My friend has asked me to completely gut his Fender Jag-Stang and make it a badass. He's spending the year in Colombia, so he's leaving the guitar with me and the idea is for me to strip it, refinish it, have him order parts and a Warmoth neck and have them sent to me so that i can have a completed guitar for him when he gets back.
So here's my question for y'all...It's a basswood body. What kind of wood would you suggest for the neck/fingerboard that would compliment the basswood? My first thought was Goncalo/Pau Ferro, I really like the Goncalo neck i put in my strat, i'm just not familiar with Basswood so i don't know if that would be too dark or something.
BTW his style of play is mostly rhythmic indie rock, but he does a lot of arpeggiated rhythms and he'll throw in the occasional early 90's Pearl Jam-esque lead lines. So basically, something with an even, articulate response is just what the doctor ordered.
BTW pt. 2, i think we're going with a Wide-Range Humbucker for the bridge and a tele neck pickup.
So here's my question for y'all...It's a basswood body. What kind of wood would you suggest for the neck/fingerboard that would compliment the basswood? My first thought was Goncalo/Pau Ferro, I really like the Goncalo neck i put in my strat, i'm just not familiar with Basswood so i don't know if that would be too dark or something.
BTW his style of play is mostly rhythmic indie rock, but he does a lot of arpeggiated rhythms and he'll throw in the occasional early 90's Pearl Jam-esque lead lines. So basically, something with an even, articulate response is just what the doctor ordered.
BTW pt. 2, i think we're going with a Wide-Range Humbucker for the bridge and a tele neck pickup.