Poll
Question:
Which of these wood combos sound best w/P-90's on a Strat style guitar ?
Option 1: Ash w/Rosewood fretboard
Option 2: Ash w/Maple
Option 3: Alder w/Rosewood
Option 4: Alder w/Maple
Option 5: Basswood w/Rosewood
Option 6: Basswood w/Maple
Option 7: Mahogany w/Rosewood
Option 8: Mahogany w/Maple
I bought a loaded Strat style P-90 pickguard (2 pups) with the intention of putting it on one of my Strats.
I like traditional single coils, but wanted one Strat w/P-90's for Rock'n'roll/Rockabilly & related stuff.
I'm leaning toward Ash w/Rosewood; but wanted your opinions/ideas.
Strats in wood never look quite right to me, too fiddly I guess.
Mahogany & Rosewood.
*edited to add: I don't think the fretboard material changes the tone as much as the feel. For example, rosewood's gonna provide more resistance on bends & maple's like ice.
Quote from: RacerX on November 23, 2011, 08:16:44 AM
Mahogany & Rosewood.
*edited to add: I don't think the fretboard material changes the tone as much as the feel. For example, rosewood's gonna provide more resistance on bends & maple's like ice.
agreed with the neck comment. rosewood fretboards are more . . . chewy (if that makes sense), maple are more snappy . . . again, i hope you can make sense of my moronic morning musings.
Ash, maple. Just like a '72 Tele DLX
Quote from: Baltar on November 23, 2011, 10:55:23 AM
Ash, maple. Just like a '72 Tele DLX
yeah, i'd pick that with a black stain so you can see the ash grain. and all blacked out hardware. oh, and stained headstock. i usually don't like those, but it sounds good on this.
Ash and maple, just like my t40. heh, but really All mahogany sounds great with p90s and I don't like the sound or feel of rosewood at all.(except on acoustics, but that's cause I don't have one with a maple fretboard.)
P90s don't pump out massive amounts of low end, so i think generally you'd opt a warmer sounding wood.. which speaks well for the mahogany, basswood, and rosewood.
I don't think there's really a wrong answer tho.
Mahogany with Rosewood for me :)
I've got an early 90's Strat(made in Korea) and it was built that way.
Frets still play smooth after all these years. Maplewood ain't bad either.