
eclecticsynergy
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Light, lively and resonant, regardless of species. Even within one type of wood they can vary so widely...
I like mahogany necks because they often tend to feel slightly elastic and come alive nicely in your hand at volume.
But I don't mind maple necks as long as they don't have a really stiff feel. One of my very favorite necks is maple, my '63 Strat.
I've liked many korina guitars and own a bunch of those. Korina necks usually feel good to me.
I think I prefer OG mahog over the various others that are called mahogany nowadays.
I generally like ash, swamp ash, alder, and basswood bodies better than pawlonia.
I had a walnut guitar for awhile that wasn't bad, though it was very heavy.
Would like to try one made from Spanish cedar on of these days.
Don't think I ever had an oak guitar. Or pine, though I've got spruce tops on a number of acoustics, of course.
Overall, I'm much more concerned with feel. Tone can be modified & altered. But feel is what it is, intrinsic to each guitar.
Light, lively and resonant, regardless of species. Even within one type of wood they can vary so widely...
I like mahogany necks because they often tend to feel slightly elastic and come alive nicely in your hand at volume.
But I don't mind maple necks as long as they don't have a really stiff feel. One of my very favorite necks is maple, my '63 Strat.
I've liked many korina guitars and own a bunch of those. Korina necks usually feel good to me.
I think I prefer OG mahog over the various others that are called mahogany nowadays.
I generally like ash, swamp ash, alder, and basswood bodies better than pawlonia.
I had a walnut guitar for awhile that wasn't bad, though it was very heavy.
Would like to try one made from Spanish cedar on of these days.
Don't think I ever had an oak guitar. Or pine, though I've got spruce tops on a number of acoustics, of course.
Overall, I'm much more concerned with feel. Tone can be modified & altered. But feel is what it is, intrinsic to each guitar.
jhon hardy
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
indian_Rosewood best sound I mostly used for this.
indian_Rosewood best sound I mostly used for this.
Chistopher
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
That's actually my favorite combo on account of the tuning stability and grain pattern.
That's actually my favorite combo on account of the tuning stability and grain pattern.
muttznmongrelz
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Re: What's your Favorite Tonewood?
Maple Bodies and Maple Necks...
Maple Bodies and Maple Necks...
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