Members phreddy Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I just got a Tele body from a seller on Ebay and am curious where Pine falls on the tonewood spectrum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I think i've read it's slightly darker than alder/ash, don't quote me on that though. My CV tele is pine, but i've not played another one to compare it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WarmMachineHead Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I had a CV tele and it sounded bright. I guess it had something to do with the PU's. Heavy mofo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 After more searching i'm seeing some people say it's not as bright as ash but not as warm as basswood. And yeah, mine is kinda hefty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Many types of pine. Hard and heavey like yellow pine to clear and light like sugar pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 If I'm not mistaken, both Spruce and Agathis are types of pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ToneChase Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I have a LSL T-bone with a sugar pine body. To me it tends to be slightly less icepicky than alder or ash, while still being very bright and twangy. Disclaimer: I don't currently own an alder or ash guitar to compare it to, I am just going on what I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I play this custom Rick Kelly pine guitar. It was made from 200 year old lumber so I don't know if my observations apply to what the OP is talking about, but the tone is well balanced and very woody sounding. Definetly not overly bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I put together a La Cabronita style Tele with a one piece sugar pine body. It was one amazingly resonant mofo! The body weighed in at slightly less than 4 lbs. As for the tone, it's always difficult to determine how much of the tone of a particular guitar is attributable to the body wood, but this particular guitar had a really balanced tone with great a great snap/attack to it. It was a very lively instrument. As DaleH noted, there are many different types of pine with different characteristics. Here's the one I put together. Wish I still had it, but I had to sell it to pay for my mahogany Tele project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I redid the finish on my buddies Strat last year. I was suprised to find the body was pine under that ugly paint job. The wood was highly resonant when you tapped on the body. Since he played in a band with me using that instrument for a good5 years I was familure with its bright tone. I always thought it was hispickups that were responsible for the bright tone, but it was the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I put together a La Cabronita style Tele with a one piece sugar pine body. It was one amazingly resonant mofo! The body weighed in at slightly less than 4 lbs. As for the tone, it's always difficult to determine how much of the tone of a particular guitar is attributable to the body wood, but this particular guitar had a really balanced tone with great a great snap/attack to it. It was a very lively instrument. As DaleH noted, there are many different types of pine with different characteristics. Here's the one I put together. Wish I still had it, but I had to sell it to pay for my mahogany Tele project. Nice guitar, not convinced of the pickguard though, full marks for not a standard tele one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 If I'm not mistaken, both Spruce and Agathis are types of pine. Spruce is a pine. Agathis I've always been told is part of the mahogany family, but I can't claim to be certain of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 My wife says I have a pear guitar body.... But dang there are some beautiful guitars in this thread!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Pine is kind of a soft wood. It's light but it doesn't hold small screws and hardware well. Sometimes you'll get problems with a bolt on neck pulling forward from string tension that has to be addressed. It also dents easily. It's not a "hardwood"...it's the stuff you see in 2 by 4 boards at Home Depot. It's cheap, light and easy to cut but I doubt it has much sustain compared to harder woods. It also finishes kind of "splotchy" with certain finishes because it aborbs stain in random ways depending on grain. It's prone to knotholes too in the cheaper grades. Some people actually like this in a sort of redneck/cheap kitch way. There's a "knotty pine" Gretsch Jet guitar for example.You might want to consider basswood as it has similar properties to pine and is more widely used in the guitar industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ratbatblues Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I put together a La Cabronita style Tele with a one piece sugar pine body. It was one amazingly resonant mofo! The body weighed in at slightly less than 4 lbs. As for the tone, it's always difficult to determine how much of the tone of a particular guitar is attributable to the body wood, but this particular guitar had a really balanced tone with great a great snap/attack to it. It was a very lively instrument. As DaleH noted, there are many different types of pine with different characteristics. Here's the one I put together. Wish I still had it, but I had to sell it to pay for my mahogany Tele project. Very nice looking body...who made it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'm doing one made outa Southern yellow raht nao. It's a blem body and I haz a blem neck for it as well as a bunch of cheap or free stuff. My goal is to do a Franklin Tele (less than a hunnert bucks) I have everything I need now and it's gonna be 92 bucks total. I'll post pics tonite after I get done sanding the filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Very nice looking body...who made it? Marc Rutters - www.ruttersguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Presc Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I have a LSL T-bone with a sugar pine body. I played a pine LSL a month or so ago - REALLY nice guitar. Also played a bunch of alder or ash Teles that day. Some sounded brighter/darker/better/worse than others. I couldn't really find a correlation with the wood. Too many other variables. The pine, however, was substantially lighter than the ash or alder guitars and sounded killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 The Fender Broadcasters were made of pine Pine is good tonewood and it looks great too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ratbatblues Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Killer looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ratbatblues Posted June 14, 2012 Members Share Posted June 14, 2012 Marc Rutters - www.ruttersguitars.com Wow, i had no idea where Rutters Guitars was. Just figured out...i live 15 minutes away from the place. Gonna go there in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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