moondevil
Joined: Sep 10, 2006
Posts: 250
Lancaster, CA
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Posted on Oct 06 2006 12:17 AM
I wrote a few paragraphs about Carvin's choices of tonewoods, giving their descriptions of tonal characteristics of hard rock maple, swamp ash, black walnut and koa. Unfortunately I made a typo and hit "back" and lost it all! I HATE TECHNOLOGY!
Anyway, check out Carvin's catalog or web site if you're interested in the descriptions (the fact that koa wood was used by ancient Hawaiian to make surfboards is just TOO cool!)
I'm gonna throw this laptop against the wall and then go to bed!
G'night!
— Dean(aka Moondevil)
deanmatherly.com
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chad3006
Joined: Aug 21, 2006
Posts: 76
USA
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Posted on Oct 07 2006 12:37 AM
The general rule about electric guitar woods:
Harder and denser it is, the brighter and crisper the tone will be, with greater sustain.
Too dense and it'll be thin sounding.
The lighter and more porous it is, the mellower the tone will be, with slightly less sustain.
Most solid body guitars use a lighter wood because it allows for the best overtones within the guitar's sonic spectrum, but too light and it'll sound dead.
Alder was the wood virtually all Strats were made of in the early 60's, so if it's Dick Dale's sound you want, then that'd be a good choice.
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