Chestnut as a body wood

[JMP2203]

any experience with Chestnut as a bodywood compared to alder, basswood etc?

only info i have is Paoletti guitars use it and i think the gain looks similar to ash

 

[shar-vell Dan]

 

[ZEEGLER]

any experience with Chestnut as a bodywood compared to alder, basswood etc?

only info i have is Paoletti guitars use it and i think the gain looks similar to ash

I'm not sure I'd be in a hurry to use it. It can look similar to ash, but it's not at all similar in any other respect. It's quite soft as hardwoods go, almost as soft as poplar. I have no idea what it's tonal characteristics would be.

 

[VonBonfire]

I would think paired with the right set of Carlos by Carlos Santana shoes it could definitely be serviceable as a tonewood. Tone is in the sole.

 

[JMP2203]

I'm not sure I'd be in a hurry to use it. It can look similar to ash, but it's not at all similar in any other respect. It's quite soft as hardwoods go, almost as soft as poplar. I have no idea what it's tonal characteristics would be.

hardness is ok i think, 540 janka for american and 680 for european(sweet chestnut) not much difference with alder(580) and poplar(540)

 

[JackBootedThug]

I have a pile of it. American.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Hill country.

 

[Exo-metal]

Hill people?

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Mountain folk.

 

[thegame]

Chestnut aka Pearl Necklace?

 

[JackBootedThug]

Come get all you want. Don’t mind my shit eaters…. They’re harmless…

 

[VonBonfire]

Come get all you want. Don’t mind my shit eaters…. They’re harmless…

Yeah right. I'm a 210lbs bag of dog food if I cross that chain link bro.

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

Body wood makes no difference in electric guitars. If it looks cool and is solid enough, give it a shot for aesthetic or weight reasons.

 

[Exo-metal]

Body wood makes no difference in electric guitars. If it looks cool and is solid enough, give it a shot for aesthetic or weight reasons.

Wrong, it needs resonance or it will be like your brain and flat line.

 

[VonBonfire]

Wrong, it needs resonance or it will be like your brain and flat line.

Agreed, but any piece of wood can be resonant or dead sounding, there doesn't seem to be any consistency with species.

 

[Bardagh]

I don't know how you are talking about American Chestnut, they say there are only a few known mature trees in existence within its natural range due to the fungal blight that has killed them for the past 100 years.

 

[ZEEGLER]

Body wood makes no difference in electric guitars. If it looks cool and is solid enough, give it a shot for aesthetic or weight reasons.

It matters to the person who has to cut it, shape it, and sand it.

 

[Bardagh]

Not this again...

 

[JMP2203]

I don't know how you are talking about American Chestnut, they say there are only a few known mature trees in existence within its natural range due to the fungal blight that has killed them for the past 100 years.

is only as a reference, im not in the USA