Electric Guitars

[rakester]

What kind of sound would you expect fro a guitar made from solid hard maple? Anyone ever played a solid body maple guitar?

Thanks in advance

[AzCat]

I have an old Hamer Vintage S that's got a solid flame maple body. Everyone tells me it should be horribly bright but it's actually fairly mellow.

[voneville]

Heavy and bright... I've only played a solid maple bass though.

[nevermind]

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy: An all maple body on an electric guitar should provide syrupy tones

[rakester]

My dilemma is I have a nice piece of maple that I thought would be cool to make a simple 'heavy rock' guitar out of. Real simple lay put ( 1 humbucker (EMG 81) in the bridge, 1 volume knob and a string through body bridge ) Probably not worth it if it's going to be mega bright?

[Cade]

bright

[RockStringBendr]

I have an old Hamer Vintage S that's got a solid flame maple body. Everyone tells me it should be horribly bright but it's actually fairly mellow.

I've got a couple of old Kramer Pacers and 1 Baretta in solid maple and they are heavy as shit, sustain for days, and are actually quite warm sounding. I agree. Now I have an alder supertele with a 1/4" maple top and that one is bright and crisp, like you would expect.

Go figure???

[nevermind]

My dilemma is I have a nice piece of maple that I thought would be cool to make a simple 'heavy rock' guitar out of.

Real simple lay put ( 1 humbucker (EMG 81) in the bridge, 1 volume knob and a string through body bridge )

Probably not worth it if it's going to be mega bright?

naw dude, build yer guitar. if it's bright just stuff a dark sounding pickup in it

[PunkKitty]

If I remember right, Carvin used to make solid maple guitars back in the 80's. I imagine that they would be heavy and bright sounding.

[Electric Blues]

My dilemma is I have a nice piece of maple that I thought would be cool to make a simple 'heavy rock' guitar out of.

Real simple lay put ( 1 humbucker (EMG 81) in the bridge, 1 volume knob and a string through body bridge )

Probably not worth it if it's going to be mega bright?

Why wouldn't you install a tone knob?

I would rather have a very bright guitar I could tone down, than a dark one that not even a wide open tone knob could help.

[rakester]

Why wouldn't you install a tone knob?

I would rather have a very bright guitar I could tone down, than a dark one that not even a wide open tone knob could help.

The idea I had behind it was just a very very simple setup, as basic as possible...

1 Volume Knob
String through bridge
1 HB pickup

A real back to basics 'one trick pony' hard rock guitar. Just starting to question myself on the wood choice.

[Orange Jackson]

If you don't want it I would be happy to take it off your hands.

[charveldan]

Very Heavy, Les Paul originally wanted the Les Paul guitar to have a Maple body with a Mahogany top, but Gibson engineers told him the guitar would be way to heavy.:thu:

My best friend has a 81' Gibson Victory which is all Maple.

[Elias Graves]

I suspect it would sound like your pickup and your amp made it sound.

EG

[Help!I'maRock!]

the Ric 650C is all maple. its definitely a solid feeling guitar, and brings the rock. if i had the need, i'd get one.

[Electric Blues]

The idea I had behind it was just a very very simple setup, as basic as possible...

1 Volume Knob
String through bridge
1 HB pickup

A real back to basics 'one trick pony' hard rock guitar. Just starting to question myself on the wood choice.

That's cool and there's always the amp's tone knob so why not? Have at it!

[volvo1800]

I don't think it will be overly bright as long as your pickups aren't overly bright. IF you Make it and it will play.

[AzCat]

I've got a couple of old Kramer Pacers and 1 Baretta in solid maple and they are heavy as shit, sustain for days, and are actually quite warm sounding. I agree. Now I have an alder supertele with a 1/4" maple top and that one is bright and crisp, like you would expect.

Go figure???

Interesting. I have an alder Roxie (IIRC w/maple top & neck, tough to tell through all that flake) that's super-bright and very very heavy. Way more so than the Hamer. The Hamer's bridge pup is actuall a little muddy (but its a Hot Rails so that's probably part of the problem) but the mid & neck pups (Cool Rails) are very smooth.

[AzCat]

I suspect it would sound like your pickup and your amp made it sound.

EG

The man has a point. But I'd think that if you were worried about brightness an EMG 81 is just about the last pup you'd want to use. :confused:

[jrockbridge]

My '97 Parker Nitefly has a solid maple body. It is the same thickness and weight as an average USA Strat. It's not overly bright. The neck has an epoxy/resin/glass shell over the basswood neck and that composite plays a part in the tone. I wonder how it would sound with an all maple neck?