Body Wood for 80's Model 1

[fett]

As my Ibanez Blazers say: "My ash. Your face":ROTF:

[VitaminG]

Yep, the bolt-on Model series guitars were (b)asswood. The neck-thrus were made of poplar.

you mean bolt-ons like the Model 88?

[toejam]

you mean bolt-ons like the Model 88?

Yeah, I forgot about that one.

Model 7 - Ash (trans colors)
Model 88 - African Ribbon Mahogany

[SGplayer]

These are from a 86 & 87 Charvel Catalog - Model 1

[slash]

Nothing wrong with basswood as long as you are going to paint it. It's not the nicest looking wood. As mentioned there are some high dollar guitars being made out of it today.... Jems and Charvel EVH to name a couple.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

jems are alder, satriani's ibanez' are basswood.

[1trussell]

jems are alder, satriani's ibanez' are basswood.

The JEM7VWH is alder. All the other JEMs and Universes were basswood.

[SGplayer]

I prefer basswood it usually has great sound & tone. Alder sometimes can sound a little off, my opinion.

[straycat]

What do you mean by sounding "off"? just curious.

[dg]

Totally off-topic here, but check out the specs in the scans posted above. The '86 catalog says the nuts were phenolic & the '87 has them listed as carbon fiber. I only have '87 & later models & was wondering if anyone who has seen them from both years can notice a difference in the nuts, or if they were the same & it's just a mistake in the catalogs.

[SGplayer]

Alder bodies - the low E & sometimes A strings sound off, very hard to dial in. Basswood right off the bat sound great, even though each guitar is unique.

[maxboost]

still not sure what " sounds off" means.

what about agathis bodies ???

[maxboost]

or acrylic bodies ?

[Sanctuary]

Totally off-topic here, but check out the specs in the scans posted above. The '86 catalog says the nuts were phenolic & the '87 has them listed as carbon fiber. I only have '87 & later models & was wondering if anyone who has seen them from both years can notice a difference in the nuts, or if they were the same & it's just a mistake in the catalogs.

I'll check tonight.