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Martian
Post subject: Re: Ash or Alder?
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I prefer stained pine fingerboards and chipboard bodies with a laminated formica top myself.

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I prefer stained pine fingerboards and chipboard bodies with a laminated formica top myself.



Exactly Martian!! My preference too!! :wink:
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Post subject: Re: Ash or Alder?
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I prefer stained pine fingerboards and chipboard bodies with a laminated formica top myself.



Exactly Martian!! My preference too!! :wink:


Once again, great minds think alike!!!

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Martian wrote:
fhopkins wrote:
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I prefer stained pine fingerboards and chipboard bodies with a laminated formica top myself.



Exactly Martian!! My preference too!! :wink:


Once again, great minds think alike!!!

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Martian wrote:
I prefer stained pine fingerboards and chipboard bodies with a laminated formica top myself.

Great scott, here is the Formicaster:

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And then there is the Plastic Paul!

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Or the Wavecaster:

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Or the Lego Paul:

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But none of these can be rated for their "tone wood" as they just do not have any wood to do the tone with.

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:lol: Need to get BigJay to do some double blind scientific comparisons on the tonal qualities of the above guitars Mr. X!! :shock: :wink:
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Bet that one sounds "Tasty".... :D

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Bet that one sounds "Tasty".... :D

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It must be real tasty Andy by the looks of it!! :lol:
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Bet that one sounds "Tasty".... :D

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It must be real tasty Andy by the looks of it!! :lol:

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Bet that one sounds "Tasty".... :D

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It must be real tasty Andy by the looks of it!! :lol:

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Uhmmmmm.....Teacher......I left my woodshop term project on a guitar stand in my studio and my dog ate it!!!! :oops: :?

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Uhmmmmm.....Teacher......I left my woodshop term project on a guitar stand in my studio and my dog ate it!!!! :oops: :?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: You win Doc
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OK Here's A Question. Why Do Some Guitars Like The Eric. J Strat Have A Two Piece Ash Body Vs A One Piece Alder Body Like On The Avhr Ri 57 ? What Is The Reason ?

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Price of the wood.
The smaller the piece the cheaper it is.
One piece body wood price 200$, two pieces each 50$ ie.

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Because it can be hard to get the amount (dimension) of said wood out of a nice piece of straight grained wood (of any species). Tree wood is a funny thing when it comes to warpage. What appears like a nice straight (non warping) chunk o' wood can end up fooling you when it, for instance, gets a change in its' environment. Laminating the pieces together cuts down on these possibilities because the pieces are smaller and therefore don't have the opportunity to warp as much. Also the glues are so good these days that if one piece DID want to warp, it would have a lot of resistance because of the bond to the next piece it is laminated to.

Unless the woodgrain is visible, it is just a manufacturing process to get a stable, (which is what you want more than anything) instrument.

I am one of those that believe the tone comes almost completely from the electrics in an electric guitar. There might be very slight differences but really, REALLY hard for the human ear to notice!

Acoustic instruments - different thing.

My two cents.

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