Hardtailed Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I understand that a laminated neck through would be stiffer than a 1-piece, however all those glue joints, don't they affect the tone? I'm considering a neck-through Soloist type body, and I want a fairly deep tone, nothing too bright, so I'm afraid of using maple. However, I'm worried about mahogany being too fragile (we don't see much mahogany neck-thru guitars...), so laminating different woods sounds interesting, I'm afraid it'll deaden the tone a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 some people claim that wood is affected by glue others say no way. if you build the guitar right you can;t tell, if you have to use too much glue and your wood is not flat you can tell. they do make mahogany neck through guitars. You can buy a mahogany neck through from rampart guitars. fender custom shop and G&L build some telecasters that are made from all mahogany. If you do an all mahogany guitar, hollow it out a little bit the wood jumps a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtailed Posted June 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I've read that hollowing out the body may yield a deeper tone? Would it help if I added hollowed wings? Assuming I go with a maple neck-through, I was thinking maybe Rosewood or Pau Ferro, a 25" scale (it's easier to find pre-cut fingerboards in that scale if you want 24 frets ), no maple top on the body, a Wilkinson vintage style trem (with 6 screws for more energy transfer) and I'm undecided between mahogany and basswood for the wings. I usually prefer mahogany, but the maple part will already pretty heavy, and as I understand, the wings don't have that big of a part in the final tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 carvin makes some of the best guitars around, and like 75& of their guitars are neck thru, and you can buy the option like 3 or 5 piece laminate neck. If they do it i think it's safe. That's what i'm gonna do maple/black limba/maple neck thru... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 everything affects the tone...but not always in a negative way...yes i believe a laminated neck sounds different...not worse or better,just different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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