Can anyone recommend some woods that would work well for a korina jazzmaster i am building. i tend to like bassier tones, but with more detail growl and resonance rather than round or fat sounding woods. I'm completely new to this, but see no reason not to try out wood combinations i cant buy.
my ideas were- padouk n, purpleheart fb
- or goncalo or wenge n, pau ferro fb
it seems like descriptions of purpleheart best fit the kind of sound i want, 'thick bass' 'piano tone' 'rickenbackers'...
and i also want it unfinished, which is partly a playability/look thing and partly cost. (i'm doing the body myself in Oil finish too.)
but the part i'm confused about is how woods fit together tonally. like the effect of the type of body would compared to neck wood; what would be the tonal difference in having a dark sounding neck with a bright fretboard, and a bright sounding neck with a dark fretboard.
for example, I know on an acoustic guitar, the wood of the top, and the wood of the back very much effect different aspects of the sound, and wonder if this translates to electrics in the choice of neck and fingerbords.
my ideas were- padouk n, purpleheart fb
- or goncalo or wenge n, pau ferro fb
it seems like descriptions of purpleheart best fit the kind of sound i want, 'thick bass' 'piano tone' 'rickenbackers'...
and i also want it unfinished, which is partly a playability/look thing and partly cost. (i'm doing the body myself in Oil finish too.)
but the part i'm confused about is how woods fit together tonally. like the effect of the type of body would compared to neck wood; what would be the tonal difference in having a dark sounding neck with a bright fretboard, and a bright sounding neck with a dark fretboard.
for example, I know on an acoustic guitar, the wood of the top, and the wood of the back very much effect different aspects of the sound, and wonder if this translates to electrics in the choice of neck and fingerbords.