mahogany neck+body too muddy?

Updated November 16, 2011 01:36

Hi there I am trying to decide the neck/body wood combination. The guitar itself is a custom neck thru body Phoenix II with a green burst finish, 24.75" scale, ebony fretboard, and floyd rose trem system. the pickups are: an emg 81 in the bridge, and dimarzio chopper in the neck. I am also thinking of wiring the pups to an on/off/on switch then straight to jack. My playing style will be hard rock/metal chugging (metallica), with solos, industrial rock/metal (manson/ kmfdm), but also clean stuff (metallica clean, and almost piezoelectric clean). My question is: What wood combo should I use with this guitar setup specifically to get clarity without sacrificing sustain? I know that alder is great for shredding because the notes don't get muddled together. On the other hand, mahogany is very hard/dense so you get sustain. I was advised by a friend to do a maple neck with a walnut body. What do you guys think? Thanks for any advice.

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5kold wrote October 15, 2011 02:23

Thanks for the great advice!

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This will happen

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captcoolaid wrote October 15, 2011 23:19

Ash or Alder will be good for this setup. Bass wood is also a good wood for that combo. Any other woods may be to bright and depending on the alder may also be bright. The Horizon for example is a alder body that is hard to tame, on the other hand a Mex Strat is 3 pieces of alder and has a warmer tone to it. I would try and stick with Ash. Are you dead stuck on those sets. I ask because with the woods you described a high dc passive will clean it up real well for good clarity.

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5kold wrote October 19, 2011 23:38

Hi there

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I'm pretty set on those pups. Is mahogany really going to give this setup a bright tone? I thought that ash had a really bright and almost twangy sound to it. I ordered these two pups for my american strat (alder w/maple neck) and will install them this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm really digging the mahogany wings on my aforementioned setup. I dunno.

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Dark Alone wrote October 23, 2011 13:25

Do you know where you are friend? :lol

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5kold wrote October 24, 2011 00:37

I see now, where I am. I should have known from the subtitle "The Ultimate Internet Experience" that I was not to far away from what seem to be the comment sections of CNN. Thanks for the two good comments out of 8. For the rest, fuck you guys.;):evil0]:):(:x:mad::D|I:rollin:|:p:hat8o:confused::o:lol:\:eek::cool::rolleyes:

do I fit in now?

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Justinschut wrote October 27, 2011 12:02

Or just adjust the settings on your MT-2

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