Recommend Me A Body Wood

[Metalhead28]

I'd like to do a one piece wenge neck with a macassar ebony fretboard.

For the top I have some pretty nice quilted maple that I want to dye a dark brown.

What body wood would you use for this combo? From both a tonal and an aesthetic point of view.

[Metalhead28]

By the way, I'm thinking walnut...but I'm still totally up in the air.

[Hector]

I'd like to do a one piece wenge neck with a macassar ebony fretboard.

For the top I have some pretty nice quilted maple that I want to dye a dark brown.

What body wood would you use for this combo? From both a tonal and an aesthetic point of view.

mahogany would be my first choice.

[avengers63]

The neck will be dark, the top will be dark. You're already tinking walnut, so the body will be dark.

From an aesthetic viewpoint, I think that'd be really dark. No contrast or interest visually.

But then again, I'm a big fan of high contrast. My art teacher pounded it into our heads: variety creates interest. All dark = no variety.

Think about some white limba for the body. The tone is similar to mahogany and it'd create a visual difference. Maybe some cream binding around the body. If it's a dark f/b, maybe cream binding on it as well. Of course, if they're both bound, you have to do the headstock as well, just for continuity.

[erikbojerik]

Mahogany and limba both have a similar warmth to them tone-wise - walnut has a little more bite IME. All are readily available in the thickness you need, which is around 1-1/2" (limba may be the hardest of the 3 to find).