sexybeast Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I have a ton of Cherry, and long enough to make a neck-thru. Anyone have any expreience with Cherry for a neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macimalac Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I have a ton of Cherry, and long enough to make a neck-thru. Anyone have any expreience with Cherry for a neck? In 2005 I have made a Les Paul neck and body out of european cherry. No problems where encountered, the sound is good, but brighter sounding than mahagony. Actually I like the neck PU sound on the cherry LP, because it is not muddy. Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I recently completed a bass with a cherry neck and maple body. It has a nice "woody" sound to my ears, and I'm very happy with the end results. Also, I very much enjoyed working with the cherry. It works easily and polishes up very nice. I used a tru oil finish and it looks great. I say go for it. Especially if you have alot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRossitter Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I recently completed a bass with a cherry neck and maple body. It has a nice "woody" sound to my ears, and I'm very happy with the end results. Also, I very much enjoyed working with the cherry. It works easily and polishes up very nice. I used a tru oil finish and it looks great. I say go for it. Especially if you have alot of it. Just something to think about. I just finished a cherry top on a stacked laminate job. The botton layers are [Walnut, Canerey, Purpleheart, Canerey, Walunt] Bottom Layer [Maple]Center Layer [Cherry, Purpleheart, Cherry] Top Layer The top layers of the cherry and maple blend into one and other forming a nice blended binding effect. However, when I apply any oil finish like linseed you cannot tell the two woods apart from one and other. So, keep in mind that if you have something as beautiful as cherry, be careful what you place it next to, because then you start to put finishes on the woods you may not like the contrasting reaults. Good luck, I would love to see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prs man Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I made a prs copy with a cherry neck no troiuble. cherry is easy to work with and looks good when you spray color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davee5 Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Most of Seagull's acoustic guitars have (had) cherry necks, many even have cherry sides, and while they're not the best acoustics in the world I'm sure that it has a bigger effect on tone for them than it will for a solid-body electric. Go for it! Oh, and for my 2 cents, leave it outside in UV light so it can naturally acquire it's cherry color rather than staining it. I never understood why people stain cherry "cherry" color, isn't that the point of using a nice piece of wood with its own signature appearance in the first place (other than it's in your pile of available wood)? -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Cherry's a great wood for backs/sides/necks/bodies (bit heavy, perhaps), whatever. Go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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