Introduction This guide represents a try to put together some opinions about different woods and their properties when used in musical intruments, esp. electric guitars and basses. I created it for my...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones (Body, Body top, Neck, Fretboard)Chapter 4. Guitar Fretboard Woods Perhaps more significant than neck wood, the fretboard is the place your string launches from. It is...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones (Body, Body top, Neck, Fretboard)Chapter 1.Guitar Body Woods Basswood:Basswood is a soft wood with tight grains. Its relatively inexpensive of all the usual...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones Ash Ash is lightweight and has a good texture. It is particularly good for clear/ transparent finishes. Ash is often used for expensive guitars. (The Guitar Builders...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones (Body, Body top, Neck, Fretboard)Chapter 2.Guitar Body Top Woods Tops seem to create a situation where the attack of the notes will be more like the top wood, while the...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones (Body, Body top, Neck, Fretboard)Chapter 3. Guitar Neck Woods Neck woods:Maple:The most common electric guitar neck wood, Maple has a uniform grain, it's strong and...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones Alder Guitar Body Alder is light in weight with soft tight pores like Basswood. But there is a large swirling grain pattern to it with harder rings and sections. So...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones Korina (black) There are two Limba varieties: 1)white Limba, or Korina and 2) black Limba or Korina Whie Limba (Korina) , from Africa used in Gibson's Explorer and...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones Korina (white)There are two Limba varieties: 1) white Limba, or Korina and 2) black Limba or Korina White Limba, from Africa used in Gibson's Explorer and [Flying] ...
from guide: Guitar Wood Types and Tones Padauk Orange to brown color, smooth feeling when played raw. Tone similar to mahogany. [As neck material.] Bright orange red.Learn more about Woods, Body, Body Tops,...