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  • all mahogony

    14 10.00%
  • all mahogony with maple cap

    41 29.29%
  • mahogony, maple neck

    16 11.43%
  • alder, maple neck

    17 12.14%
  • swamp ash, maple neck

    19 13.57%
  • poplar, maple neck

    3 2.14%
  • basswood, maple neck

    4 2.86%
  • something more exotic

    9 6.43%
  • morning wood

    6 4.29%
  • your mom

    11 7.86%
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    my dream guitar would be a thinline tele where it is korina routed out with flamed koa over it. then there would be a padouk neck with brazilian rosewood fretboard and abalone dot inlays.

    my dream bass would be a neck through, probably just like a ric. flamed maple neck, flamed walnut wings(on headstock too), and once again brazilian rosewood fretboard.

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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    I voted for mahog/maple, you just can't beat it.
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    I voted Poplar w/ Maple Neck. That's what my number one is made of and I'll take it over anything else.

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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    I couldn't choose 'morning wood" AND "your mom"......so I chose Swamp Ash w/a Maple neck, PREFERABLY a Bird's Eye Maple neck!!!
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    What about an alder LP? Cut just like a mahogany, real thick body, put your maple top on top it if you want. Don't you think that would still sound sweet?
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    My vote was for mahagony/maple cap. It is true perfection but only with humbuckers If it was singlecoils then I would choose either alder or basswood.
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    All mahogany w/ maple cap!
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    Quote Originally Posted by UCSDBoy
    Everybody has a favorite, right?
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    I put in my vote for basswood with a maple neck.

    Nothing I've played beats my Fender HM Strat.

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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    Mahogany Body and neck, maple top. Why don't many people use Oak for bodies? Is there something wrong with it? A mahogany body with a flame oak top seems like a nice idea to me.
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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    Mahogany neck and body, maple cap and rw board. In other words, a nice Les Paul.

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    Default Re: favorite guitar wood?

    Quote Originally Posted by FretFire
    Black limba (black korina). Similar to mahogany, but more open and a bit better treble response. Plus it looks damn cool, check out this Thorn.

    Black Limba isn't a separate timber from Limba, it's just the streaked part of the Limba tree which is both clear white and streaked black.

    Sonically it's exactly the same as the white Limba, but not as rare.

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    wood...
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