Padouk with Ebony fretboard for Guitar

[moger777]

Hey guys,
I was thinking of getting a padouk neck with ebony fretboard with a mahogany body. My main concern is that it may be too bright but many a guitarist uses maple with ebony and according to warmoth, padouk has a similar tone. This guitar will be using humbuckers (probably a custom 5 in the bridge and a jazz in the neck). There are not many production guitars that use padouk so I don't really know what to expect.
-Thijs

 

[SYLrules88]

i like your choice of woods but id like to recommend against those pickups. i have a schecter c-1 classic which has a mahogany body w/ laminate quilt top, 5 pc maple/walnut stripe/maple/walnut stripe/maple neck, and rosewood fretboard. i have those pickups, and while you'd think that would be a warm bodied guitar, it manages to be really bright and i blame the pickups. i dont know your rig, sound you're going for, etc. and plus im not good at recommending specific pickups, so im not sure what you should get instead. but i would stay away from the custom 5 and jazz.

padouk is supposed to be pretty warm and its quite beautiful. i wasnt sure warmoth(?) would make necks out of it as i only knew of it as a fretboard or body wood.

 

[Nando Vallart]

It's all about personal taste... I like Les Paul tones, so Padouk + Ebony will certanly be brighter than I'd like on my guitar... Do YOU like a all maple neck? or Maple with Ebony? If yes, you may like Padouk + Ebony

 

[m4rk0]

I have a padouk/ebony neck, but I have not yet used it..

oh well, if I don't like it, I can always use it for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhp6P9Ygsoc

 

[bassilisk]

I'm not a guitar player but I have a Padauk/Ebony neck on one of my basses. I will recount my own experience for what it's worth.

The bass started as a one-piece Koa Jazz body that was originally marketed by DiMarzio (that's not a typo) back when I bought it in '82. I didn't know anything about wood and tone, I just loved how it looked and it became the new home for my all maple '70 Telecaster bass neck. Pickups were 3 DiMarzio Model J's. For all the warmth that Koa is supposed to have, with the Maple neck this bass was very grindy and aggressive sounding. I'm sure those pickups had something to do with it, but still, I didn't find it very pleasant to my ear and it was difficult to tame it down to my liking.

Fast forward a number of years - I wanted to resurrect the Tele on it's own so I needed another neck for the J and I wanted something that would warm it up. Speaking to the salesperson at the time I was told that Padauk was "similar to Rosewood" and I figured that's exactly what I was looking for, the warmth of Rosewood with a bit of snap from the ebony. I was not disappointed - this neck really warmed up the tone of the bass and still kept some of the growl J 's are known for.

The point - having had both on the same body, I wouldn't compare Padauk to Maple at all and I was confused when I read that comparison much later in the Neck section. I love what the Padauk did warming up that bass vs the Maple.

That's been my experience with it - your mileage may vary. Good luck finding something that suits you!

 

[pabloman]

Dude that Schecter is a neck thru with maple and walnut. of course it's goin to be bright. I really don't think it's the pups fault. Really a Jazz is too bright? It's the maple and walnut everything is bolted to.

 

[Paul-less]

Dude that Schecter is a neck thru with maple and walnut. of course it's goin to be bright. I really don't think it's the pups fault. Really a Jazz is too bright? It's the maple and walnut everything is bolted to.

You know, I don't believe schecter makes neck-thru's. They make a WAY better set neck heel than gibson or PRS, but no neck-thru's...

But yes, I am a strong believer that your neck wood on an electric influences tone more than your body wood.

I don't know about Padouk, but if you want a warm neck without a finish, go rosewood/ebony. I love that combo.

 

[pabloman]

Ummm.....The C1 Classic is definately a neck-thru. Google it. They do have a sexy heel, and they are great guitars. Thanks for the attempted correction but next time know for sure.

 

[AGWAN]

I second the neck-thru on that.

largely because before I found Warmoth... Schecter was my primary choice for guitars...

So I learned all I could about them.

though with schecter, its darn near impossible to tell a set neck from a neck thru without a clear finish.And  I've never met a soul who could hear a difference in them tonally.