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Hey guys im new here. I have a question I have already sent my guitar to the shop its a ESP/LTD ec-100 (similar to a ec-50) the wood on the guitar is agathis . The guitar had Duncan Design they sounded really good but wanted to upgrade to some quot;realquot; seymour duncans. I chose the SH4-JB(bridge) and SH2-Jazz(neck) combination for this guitar. Im just wondering what you guys think about Agathis wood with these pickups? I heard that the jb are really bright?

Nobody has any opinion on my dilema?

shouldnt be too bright. as far as i know (which isnt much about woods and stuff) agathis is tonally similar to alder, and a ton of people have JB's in alder super-strats and stuff (its like THE setup of the 80s really). you shouldnt have any problems. besides, if you liked the duncan designed pickups, i think theyre based off of the JB and '59 pickups, so it should be even better

The only woods that I know of that the JB model is really too bright for are solid maple and ebony. Agethis is a considerably warmer wood than that. I should think that it should sound quite good.

I'm not familiar with agethis, but if it's similar to alder, that pup combination will sound excellent.

Welcome to the fourm, btw.

agathis is a close relative to mahogany actually...... and its kind of warm and not so articulate sounding.....however, that should be great for the JB/Jazz combo

I have read that Agathis is a pine but tonally it is like mahogany.

Snowdog

IMO, i didn't like the JB in alder; too quot;airyquot; and quot;clicketyquot; sounding. The pick attack was really loud, and the tone was just too... quot;un-densequot; for my taste. It was really awesome for playing glam rock, tons of harmonics and brilliance. It seemed like you had to use alot of gain on the amp to make it sound quot;distortedquot;, it tended it be much cleaner sounding than lets say a Custom series.

Cheers!
-Erlend


Originally Posted by idsnowdogI have read that Agathis is a pine but tonally it is like mahogany.

Snowdog

Very true. Agathis is an asian evergreen (and is a variety of pine). Tonally I'd say it levitates between alder and a light mahogany (as opposed to a heavier piece of mahogany) depending on the cut of wood.

Agathis is also a soft wood. While not as soft as basswood, it is still very easy to leave impressions in the wood with a fingernail. The grain is also open, and requires a lot of finish.

Thank you very much for the replies guys ill let you know how it sounds when i get the guitar back!