Maple or mahogony?

[Fldzpln11]

So I want to make a Les Paul style guitar or soloist I'm between the 2. Either way I know I want the body to have mahogany and the fretboard to be ebony. Thing is I love the feel of maple as the neck it's much slicker. But I was wondering if having a maple neck on a mahogany body will sound alot different than mahogany on mahogany. I figure people will have good experience here.

 

[line6man]

Thing is I love the feel of maple as the neck it's much slicker.

Care to elaborate?

Maple and Mahogany both need a hard finish, so they feel the same.

 

[Fldzpln11]

Well I used to have an SG with a mahogany neck and it felt like it wasn't as smooth. Granted it was painted over so I don't know if that had to do with it. And I had a Jackson with a maple neck which felt alot better.

 

[JaySwear]

having owned a gibson SG and a warmoth maple neck i have to say that i LOVE the maple. i hated the SG's painted neck. just got gross and sticky after playing. i've got 2 different warmoth maple necks with the satin nitro finish and love them both.

of course as line6man said they'll both have to have finishes, so i don't think the feel is what you should be as worried about but more the sound. you could make a soloist sound/feel closer to your gibson with a 24.75" mahogany neck, or have a les paul thats close to a mahogany bodied strat with a 25.5" maple neck. really depends on what you want to do with it i guess, i think both are cool :icon_biggrin:

 

[Alfang]

The only dif between a painted neck and a clearcoated neck is color.

And if it's on mahogany or maple, I would think they should feel the same

 

[rapfohl09]

the difference here isnt between the woods, its between the types of finishes. The only way you would notice a difference between them is if you didnt fill the mahogany before you cleared it, I love the porous feel.

 

[AprioriMark]

I don't think that finished maple feels like finished mahogany.  There's elasticity to the finish, and maple always feels harder to me.  5% chance I'm full of it, but I don't care either way, so I'm stating my experience.

-Mark

 

[JaySwear]

The only dif between a painted neck and a clearcoated neck is color.

And if it's on mahogany or maple, I would think they should feel the same

the difference between a nitro neck and a gloss neck is HUGE. i can't stand gloss, but nitro is perfect for me

 

[Nando Vallart]

Les Paul = Mahogany 24.75"

/end of story


Welcome to the forum

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Les Paul = Mahogany 24.75"

/end of story

Well - end of the wrong story then  :toothy11: Some LP's do have a maple neck.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Les Paul = Mahogany 24.75"

/end of story

Well - end of the wrong story then  :toothy11: Some LP's do have a maple neck.

Yes, but I think LP = Mahogany neck It's as what you want if you think in LP, if you want a maple neck is some of the weird 70's or 80's ideas or special order...

 

[rockskate4x]

Warmoth's satin finish is very, very smooth no matter what wood it is put on. Choose the wood that LOOKS and SOUNDS best to you.

 

[AutoBat]

i love the gloss finish on my mahogany/ebony neck. i think it feels comparable to the gloss that was on the maple/maple fender neck that came before it.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Both of my Warmoth's are mahogany bodies with maple necks, one with an ebony board. I wouldn't change a thing, love them both.  :icon_thumright: