Djentinator
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I've heard mixed reviews on both woods but what do each of them offer you tonally? What you you fellow musicians recommend personally?
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depends on what kind of tone you like...and the style of music you play...
You should definitely check out the tones of different woods as suggested above.
Personally, I am a thrash/death metal guitarist and I would always go for a Mahogany body for my rhythm guitar. It is the darkest sounding of them all! Plus I think Mahogany looks a lot more elegant than swamp ash (cosmetics-wise). If you are the 'darkness prevails' kind of guitarist, then Mahogany all the way!
hehehe i am too a thrash/death guitarist and i prefer alder/ash bodies with maple necks and ebony fretboards
So we both play the same style of music and we like different wood combos...
I guess we are not gonna help him! hehehe
And I play deathrash and prefer really bright woods like maple and ebony, as neck thrus so that they take on the act of the body wood.
It's all personal preference, really. Your best guess is to go to a guitar store nearby and try out all of the different guitars of different woods/builds, to see what you're looking for as a person.
It is interesting to know fellow death/thrashers prefer bright sounding woods. I definitely agree that it is all about personal preference. Not everybody likes Mahogany and not everybody likes swamp ash, but based on these experiences people can at least get some information to finalise their own decision. Although I would say to go with a Mahogany body ... hehe![]()
My current guitar is actually a mahogany bolt on, but that's for lack of budget and not personal preference, really.
I'm going to start working in luthiery soon (next week soon, really), and I'm hoping to eventually make myself a guitar more suited to my playing. And also to show off my ideas a bit too, really.
If you want the classic thrash metal sound, EMGs in mahogany or alder is it to the letter. Kirk Hammet used maple bodies pretty often, but the tone from Metallica everyone really likes is James' Gibsons.