ThisIsHuhWow404
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I have a build envisioned it would look good on but info about it is pretty scant.
To my understanding, Purpleheart is:
*Heavy af, even heavier than mahogany and rosewood
*Oxidizes when exposed to UV light, losing its purple color and turning a red to brown color, so it’s suggested you finish it with UV protecting oil.
So in order to avoid neck dive, the guitar would need a heavy body. If it’s a full Purpleheart neck, alder and ash are probably a no go. You would need mahogany. But what about a purpleheart board on a maple or roasted maple neck? Is it heavy enough that even that would still make the alder or ash body futile in compensating for neck dive?
And with the finishing, Warmoth has some confusing warranty policies with unfinished necks and exotic woods. If the neck is ordered unfinished, and I planned on giving it a UV protecting oil finish myself, but something was wrong with it that wasn’t my fault, am I SOL? What about if it’s a board on maple, and I ordered all of it unfinished?
Pictures of Purpleheart other people ordered from Warmoth is also pretty scant. Some of them look perfect but other pictures look like they’re already oxidizing. I’m not sure if they came that way, the customer let it oxidize like that, or if it’s just difficult to photograph.
How purple is the stock of wood in Warmoth’s warehouse? Would you need to worry about it oxidizing while in transit?
And finally, tone. Is it close to the brightness of maple or the darkness of rosewood?
Does anyone even know? Do people just buy it because "lol it’s purple!!!!" Would you be better off buying unfinished maple and DIYing it with aniline powder?
To my understanding, Purpleheart is:
*Heavy af, even heavier than mahogany and rosewood
*Oxidizes when exposed to UV light, losing its purple color and turning a red to brown color, so it’s suggested you finish it with UV protecting oil.
So in order to avoid neck dive, the guitar would need a heavy body. If it’s a full Purpleheart neck, alder and ash are probably a no go. You would need mahogany. But what about a purpleheart board on a maple or roasted maple neck? Is it heavy enough that even that would still make the alder or ash body futile in compensating for neck dive?
And with the finishing, Warmoth has some confusing warranty policies with unfinished necks and exotic woods. If the neck is ordered unfinished, and I planned on giving it a UV protecting oil finish myself, but something was wrong with it that wasn’t my fault, am I SOL? What about if it’s a board on maple, and I ordered all of it unfinished?
Pictures of Purpleheart other people ordered from Warmoth is also pretty scant. Some of them look perfect but other pictures look like they’re already oxidizing. I’m not sure if they came that way, the customer let it oxidize like that, or if it’s just difficult to photograph.
How purple is the stock of wood in Warmoth’s warehouse? Would you need to worry about it oxidizing while in transit?
And finally, tone. Is it close to the brightness of maple or the darkness of rosewood?
Does anyone even know? Do people just buy it because "lol it’s purple!!!!" Would you be better off buying unfinished maple and DIYing it with aniline powder?
