foreigner Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 sorry for breaking through the whole quagmire of diction that is going on here, but im in the process of building my first guitar and it has a lot of similarities to the original post. The body is a solid piece of burled maple with a little spalting in it. It's a crazy piece of wood, and i've heard two different takes on my choice: 1. It will sound absoulutely horrible, "dead" i believe is the exact term that was used, and will be very heavy. 2. It will sound very sweet, very responsive over all, with a little accent on the highs. And will be very heavy. It's based off a Cort guitar that my good friend was repairing, and i'm mainly going to be using it for Jazz and Blues, so i'm throwing some mighty mite vintage buckers in there, along with a maple neck. I'm not really sure what the outcome will be, but if all else fails, i'll have a pretty guitar body to look at.... Any thoughts or comments? Suggestions? Thanks ahead of time. -the foriegn one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 ok the only way i've ever heard it said (and the way it is for real) is ma(short a)-hog(like a pig)-ony (like O knee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracWell Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 And over here we say, and spell, it mahogny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 from now on we can just call it "that brownish-red wood that les pauls are made of" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x189player Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 All my favorite guitars are solid maple, it'll be great! You may get brighter tone than the other kids, but you can always ease the tone knob down a little, that's why it's there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Hey x189player great to see you on PG (project guitar). Ya my point exatly. You cant add treble (well you can at the amp but it doesent sound as good as your guitar being high pitched). My guitar right now is made out of maple and i just roll that tone control back when I want to be darker. Of course I like ear spliting treble anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badams Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Its because large pieces of clear wood are getting harder and harder to come by and cost in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreigner Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Yeah, i had to spend about 3 hours seraching through wood until i found mine... I think that it was worth it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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