Hey.
A few years back, I put together a "canary-caster". Body in ash w. unique canary top. Neck modern construction 59 fat back canary with ebony fingerboard.
Callaham tremolo, vintage gotoh tuners, earvana nut, fralin vintage hot pickups.
It's a real beauty to behold, but unfortunately the low E string has always sounded somewhat lifeless. (both open and fretted).
I think I've boiled it down to either the neck not resonating well with the low E string, or something up with the bridge.
Since I might either buy a new neck, or try a different tremolo (like the Gotoh/wilkinson VSVG), I just wanted to hear peoples experiences first.
If a new neck, I think I'd go for a vintage/modern construction (think I read about some people having "lifeless" issues with the modern construction necks), but I'm also wondering whether it could be the wood (canary) itself, that might not resonate as well as maple?
What are your experiences?
Regards
Anders
A few years back, I put together a "canary-caster". Body in ash w. unique canary top. Neck modern construction 59 fat back canary with ebony fingerboard.
Callaham tremolo, vintage gotoh tuners, earvana nut, fralin vintage hot pickups.
It's a real beauty to behold, but unfortunately the low E string has always sounded somewhat lifeless. (both open and fretted).
I think I've boiled it down to either the neck not resonating well with the low E string, or something up with the bridge.
Since I might either buy a new neck, or try a different tremolo (like the Gotoh/wilkinson VSVG), I just wanted to hear peoples experiences first.
If a new neck, I think I'd go for a vintage/modern construction (think I read about some people having "lifeless" issues with the modern construction necks), but I'm also wondering whether it could be the wood (canary) itself, that might not resonate as well as maple?
What are your experiences?
Regards
Anders