Members dougbeens Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 How would walnut sound for a building a guitar with? I'm thinking mainly about necks, but whatever.... What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 The one on the right is a 1978 Gibson "The Paul": walnut tip-to-toe. It is a little dark (tonally), but a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robt57 Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 This 11lbs DIY Nocaster Nashville Tele I built has a 4 piece Black Walnut 1-1/8" thick back with a 5/8" thick single piece Hard Ash top/front. You can't see the back in the pic, and it is a porker... With the Fralins and a lil`59er Seymour middle PU, it is my best sounding guitar out of 7. It is heavy wood though! And it takes an oil finish like butter, like butter. Big pic w/o strings: Pic of Back: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T3 Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 far more commonly used for bass, it sounds good... its heavy, as has been said, and dark, but with a lot of clarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UGB Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 you can get any Carvin out of walnut. A local luthier builds all of his acoustics out of walnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Thinks walnuts is best used as follows in guitars & basses: In necks just when they are 5 peice with the 2 middle peices being walnut. In bodies: Same as maple, which is as tops only. Walnut imo doesnt have a broad enough sound to me, but is very useful to color the sound of other woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Originally posted by Darkstorm Thinks walnuts is best used as follows in guitars & basses: In necks just when they are 5 peice with the 2 middle peices being walnut. In bodies: Same as maple, which is as tops only. Walnut imo doesnt have a broad enough sound to me, but is very useful to color the sound of other woods. I believe that the Ric Dakota has some American Black Walnut in it, married to rock maple.http://www.rickenbacker.com/us/650d.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrkirkish Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Any guitar made in the 70's had a variant made out of walnut. any guitar. SGs, teles, strats, basses, LPs. Walnut was very popular back then, along with metallic burst finishes. The sound is supposed to be a darker maple, thus it's use in the Ric Dakota and Laguna (check out the Laguna) it's a 330 made of walnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members '56Goldtop Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Works well on my Rickenbacher 650D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thredlok Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 But using it in the body gives you clarity, and projection. This is a hollow tele that I made of black walnut. sounds pretty good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Buerk Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Depends on what kind of walnut you're talking about. Claro is great for acoustics, OK for electrics. Banjo necks have been made out of Black Walnut for a long time. I've even used Peruvian Walnut for an acoustic neck, but I wouldn't recommend it without a strong fingerboard and graphite reinforcement. Otherwise, it's a joy to work. Finding stock without knots in the most inopportune places can be a chore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blues Power Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 i have the same "The Paul" as Jerry Picker has above. its a very soft wood and dings easily. like he said it has a heavy tonal sound especially with the ebony FB..I added a pair of super D's to brighten it up. Id put it up against any guitar for blues and clasic rock. to me its the best sounding electrci guitar that i have and i own 8. Its also very very lite weight comapred to a standard or SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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