Neck ideas for my swamp ash body anyone?

[stankybudz]

I am most likely going with a maple core with an ebony board, how is this going to sound on a swamp ash on swamp ash body?  Dimarzio SD bridge pup, probably rio grande dirty harry tele neck pup, and not sure on middle yet.  Also, is there a sound or quality difference with AAA mapl and birdseye maple as opposed to just plain maple?

 

[Cagey]

Ebony on Maple necks are pretty bright. You can make the body out of just about anything you want from the field of typical body woods. Swamp ash can be pretty heavy if you don't buy into one of the increasingly rare light pieces, so there's a lotta inertia there that helps preserve high end and increase sustain. But, the neck is the thing. If you want to tame the instrument down, a softer neck meat will do more for that.

Keep in mind that you can always reduce the instrument's high end electronically. But, if the thing can't produce or hold high frequencies in the first place, there's no way to get them later. It's forever dead right from the start.

 

[stankybudz]

Cool man thanks for the help, and i like a brighter sound for sure :guitarplayer2: