TheBigGroove
Well-Known Member
So I'll be going this route, sending my deposit off this weekend to RockBox (very easy to deal with btw). BUT, I'm still not sure whether I want swamp ash or mahogany wings.
1) I fully understand the tonal differences between these woods and have owned an all swamp ash guitar at one time (gibson les paul voodoo). I also have experience with similar wood combinations (i.e. maple neck and hog body).
2) I understand that the tone is mostly influenced by the neck woods as it is a neck-thru.
3) going passive pickups - like articulate, punchy prog-metal tones (hate to genre'fy but it's what it is)....I would say Red Seas Fire's ep is one of my favorite tones of all time.
So I thought it best to just ask around here where people may have owned this guitar with both options, or can at least give some thoughts on the the tone of their mahogany regius 7 or ash regius 7.
At this point I'm somewhat leaning towards mahogany, simply because I feel Bulb would never go with a guitar that's overly warm....but that was his live guitar, so I'm really just not too sure. BTW, this guitar, nor I, will ever see a stage...this is all 'bedroom' tone I'm talking about.
1) I fully understand the tonal differences between these woods and have owned an all swamp ash guitar at one time (gibson les paul voodoo). I also have experience with similar wood combinations (i.e. maple neck and hog body).
2) I understand that the tone is mostly influenced by the neck woods as it is a neck-thru.
3) going passive pickups - like articulate, punchy prog-metal tones (hate to genre'fy but it's what it is)....I would say Red Seas Fire's ep is one of my favorite tones of all time.
So I thought it best to just ask around here where people may have owned this guitar with both options, or can at least give some thoughts on the the tone of their mahogany regius 7 or ash regius 7.
At this point I'm somewhat leaning towards mahogany, simply because I feel Bulb would never go with a guitar that's overly warm....but that was his live guitar, so I'm really just not too sure. BTW, this guitar, nor I, will ever see a stage...this is all 'bedroom' tone I'm talking about.