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Post by OG Mini Z on Jan 25, 2007 20:34:41 GMT -7
Hello, I have never owned an ALL mahogany guitar and was wondering if you could give me some feedback on it's versatility and tonality, etc
Thanks, MD
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Post by OG Mini Z on Jan 25, 2007 21:14:27 GMT -7
ok clarification all mahogany guitar . . with a rosewood fingerboard
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Post by nitehawk55 on Jan 25, 2007 23:25:19 GMT -7
I have a PRS McCarty Standard soapbar that is all mahogany and sounds very warm and full . I've found all mahogany bodied guitars have a lot of resonance too which adds to their full tone . If the same model has the maple cap it tends to brighten it up some . Hope that helps . Check out an all mahogany Godin LG series guitar if looking.......unplugged they are almost as loud as an acoustic
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 26, 2007 9:31:18 GMT -7
Eastman makes a cool one. see it here www.massstreetmusic.com I haven't played it or heard it but it looks different in a cool way. A couple of years ago I bought a used Gibson Les Paul Jr reissue. I was always planning on getting a better bridge and having someone add a second P90 but never did it. This model has a real finish not that bogus 'worn' finish. add to post: This guitar has a spruce top. More of a jazz guitar. It looks killer to me!
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Post by garyh on Jan 26, 2007 21:31:00 GMT -7
Eastman makes a cool one. see it here www.massstreetmusic.com I haven't played it or heard it but it looks different in a cool way. A couple of years ago I bought a used Gibson Les Paul Jr reissue. I was always planning on getting a better bridge and having someone add a second P90 but never did it. This model has a real finish not that bogus 'worn' finish. add to post: This guitar has a spruce top. More of a jazz guitar. It looks killer to me! These are supposed to be killer guitars for a full bodied jazz tone with no feedback, that is, the hollow ones with no F-holes. The El Ray was designed by Otto D'Ambrosio, maker of fine archtops. That one at Masstown Music has a stop tail piece so has a block inside and probably gets more sustain. I hear they're great but slightly neck heavy. Here's a page with the ER 1, 2 and 3 with lots of pictures and info to tempt ya'. BTW they say the ER2 is great for jump blues Billy. www.12fret.com/new/eastman_El_Rey_guitar_pg.html#ER3%20Cust%20Red
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 27, 2007 6:41:44 GMT -7
On that 12 Fret link they said it weighs 5.1 pounds, no wonder it's neck heavy! Mass Street Music is 40 miles away but I should probably go see this El Rey. Does Eastman not make any full scale guitars? The longest I see is 25". I really don't want to change from 25-1/2". Some of these boutique guys are the same way, only 25". It's starting to irritate me! I'm wanting that hollow sound again and it seems the only thing I can find is full size archtops like my ugly old L5 and I don't want to play a big fat guitar.
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Post by mward on Jan 27, 2007 7:10:18 GMT -7
Billy: custom build one from warmoth bits. You can have the body you want in the scale you want.
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 27, 2007 8:07:53 GMT -7
I'd screw it up somehow.
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Post by maction on Jan 27, 2007 8:51:24 GMT -7
Logismoi,
I've had a couple all mahogany guitars. Both solid body set-necks w/rosewood fretboards and wrap-around stop tails. A '65 Gibson Meody Maker and PRS Standard.
They both had a lot of warmth and midrange in the sustain. But the construction and components made a huge difference in their overall tones. The one single coil in the bridge of the old Melody Maker, coupled with it's thin body and light weight made it sound more like a snarly, twangy Esquire than an SG. The PRS had a thicker heavier body, and was a lot sweeter and smoother because of the humbuckers.
I guess what I'm saying is that construction and electronic components can make the sound of an electric guitar as much, or more, than the species of wood used. My advice is to play a bunch and find what you like ;D
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 27, 2007 15:01:40 GMT -7
I went today and checked out the Eastman Del Rey. The neck was wider than normal which I didn't mind but it was too thin front to back. But what put me off the most was all the buzzes. I cannot abide lots of extraneous noises and this one had more going on than I've ever heard! I hope that's not typical. The store also had a heavily reliced Nash Tele. The strings were high enough to maybe be a slide only guitar but I'd say they were at least 50% higher than they needed to be. The third thing I wanted to check out was a Fargen blackbird but both of those guitars were so wacked that I didn't even try it out. I did see the new copper Xotic pedals. They were very cool!
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Post by foxx on Jan 27, 2007 16:14:00 GMT -7
I have a custom LP double cut special, sort of guitar. It's all mahogany, with a real finish and P-90's. It seems to me that it's very warm, almost too much. I have never changed the PU's so maybe they are also not so brite. I play through a Mazerati 1X12 combo w a V30. I like it lots and will not ever part with this guitar. I might look at getting Lollars at some point.
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Post by mward on Jan 27, 2007 23:16:42 GMT -7
Well consider this a standing invitation to bring down your parts and I'll either put it together or show you how. My friend and I do luthiery type stuff on the weekends.
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 28, 2007 10:38:12 GMT -7
Thanks for the offer.
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Post by Hohn on Jan 28, 2007 19:57:56 GMT -7
I have a Hamer Special that's USA-made and all mahogany (set neck). Basic design is a LP double-cut with TOM. It has the Duncan P-90s it came with.
You can hear its tone on my YouTube videos, under my username of Dieselgeek02. Search on that user and find the clips that have "P-90" in the title, and you can hear it.
JH
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Post by Hohn on Jan 29, 2007 21:43:32 GMT -7
Well, diesel singular-- a Dodge Cummins Turbo diesel with over 400hp, 1000+ lb-ft of torque. (and 16mpg in town, 20 hwy!) Not bad for a 6800# "gas" guzzler!
I miss my truck. My dad has it in ND, and he's enjoying the heck out of it.
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Post by OG Mini Z on Jan 30, 2007 19:39:03 GMT -7
Well, diesel singular-- a Dodge Cummins Turbo diesel with over 400hp, 1000+ lb-ft of torque. (and 16mpg in town, 20 hwy!) Not bad for a 6800# "gas" guzzler! I miss my truck. My dad has it in ND, and he's enjoying the heck out of it. sweet! the V10 VW TDI is 554lbs @ 2000-redline
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Post by anacephalic on Feb 12, 2007 14:50:44 GMT -7
i have an original 76 gibson explorer. all Mahogany with a rosewood clad baseball bat of a neck. Warm, smooth tone with tons of sustain. Bridge pickup has nice bite without icepicks./ over the decades i've used it for 70's rock, 80's new wave, and a ton of blues. worked great on all and everyone who playes it tries to talk me out of it.
i also had a mahogany body ES 175 that was a lot warmer than the maple ones (still had a maple top). in a serious bout of brain short out and sold it. Dumb dumb dumb, especially considering what i bought and sold it for...way too cheap on both ends
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Post by Don on Feb 16, 2007 16:28:28 GMT -7
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 16, 2007 21:17:47 GMT -7
I had one of those '54 les Paul Custom reissues. Black, all mahogany, P90 at the neck and the neck pickup was the soapbar shape but the alnico rectangle magnets on top. I owned it for two years but never even restrung it. About the time I bought it I got away from 24-3/4" scale guitars. It had a different tone than a regular Les Paul darker and more round toned. I might have kept it except it weighed just about 10 lbs! And i also need the money then and I knew I'd never use it. Sure was about the prettiest Paul I ever saw.
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Post by cashandkerouac on Mar 3, 2007 12:46:34 GMT -7
i have a '74 SG standard that is superb (mahogany body, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard). yes, it's a 70's Gibson, which is always a risky proposition, but i totally love it. i guess i got lucky with this one. it gets a lot more play than my 1990 LP standard or my '52 tele re-issue, but i wouldn't call it versatile. it is a rock 'n' roll guitar through and through.
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