experience with a mahogany tele?
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Soloshchenko
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I have a mahoganny bodied thinline with a maple neck (check the tele section: Flame maple tele).
To be honest it still sounds quite teleish. Its kind of got me thinking CB and such on here are correct in thinking neck wood affects tone more than body wood does. Hence a mahoganny neck would probably change the tone a lot.
To be honest it still sounds quite teleish. Its kind of got me thinking CB and such on here are correct in thinking neck wood affects tone more than body wood does. Hence a mahoganny neck would probably change the tone a lot.
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I can let you know in a couple months when mine is done 
I'm building a solid body mahogany tele with a mahogany neck and pau ferro fretboard. I'm putting 2 humbuckers in though...I'm not sure what you were thinking for pickups.
I'm building a solid body mahogany tele with a mahogany neck and pau ferro fretboard. I'm putting 2 humbuckers in though...I'm not sure what you were thinking for pickups.Chris_Lohmann
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Greetings everyone.
I've been meaning to register here ever since these message boards were first created but kept procrastinating. So, needless to say, I've never posted here before, but when I saw this thread I just couldn't resist.
My very first 100% Warmoth guitar is an all-mahogany Telecaster.
This guitar was ordered (made-to-order, that is. In other words, not from the showcase) in November 2005, arrived in February 2006 and was being played by March 2006. Prior to that I had ordered a replacement neck and pickguard for a Fender Strat that I have and I have ordered a few more all-Warmoth guitars since the Tele, but the Tele is my favorite and also happens to be my most prized possession.
It is a solid 1-piece mahogany body with a bookmatched AAA flame koa top, mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a flame koa peghead veneer. Clear gloss all over the body and on the face of the peghead, clear satin on the back of the neck.
I used to own a 1999 Fender American Standard Telecaster that was a 2-piece alder body with a 3-tone sunburst, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and the usual single-coil tele-style pickups and I can tell you that it and the one shown above sounded nothing alike. Mahogany is one of the warmest sounding tonewoods in the world and it makes the tele shown above sound like a Gibson Les Paul Standard. The only thing that the tele shown above has in common with a Fender Tele is the shape of the body and peghead. Other than that, they couldn't be more different.
So David, I hate to say it, but if you're looking for that traditional tele tone, you should consider alder or ash for the body and maple for the neck since those are the woods that give Fender Telecasters their trademark tone.
I've been meaning to register here ever since these message boards were first created but kept procrastinating. So, needless to say, I've never posted here before, but when I saw this thread I just couldn't resist.
My very first 100% Warmoth guitar is an all-mahogany Telecaster.
This guitar was ordered (made-to-order, that is. In other words, not from the showcase) in November 2005, arrived in February 2006 and was being played by March 2006. Prior to that I had ordered a replacement neck and pickguard for a Fender Strat that I have and I have ordered a few more all-Warmoth guitars since the Tele, but the Tele is my favorite and also happens to be my most prized possession.
It is a solid 1-piece mahogany body with a bookmatched AAA flame koa top, mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a flame koa peghead veneer. Clear gloss all over the body and on the face of the peghead, clear satin on the back of the neck.
I used to own a 1999 Fender American Standard Telecaster that was a 2-piece alder body with a 3-tone sunburst, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and the usual single-coil tele-style pickups and I can tell you that it and the one shown above sounded nothing alike. Mahogany is one of the warmest sounding tonewoods in the world and it makes the tele shown above sound like a Gibson Les Paul Standard. The only thing that the tele shown above has in common with a Fender Tele is the shape of the body and peghead. Other than that, they couldn't be more different.
So David, I hate to say it, but if you're looking for that traditional tele tone, you should consider alder or ash for the body and maple for the neck since those are the woods that give Fender Telecasters their trademark tone.
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Chris, Nonsense Tele is going to have a fit when he sees that guitar. I can't say I blame him.
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Why's that, Rich?
Although I dont have a Warmoth tele yet,I do have a tele that is Mahogany.I must say that it sounds way better than my Les Paul.The guitar is heavy and is very warm.I used to be all about Les Pauls until I got this tele.Give me a mahogany Tele with a humbucker in the bridge and stand back. :headbang1:
sorry mate, then you're totaly on the wrong track. I suggest a korina body (less warmth than a mahogany body), but with a wenge (or padouk, or canary, or bloodwood) neck with ebony board. that MIGHT give you a warmer telesound, but still; with less twang.David said:
if you really want twang, but with a warmer overall sound: ash body, maple neck and board. LIGHT ash! I suggest you take some warm pickups too. not too much output, at most 8k, alnico2 magnet; that will give it for you. if you have GOOD ash, and GOOD maple, you wont have the ice pick-effect. bad ash will give it (strangeley enough huh).
well, this is just my idea though!
I have two mahogany Warmoth teles. One was a showcase body finished in sparkle tangerine, it has a maple / pau ferro neck, a Wilkinson Danny Gatton bridge and a set of Fender Noiseless pickups. The sound is a bit less jangly than my swamp ash Fender 52 but it is still unmistakably a tele. It has better sustain than the stock Fender.
My other one is a mahogany body routed for 2 humbuckers with a mahogany / rosewood neck. I have finished it with Danish Oil. The bridge is a Gotoh tele humbucker and the pickups are handwound Vintage Vibe set, wound hotter than standard. This does not sound like a tele at all, its got a heavy grungy sustaining tone and has been nicknamed "Satan's Tele" - there ain't no twang in this thang!
I have just fitted a Tonestyler Stellartone notched tone control which has made the sound even better as it avoids volume drop at the bass end of the spectrum.
I love my mahogany teles and can recommend this wood for great tone.
My other one is a mahogany body routed for 2 humbuckers with a mahogany / rosewood neck. I have finished it with Danish Oil. The bridge is a Gotoh tele humbucker and the pickups are handwound Vintage Vibe set, wound hotter than standard. This does not sound like a tele at all, its got a heavy grungy sustaining tone and has been nicknamed "Satan's Tele" - there ain't no twang in this thang!
I have just fitted a Tonestyler Stellartone notched tone control which has made the sound even better as it avoids volume drop at the bass end of the spectrum.
I love my mahogany teles and can recommend this wood for great tone.
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RLW said:
Rich,
I thought that by saying Nonsense Tele was going to have a fit when he saw my guitar you meant that he wouldn't like it and, by saying you wouldn't bame him, I thought you didn't like it either. However, just a little while ago I read one of Nonsense Tele's posts and saw his text saying "Give me pics of naked exquisite woods, please!!!" so now I get it. Sorry, I'm a little slow. :doh:
llama said:
That's been my experience as well. Mine sounds real low, warm, thick and heavy; not even remotely similar to a stock Fender Telecaster (especially when played through my Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier). :icon_biggrin:
Has anyone here had a neck made with a maple fret board that didn't have a maple back?
I like the classic maple neck look of a tele, but want the mahogany tone. I was thinking I'd have a mahogany neck with a maple fret board. I'd still have the whole thing finished in gloss, since the maple needs finishing.
Will Warmoth do that?
I like the classic maple neck look of a tele, but want the mahogany tone. I was thinking I'd have a mahogany neck with a maple fret board. I'd still have the whole thing finished in gloss, since the maple needs finishing.
Will Warmoth do that?
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RLW said:
Chris_Lohmann said:
Cr@p, I've wet my pants :icon_biggrin:
Yummy tele!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool01:
Answering the topic:
Try a all Ziricote neck :evil4: Looks suberb and people here that have one says that sounds amazing... as it is between rosewood (alike mahogany) and ebony, believe it would fit fine you wishes...
What would you say Mr Orpheo and Mr Troubled Treble????
no, ziricote is much more like ebony. at least, my specimen! I suggest wenge. Wenge is becoming more and more my neckwood of choice; its fast, but when played a lot, it wont mush up. not tonewise, but for the feel. It will feel like you have some 'drag' because the sweat blocks the pores. Wenge doesnt have that,nor does rosewood or padouk. But wenge is a great looker because its so homogenous black/dark! rosewood is cool too, but wenge is a bit brighter (especially with an ebony board!) and stiffer.
but ziricote is a great one too, but a bit 'tighter' and a tougher sound.
I noticed by the way that exotic woods made me nausious when I played them for the first time, but like them later on! the more nausious I get, the more I like it afterwards. that has been the case with me, anyway
but ziricote is a great one too, but a bit 'tighter' and a tougher sound.
I noticed by the way that exotic woods made me nausious when I played them for the first time, but like them later on! the more nausious I get, the more I like it afterwards. that has been the case with me, anyway
