Paulownia body wood
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I don't think paulownia has a great tone wood reputation, since (at least the Asian variety) has been used a lot for low budget import guitars. a bit like agathis etc.
I am sure that it is the same situation as with Poplar, there are many varieties of poplar, so I am sure there is some good paulownia around.
having said that, your body is only responsible for a small percentage of your tone anyway. when it comes to woods, neck and fingerboard will make a more noticeable difference to your tone.
I am sure that it is the same situation as with Poplar, there are many varieties of poplar, so I am sure there is some good paulownia around.
having said that, your body is only responsible for a small percentage of your tone anyway. when it comes to woods, neck and fingerboard will make a more noticeable difference to your tone.
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I'm building one now actually. I'll let you know how it sounds.
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I got one from Guitar Fetish; a Tele body. I had an "oops" and um... over-reamed a tuner hole on the neck, so my luthier is fixing it at the moment.
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The fact that a relatively unknown-in-the-U.S. wood is inexpensive doesn't at all preclude it from being good tonally; it just means that Leo Fender couldn't buy it cheap in 1953. :hello2:
My understanding of paulownia is that it is very light but does have good tonal properties, like light swamp ash or poplar. I'd like to try one sometimes, as it's my opinion that light soldbodies are sniffing into semi-hollow tonal territory. Heavy parts = good tone for massive gain, light part = "woody" tone for clean. Warmoth isn't going to DIE if you buy a body elsewhere, you know. I suspect the success of the Squier pine-bodied Classic Vibe Telecasters may knock some people out of their Church of Leo fixations. Yes, I know Leo used first... paulownia is a major sniffer-trend right now, one of these years the gearheads may catch back on to practicing as a way to sound better. ohwhybother....
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=376975&highlight=Paulownia
My understanding of paulownia is that it is very light but does have good tonal properties, like light swamp ash or poplar. I'd like to try one sometimes, as it's my opinion that light soldbodies are sniffing into semi-hollow tonal territory. Heavy parts = good tone for massive gain, light part = "woody" tone for clean. Warmoth isn't going to DIE if you buy a body elsewhere, you know. I suspect the success of the Squier pine-bodied Classic Vibe Telecasters may knock some people out of their Church of Leo fixations. Yes, I know Leo used first... paulownia is a major sniffer-trend right now, one of these years the gearheads may catch back on to practicing as a way to sound better. ohwhybother....
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=376975&highlight=Paulownia
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stubhead said:
Hehe! Oh, good. Another jaded cynic. Practice? Bite your tongue! This is America! We don't practice. We throw money at the problem. Surely, sooner or later, the appropriate gear will become available and we'll all sound exactly like [insert personal hero name here] <grin>
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Cagey said:
So that's the key to success! Eureka! :laughing7:
