avengers63 Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I was making a bunch of notes about the guitars I have thus far. 2/3 of them have either a maple neck or are some sort of lam with maple as the main wood. Sure, maple is great as a neck wood, but dang... there are just so many other woods available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpcrash Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I don't think that's boring - that's smart. Maple is a consistent performer in neck construction. I can see your point, but still think that wood porn is more exciting that building with lesser/unknown/untested/just to be cool materials (just my opinion). Even my plywood builds are done with furniture grade plywood. This doesn't mean at all that I'm not excited by these types of builds, just that I don't think consistent solid construction is boring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 boring, maybe... but you make up for it by using those woods to make outrageous crazy stuff.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boundsteelblues Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Boring is about the last word I'd use. I follow your builds with great interest. Boring would be making the same design over and over. I know you'd learn a lot an perfect technique, but I am more like you and like to experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Whenever I hear a girl saying something along those sort of self-depreciating lines, I usually ask her if she's fishing for compliments or attention, which one is it? Do we need a big hug today? <jk> <bg> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 It's not one of those "I'm fat" statements. Seriously - I HATE those. I agree with them and go to great lengths to describe the grotesque blubber rolls that are dripping over their ankles. No, I just realized that 2/3 of my guitars have a maple neck. I think that maple is boring because it's so commonly used. I just didn't realize that so many of them WERE maple. In my defense, 8 of the 11 maple ones were necks that I either bought or were made for me in trade. 9 of the 12 I've made or am in the process of making are NOT primarily maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I was just kiddin' ya anyhoo. But the 'blubber roll' things' got me a little concerned...I mean da-yum Anyway, Maple is relatively inexpensive and usually very stable, so it's a great base from which to launch your further fretboard excursions, and building as many as you have, you should now have a good aural 'home plate' sense of sound with which to compare other woods you use in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mors Phagist Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 As people have said, maple is a good building material, and a good base to use to build a guitar around. Sure, it may have a maple neck, but the body wood, Fretboard wood, Pups, and everything else make it unique. Now if you were to build nothing but Strats, with the same wood, over and over again, but with say, Walnut necks... Now that would be boring. The neck is just a piece, theres still alot more of the guitar that makes it unique and interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotYou Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 (edited) Real men use walnut. BTW, I love how smoothly conversations here can go from maple usage to blubber roles. It really is amazing. Edited June 13, 2010 by NotYou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpcrash Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I like maple syrup on my blubber roles ANYWAY..... Maple+Formica = not boring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I have TWO necks made from walnut, and two bodies. It's really great stuff to work with. In my house it's Formica + ash or Formica + poplar. I definitely won't be making any more maple bodies. Maybe a maple cap, but not the whole thing. Blubber rolls = ex-wife. I'm 6'4", come in around 260, and she outweighed me for a looooooong time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mors Phagist Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I definitely won't be making any more maple bodies. Maybe a maple cap, but not the whole thing. Why no maple bodies? Hard on tools and hard to work with? Or do you not like the tones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 tone I like a lot of bite, but a maple body with a maple neck has no balls. It's the only guitar I have that I actually use the tone knob regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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