Suhr Modern

[thiswaythatway]

I hate when people say you need bright woods to tune down, it makes no sense at all. Most people that say that don't even play in lower tunings much at all. If you want a brighter sound, then yeah, go for some brighter woods, but mahogany sounds by far the best in low tunings IMO and a ton of the best low tuned guitar tones have been recorded with mahogany guitars.

hey everyone has what they like, i was just saying what i prefer. i had a maple BODIED strat, it was ok in standard but you put in drop c or lower and it came alive, where as my prs (normally what the kids like to drop tune) just kinda got lost live when we played a dream theater tune that was tuned to c standard. im just talking my experince with my hands, amps etc. its all preference yo

A Wood

Mahoganey is my favorite tone wood, I'm to the point where i won't take a chance on an Alder or Swamp Ash guitar. My Gibson Explorer sounds tight tuned down, i never really go below C#. If things get mushy i would just play around with my amps settings. I have really grown to dislike bright sounding guitars. Alder and Swamp Ash don't work for me.

Interesting note though. I owned a banged up Kramer which was solid Maple and it was a LOT warmer than the Alder Charvel i owned. The Kramer was really a parts guitar and it was never really setup that great so i sold it. But it sounded better than most any Alder or Swamp Ash guitar i owned. It cost me around $450 and tonewise it smoked a $2400 Suhr i once owned.

 

[Digital Jams]

Man a maple FB and that body.......bright city......

Not all maple is the same, just as each blank of mahagony has different tonal qualities. I have a solid maple superstrat that does have an upper bite but it is not piecing. Then again I like upper mid sizzle, others do not.

Maple guitar with ebony board AND JB pickup running through a Plexi....you would think this would be ice pick city but it is not.

 

[thegame]

Its not so much how bright a guitar is that determines how well it'll work at low tunings, its more about the HARDNESS of the woods. For example, chambering a guitar, or semi-hollowbodies don't work as well for low tunings because that process softens the attack and imparts an airy, more delicate quality to the instrument, irregardless of tonewoods used.

Though most would prefer swamp ash for traditional guitars, hard ash should provide more definition at low tunings. Its simply much denser, with more midrange emphasis (very critical) than the scooped sound of swamp ash.

All IMO but you don't really want a soft, sweet guitar for this purpose, rather a more solid, more direct less harmonically complex tone for low tunings. (More fundamental vs. harmonics).

 

[eddyrox]

I hate when people say you need bright woods to tune down, it makes no sense at all. Most people that say that don't even play in lower tunings much at all. If you want a brighter sound, then yeah, go for some brighter woods, but mahogany sounds by far the best in low tunings IMO and a ton of the best low tuned guitar tones have been recorded with mahogany guitars.

hey everyone has what they like, i was just saying what i prefer. i had a maple BODIED strat, it was ok in standard but you put in drop c or lower and it came alive, where as my prs (normally what the kids like to drop tune) just kinda got lost live when we played a dream theater tune that was tuned to c standard. im just talking my experince with my hands, amps etc. its all preference yo

A Wood

Andy, your opinion matters. I was speaking as a guy locked in the 80's!

 

[ihave27frets]

Well right now im kinda goin with John Suhrs opinion on what im trying to achieve tone wise, the guy seems to know his tone woods to say the least. I figured I have a alder body/maple neck one on the way and now this ash/maple top/maple neck on order so I can compare them tonally along with what I know of mahogany and maple..since ive had about 20 or so of those.

 

[Digital Jams]

Well right now im kinda goin with John Suhrs opinion on what im trying to achieve tone wise, the guy seems to know his tone woods to say the least. I figured I have a alder body/maple neck one on the way and now this ash/maple top/maple neck on order so I can compare them tonally along with what I know of mahogany and maple..since ive had about 20 or so of those.

What???

Your not going to listen to us forum basement pros?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[van hellion]

Well right now im kinda goin with John Suhrs opinion on what im trying to achieve tone wise, the guy seems to know his tone woods to say the least. I figured I have a alder body/maple neck one on the way and now this ash/maple top/maple neck on order so I can compare them tonally along with what I know of mahogany and maple..since ive had about 20 or so of those.

What???

Your not going to listen to us forum basement pros?!?!?!?!?!?!


best response EVER!

A Wood

 

[ihave27frets]

oh, you silly gooses

 

[vultures]

LOOKS GOOD