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I've never tried that combo.


Originally Posted by XeromusI've never tried that combo.Thats what I prefer!


Originally Posted by the guy who invented fireThats what I prefer!

how would you describe the overall tone? I was planning on using dual humbuckers in this guitar.

I always hear that its bright, but my strat is alder/maple, the neck and body sound awesome togetther. The neck vibrates really nice throughout as does the body, its not too bright in my case, its really a nice combo, it'd work with alot of pickups. Very smooth and articulate, but not bright in the least.

That's my fav as well. Clear articulate highs, defined lows.


Originally Posted by Xeromushow would you describe the overall tone? I was planning on using dual humbuckers in this guitar.

I have that combo with dual hums. one with floyde and one with vintage trem. I use bright pickups so when I split them-combined with the wood tone-it sounds almost like a single coil strat. with full on humbucker tone it realy brings out the pronounced gain and pick attack. both my guitars are easy to get harmonics, snap out of notes and triad chords, chirps, all kinds of expression type stuff. also the becouse of the wood and bright neck hum I usually dont fart out my amp when I switch to the neck pickup for solo stuff. I get a very nice crunch out of the pickups and jazzy cleans sound nice.-that being said, you will have to back off the tone a little. I play with the tone around 7 to 6 on bridge and about the same on neck unless I want to split the neck then I run it at about 9 tone cuz it sounds like a strat. it can be to bright if you dont back off the tone alittle. I also wouldnt recomend the wood combo if all your gunna do is drop d death metal stuff cuz it just wont accentuate the lows like a SG or Les Paul can. But for blues and rock and expressive tone it will realy liven up your amp. I would also try to stick with 12 inch speakers as I feel 10 inch speakers are allready bright and this kindof set up may make it too bright with 10's. it can sound damn good with two 2/12 vintage 30 celestions or a 4/12 half stack. A single open back cab ide go g12-75 celestion cuz they tend to add depth and this tone wood with bright pickups sounds good in a single speaker open back combo with that speaker. good luck

it all depends on the pickup! simple as that!

-Mike

for floyd
neck: full shred(neck version)-its bright and spanky clean sounding-very nice split sounds like a regular single coil
bridge: I use screamin deamon-again very expressive and the clip is awsome-split it goes well with the full shred and you can get some great strat tones.
for vintage trem
neck and bridge: I use pearly gates. bright and sound good clean or dirty-very versitil in this guitar.
running it thru 2 2/12 cabs loaded with vintage 30's and a 45 watt EL84 tube amp. also played thru and have recto's, marshalls, fenders, Bogner x-tasy(oh it was glorious), shiva(aint no slouch eather), a 4/10 alnico jenson open back cab, nomads, stilleto,
again any amp with good gain and 12 inch speakers you cant go wrong


Originally Posted by philthisfor floyd
neck: full shred(neck version)-its bright and spanky clean sounding-very nice split sounds like a regular single coil
bridge: I use screamin deamon-again very expressive and the clip is awsome-split it goes well with the full shred and you can get some great strat tones.
for vintage trem
neck and bridge: I use pearly gates. bright and sound good clean or dirty-very versitil in this guitar.
running it thru 2 2/12 cabs loaded with vintage 30's and a 45 watt EL84 tube amp. also played thru and have recto's, marshalls, fenders, Bogner x-tasy(oh it was glorious), shiva(aint no slouch eather), a 4/10 alnico jenson open back cab, nomads, stilleto,
again any amp with good gain and 12 inch speakers you cant go wrongThanks for all the info. I might do this since I also own a mahogany neck and body dual hum carvin. It's going to have a wilkinson trem in it and maybe it wouldn't hurt to have something really different sounding on the side.


Originally Posted by the guy who invented fireThats what I prefer!

My favorite also...Depends on your pickups,strings,effects,and amp also..


Originally Posted by TrilogyThat's my fav as well. Clear articulate highs, defined lows.

That is how I would describe the Strat I had...not bright, articulate.

I think that Alder is the quot;standardquot; quot;rockquot; Strat wood...ash is very cool, but alder is the standard...this is just my opinion of course, as for the neck/fingerboard I think that maple with a rosewood board is also the quot;standardquot; that said I prefer maple fingerboards, I like the fact that they have a little more sting to the note, I think they look cooler, I like that they seem to be a little harder to play, and to be honest I really dislike rosewood fingerboards.

A lightweight alder body and one piece maple neck is my fave combo for strats and teles.

My MIJ 57ri has this setup, and sounds very warm and balanced, yet still exactly like a vintage strat should sound. I've compared it to countless other strats and it always sounds best.

I do a couple of tricks to warm it up:

-Alnico 2 pro and antiquity texas hot pickups.
-GHS Nickel Rocker 10-46 strings. These help a lot.

I definetly like it and will agree that strings and other things play a part too, and would agree with the articulate description.

I would not say my strat is overly bright, I would also not say it's perfect, but for me, it's darn close

Alder body, maple neck/fretboard, Fender LSR nut, SD JB bridge, DiM HFH Neck

Try a JB in the bridge, mine rocks!

Rock On Bro - Kac

it just lets your pickups rip. I have Ant II surfers in mine, and it just has that lovable hollow wail that always sings above the mix.

I think tone wise, it's a good balance, even with single coils. Very quot;Hendrixyquot;.

I like the percussive feel and snap of the maple board, and the alder seems to add sort of a woody, midrange when cranked. It's probably the way the alder reacts to the volume of the amp. The maple board seems to add a little sustain, which helps if you set the bridge up as a floating trem.

Just my 2 pesos.

That's my favorite combo as well. A set of A2 based pickups would probably be all you need to tame the high end in the event you find the guitar overly bright.

Not too bright at all with my PV. The maple cap on my Jackson (and to some extent, the Floyd too, I think) can make it too bright with the wrong amp. It's too bright in Luke Duke's Dr. Z, but it's ok in my Fender, though I tend to cut back on the tone knob just a tad more.