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    Rosewood Strat ?

    Hey guys,

    I was talking to Rupe on the phone yesterday, and I told him of this idea that I had. I came across a picture of George Harrison over the weekend where he's playing his rosewood tele. I started thinking, 'How cool would it be to put together a rosewood Strat?' Rosewood body, neck & fingerboard.

    As cool as this would look, I got to wondering what this might sound like. I'm no tone-wood expert, so I thought that I would get your insight on this. What do you think this monster would sound like? Would I be better off going hum-single-single, or would a 3 single config best compliment the tone of the wood? Maybe Hum-Hum? This would be a hardtail, or possible v-trem, if that makes much difference. No floyd though....

    So what do you think? Am I crazy here?? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Any input you guys have would be cool. Thanks!!!

    -Kenn
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    Re: Rosewood Strat ?

    Schecter made them. I rememberthem being heavy. As for tone, you would have to compare it with single coil pups. Unplugged it rang like a bell
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      Extremely heavy and extremely bright.
      It would be beautiful, though!

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        Extremely heavy and extremely bright.


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        I figured they would be heavy, but why extremely bright? Rosewood is warmer than maple, and there's plenty of all maple guitars out there that sound pretty good.
        I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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          Re: Rosewood Strat ?

          I've heard the same.
          Very bright sound.
          When it is used for fingerboard on Maple neck, it gives warm sound because Maple is hard and bright.
          You don't see Rosewood body guitars around but I have seen Fender Telecasters with all Rosewood and they look killers.
          [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

          How about Rosewood top and Maple back body?
          [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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            Re: Rosewood Strat ?

            Kenn,
            We didn't get into a tonal discussion yesterday...simply aesthetics. Like we talked about, the guitar will be heavy, but it will have a bit more mellow tone than a solid maple body. This would make it more suited to higher output pickups with a midrange focus. If I were building this guitar, I would most likely go single hum or hum/single so as to show off as much of the wood as possible (I don't recall you spending much time on the neck pickup when we played together [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]).
            I think you should get startd so we can build our parts mutts together! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

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              Re: Rosewood Strat ?

              LOL...Yeah Rupe, I guess I didn't use the neck pickup very much back then (or now)!! I would just want to make the guitar as versatile as possible, so some type of multiple pickup setup would be in order.

              Thanks for the comments on tone guys, I really had no idea what to expect from an all rosewood axe. I'm not too worried about it being heavy, but a usable tone IS key (duh!). I was reading that Harrison's tele was actually 2 pieces of rosewood sandwiched together with a strip of maple in between. I guees that would make for a more well rounded tone...but I couldn't even imagine what THAT would cost! Time to go visit the Warmoth page!

              -Kenn

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                Re: Rosewood Strat ?

                I'm going on what I remember reading about the Harrison Tele and his comments, and alos Jake E Lee, who used one in the studio on the first Badlands album. He said it was extremely heavy and bright, but once they tamed it with EQ that it sounded fabulous.
                It can be well heard on "Rumblin Train" on that album.

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                • #9
                  Re: Rosewood Strat ?

                  What about a Hollowbody Warmoth Strat? They are chambered. It would be a guess on how it would sound, but it would be light and look killer. You got me thinking now! This forum is costing me a lot of money these days! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
                  Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Rosewood Strat ?

                    Definitely not bright, not Indian Rosewood anyways. If I got a rosewood strat it would have to be hollow. My friend's got a Warmoth VP with a solid Indian Rosewood body. Heavy as shit. Its extremely warm with nice lows but the tone is very mushy. A hollow body would fix that I think.

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