alloyguitar Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 i need to know, do different typs of woods change the sound of an electric guitar? And if so, how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushead Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 Yes. You can get "identical" guitars made of different woods (same everything else), and you will be able to tell the difference. A lot has to do with the density of the wood, and the size of the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloyguitar Posted November 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 ok, then would anybody happen to know what wood goes in an esp/ltd explorer? I like that sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 hmm an esp explorer body (correct me if im rong) is made of mahogany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 indeed it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 yep...mahogany...except for the bottom of the line ...which is agathis...but you don't want that crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 i take it an epiphone lp100 is made of mahogony too!!! (thats what i want my guitar to sound like!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 i take it an epiphone lp100 is made of mahogony too!!! (thats what i want my guitar to sound like!) lp 100s, like all epi LPs (i believe) are have mahagony/ alder bodies. (Some have maple tops though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloyguitar Posted November 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 thanks for the help, now i can buy wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 yep...mahogany...except for the bottom of the line ...which is agathis...but you don't want that crap So tell me about this wes. I have wondered about that stuff since Ibanez came out with it on the cheapest of cheap series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 tell you what about it?...it is the cheapest muddiest sounding crap wood i have ever heard.i have never even seen it except on guitars.hardwood stores don't seem to carry it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 i did a search on it and some people apparently use it for pianos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Where does it come from? Is it a fake wood (ie. a new name given to crap grade mahogany)? I hear luan is a better mahogany sub, but I have no experience with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 it looks similar to luan.luan is much less dense than true mahogany though.i don't really know about the origins of agathis.try running a search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Here's some links... Apparantly a fir tree A Pine? Here it is from Japan Here its a damn bug and the first link says its austrailian. ***? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Check the first link, and go to the "choose a species" box on top. You can see there are lots of different agathis trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I know this might be blasphemous to say, but it is my deeply held belief that when dealing with electric guitars wood matters less than pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 has any one used ultily mahogany(sp) before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kings_x Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I know this might be blasphemous to say, but it is my deeply held belief that when dealing with electric guitars wood matters less than pickups. The wood is the foundation that the pickups build on to get the final sound. If you start with crapy wood, a good pickup will make it sound better but you will not get a great sound. I know because I tried to get a better sound out of a junk guitar of mine and I could not get a great sound no matter what pickups I put in it. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 The wood is the foundation that the pickups build on to get the final sound. If you start with crapy wood, a good pickup will make it sound better but you will not get a great sound. I know because I tried to get a better sound out of a junk guitar of mine and I could not get a great sound no matter what pickups I put in it. Mike Oh, don't get me wrong woods and pickups interact to make the final sound that you hear. But in this day of high gain modelling digital supa dupa processing I think the wood is almost the least important part of the equation for anything other than a nice, clean tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 i agree that the pickups make MORE of a difference.but alder is so cheap and sounds so good ...why use basswood or some other slightly cheaper wood when it won't have as clear a tone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 i agree that the pickups make MORE of a difference.but alder is so cheap and sounds so good ...why use basswood or some other slightly cheaper wood when it won't have as clear a tone? Off the top of my head? You like that sound better You like that sound better The pickups you have you heard in a ____wood guitar and that's the sound you're going for. You can't tell the difference You run your guitar through a dozen FX units There are bound to be more reasons. But, again, just my opinon that with the state of amplification today body wood (and to a lesser degree pickups) are becoming more and more irrelevant with regards to sound. Fact of the matter is, if you can get a "tele like" sound from a humbucker equipped, basswood super strat (and I've heard that description used for more than one) then traditional ideas about guitar construction start going out the window. Helllloooooooooo Ken Parker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pour bleeding me Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 wood doesnt cost THAT much does it? who do people and companies chose crap woods? just to save a few bucks? if they spent a bit more they could sell for more...unless their just trying to make something cheap...but id rather get something nice and spend a little more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 the truth is they don't use basswood in so many guitars today because of it's tone...they use it because it is cheap.basswood imo is only REASONABLY decent for high gain situations and even then alder is better.i don't really care who plays it or how you amplify it.the bottom line is that all that amplification is just to mask anotherwise one dimensional tone.alder,mahogany,and the other good tonewoods all have depth of tone.basswood and agathis and chesswood don't.bottom line is if the guys you are talking about can't tell the difference,then why would they want to argue about it with someone who can. but the question was and is do woods make a difference.the answer is YES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I'm with Wes. You shouldn't need supa dupa processing to make the guitar sound good, that's what Cher does and she sounds bloody awful. YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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