smee Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 would this match be a bad idea? i know basswood is susposed to be more on the warmer sounding side and maple is bright, but i wanted to find 2 light woods, and have a neck wood that is really strong. i was planning on a basswood body and hard maple neck laminated with peices of wenge going through it and a ebony fretboard and a ebony peghead. also would it be a good idea to laminate some peices of wenge through the basswood body blank? this guitar design is going to be a "soloist" with a through neck. thanks. btw incase ur wondering why i dont just use all maple, i wanted to use basswood to mimick Joe Satriani's sound. i belive his ibanez is made from basswood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 (edited) could go the graphite rod reinforcement route. unseen and helps the strength. exactly how much basswood are you planning on using? edit: sorry, its late, thought you said basswood and maple Neck. Edited December 10, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryL Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 In My Opinion, as long as you use the basswood as the wings and not the central body core, that would sound great. You wanna keep the strong wood on the center for strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 i believe satriani's guitars are mostly mahogany. steve vai is the one with all the basswood guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Just becareful with heavy neck woods like maple and laminates, if you use a light body wood your neck maybe wanting to nose dive MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smee Posted December 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 yea basswood will be just the wings. i know the neck migh be a lil heavey from the added wenge but the neck will run through the guitar and be over twice as thick when ut runs through the body o that should even somewieght out a bit. i thought maple an basswood were about the same weight in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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