about all-maple construction gt,help

[necrowolf]

I mean maple fb/neck/body,today these gts seems so rare,at least in my country,I am a metalhead and a big rhoads,lynch fan.in fact i got the idea from ESP George Lynch's Sig M1,but i dont wanna buy sig gts(i donnt like esp too),so i would very glad to see some smart guys recommend some models to me,and no floyd would be better.
btw:I know some early 80s charvel and kramer have some models did fit my taste,but so hard to seek one today,especially in my country...so i really appreciate ur posts

[xenophobe]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Kevin at www.eastonguitars.com will be selling these for $434 US without a case. You need to put 1/2 down... but it has an alder body, but maple/maple neck... and a floyd.

What you're asking for will cost several thousand, for a custom shop guitar. This is much much less.

[RacerX]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Hey Xeno,
While I realize Kevin posted the price on his website, I'm pretty sure we can't / shouldn't post dealer pricing in here. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[necrowolf]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Originally posted by xenophobe:
What you're asking for will cost several thousand, for a custom shop guitar. This is much much less. [/QB]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">thx。but folks ,i cannt afford thousand bucks for a custom shop order...

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Originally posted by 80smetalrockrulez:
I mean maple fb/neck/body,today these gts seems so rare,at least in my country ...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think there are a ton of maple/maple/maple guitars out there. Your best bet, particularly if you want to keep the price down, would probably be to buy a body/neck from someone like Warmoth and assemble it / have it assembled.

[sully]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Originally posted by RacerX:
Hey Xeno,
While I realize Kevin posted the price on his website, I'm pretty sure we can't / shouldn't post dealer pricing in here. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">actually, in this case, it's okay. kevin told me that when you have limited custom runs, you can post prices.

i totally appreciate you guys lookin out for our dealers, though.

sully

[xenophobe]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Yeah, I was already aware of this when I posted the price.

kthxbye [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[Sunbane]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

In relation to all this;

How many of you have played a maple bodied guitar? It should be heavyweight and with a pretty trebly sound, right?

I'm kinda curious how it would be to play one.

'bane

[j2379]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

sunbane...on a recent visit to another JCFers house i brought a couple of ALL MAPLE bcrichs, we A/B'd them with some bolton charvels & jacksons & were surprised at what we heard. the maple guitars were NOT as bright as some of the alder bodied guitars. & in some cases the maple guitars had a warmer more rounded fuller tone, than some of the boltons we tried. they were run thru the same amp same setting same chord just went from one guitar to another.

[toejam]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

For a nice USA guitar with a choice of any body or neck wood, fret size, pickup and wiring configuration, with the choice of maple, ebony, now they even offer rosewood fingerboards, check out Carvin. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[kickaxeguitars]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

I have a maple bosy Kramer Baretta. THe whle guitar ways a gaudy 10 lbs!

This fukker will wear your ass out in a matter of minutes when hanging around your neck.

I've experimented with a few different pickups before settling on an EMG 58.(YES, I said 58)

I had a Dimarzio TOne Zone and a Duncna JB in their at different times and it seemd to dull out those pickups.

I know everybody and their mama claims how bright maple is but i must say, I seem to getter tone of the maple bodies with lesser output pickups like Schallers, Screamin Demon and my 58.

All-in-all, I don't think it is worth having all that weight.
Now you REALLY know why Lynch got huge! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[diablomozart]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

i traded a maple bodied charvel to slo100 a few years back...it's on www.sandimascharvel.com...scroll down to the refrigerator white one...it has an ebony board tho...it is probably the heaviest guitar i've ever owned [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ...slo describes the sound very well though...d.m.

[Venomboy]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

My Lado and BCR Wartribe are both all maple except for the fretboards (rosewood and ebony). They are both darker sounding than all of my guitars.

[sah5150]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Why don't you get the parts from Warmoth and build it yourself?

Steve

[Sunbane]

Re: about all-maple construction gt,help

Originally posted by kickaxeguitars:
I have a maple bosy Kramer Baretta. THe whle guitar ways a gaudy 10 lbs!

This fukker will wear your ass out in a matter of minutes when hanging around your neck.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I actually prefer heavyweight guitars. I've played an all mahogany V for 10 years now, that is as thick as a Les Paul. It weighs a lot, and when I play lighter guitars I end up with a cramping shoulder... [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I also prefer back heavy guitars, rather than nose-diving ones.

I've experimented with a few different pickups before settling on an EMG 58.(YES, I said 58)

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, that's one of my favourite pickups! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

From what I've heard in this thread, I know what wood I'd pick for a guitar body in case I'd get rich enough to order a custom... [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img]

'bane