Walnut
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jackthehack
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Not sure which type of "oil finish" you mean; the Strat in the link below is figured walnut with a WATCO Danish Oil finish; but that is NOT a "hard" oil finish like tung oil or Tru-oil.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=234.0
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=234.0
I've built 3 walnut instruments and they all sound different. The jazzmaster has a maple/kingwood neck and is a great sustaining mid-bright guitar. I have a tele with a padauk top and padauk/ebony neck which is rather warmer. The 3rd is a jazz bass "sister" to the jazzmaster. That one has flatwound strings and sounds real woody and smooth.
I guess all you can deduce from this is that it depends on other factors how the guitar eventually sounds.
I love walnut, it's a beautiful wood to work with and quite easy to achieve a great finish. It's musical and will deliver a great sound (as previously explained) My only issue with it is the weight. The tele is fine, the jazzmaster has a bigger body so it's getting up there and the jazz bass with all the extra steel in the bass neck makes it a 12lb+ proposition.
I guess all you can deduce from this is that it depends on other factors how the guitar eventually sounds.
I love walnut, it's a beautiful wood to work with and quite easy to achieve a great finish. It's musical and will deliver a great sound (as previously explained) My only issue with it is the weight. The tele is fine, the jazzmaster has a bigger body so it's getting up there and the jazz bass with all the extra steel in the bass neck makes it a 12lb+ proposition.
No idea how this will sound, other than what I've read. As for finishing, it sure as heck is easier to work with than swamp ash! I was going to grain fill this walnut body but on close inspection I decided it just wasn't necessary. Weighs almost 4 lbs whichis heavy for a thinline, I gather.
