I've read a bunch about different woods and everything that could affect tone but i'd like opinions from people who have actually used some of these parts
so here goes:
I'm trying to build something that's alive, something that vibrates.. to play pretty much every style of music.
something that can handle modern and vintage sounds
It has to twang, handle rockabilly, matamp/orange stoner/doom metal, frisell type jazz.
Body shape will be similar to a les paul , thinner at the bottom end and top and slightly smaller with a slighty sharper horn.
I've heard a lot about Swamp ash bodies and Rosewood necks.. so i have been thinking about getting a chambered swamp ash body , top wood will be a species of rosewood ( I know it might hurt in the metal side of things, but i'm not exactly looking to cover death metal gallop too often )
pickup configuration will most likely be SSH , something like.. a p90 in the neck, RWRP noiseless strat in the middle and a bridge humbucker like a dimarzio dual sound ( super distortion with parallel, series and split switching ) but that's not important yet
For a long time I wanted to have a headless guitar, with a steinberger tremolo, but availability and price made me look at a kahler 2200 series cam tremolo
so , has anyone had any experience with chambered swamp ash and rosewood necks, what about adding an ebony fingerboard? and what about the rosewood top , it won't be that thick so it might not dampen the highs that much..
I would really appreciate your opinions..
Thanks