Anyone had issues with meranti wood guitars? - The Gear Page
17,131. Dec 10, 2023. #4. Meranti is one of a number of common mahogany substitutes and is even sometimes known as Philippine mahogany - it’s fairly uncommon to find actual genuine mahogany species used in far east made guitars. This big storm in a teacup over Epiphone Les Pauls stems from the same thing.
Ibanez now using Meranti - The Gear Page
Feb 27, 2019 · 995. Sep 11, 2020. #17. Meranti is indonesian wood. Meranti is used for furniture and it is commonly used for plywood. The highest grade plywood in indonesia are meranti plywood. Makassar ebony is also another indonesian wood used a lot for guitars. Makassar is the capital of south sulawesi a province in indonesia.
Ibanez now using Meranti | Page 2 | The Gear Page
Jun 13, 2021 · AudioWonderland said: I noticed Ibanez is now using Meranti instead of Mahogany for bodies in some of their standard RG, S etc series guitars. Is this really a change or are they just more accurately labeling what they have been using? I have always thought that my ibanez guitars were extremely light for Mahogany.
"Nyatoh" (nato) body for electric guitars | The Gear Page
Dec 19, 2022. #3. Madguitrst said: I just happen to be sitting with a guitar with a Nato body. I was looking to get a cheap body and neck to brush up on my "lutherie" skills and happened to come across a Jackson JS32, natural finish, in GC that I picked up for under $100 (it was missing two strings, lol). Anyway, I bought it home, threw on new ...
Anyone own a guitar made out of nato wood? - The Gear Page
Feb 19, 2017. #5. It's super cheap, and is not really a good sounding wood at all when directly compared to a quality Equatorian mahogany. Nato is used primarily for furniture. For most people, it probably makes no difference. This is how all the companies who tout their Korean & such made guitars as "mahogany" are able to.
Please share your first-hand experience on Okoume tonewood
130. Jan 30, 2018. #1. With the limited supply of lightweight Mahogany nowadays, it seems Okoume tonewood is a inevitable trend as alternative to Mahogany. As far as I know, China guitar manufactures have been using Okoume to produce cheap LP copies and low-cost acoustic guitars for a very long time because of the huge availability and low-cost ...
Laurel vs Ebony fretboard - The Gear Page
Nov 23, 2020 · In practice, it is lighter in color - though the piece I got is pretty dark - and the porosity is slightly lower than rosewood. Feels kinda waxy and smooth under the fingers. Compared to ebony, ebony is harder, heavier, stronger, darker, and very dimensionally unstable compared to laurel (in other words, more likely to shrink, crack and have ...
Fretboard Oiling; your one-stop guide! - The Gear Page
Jun 3, 2020 · 2) The Bad Reasons for oiling a fretboard. A. "Preventing cracking of the fretboard". Fretboards dry out, change dimensionally (shrink), and sometimes crack due to the loss of water vapor, i.e., water in it's gaseous state. Read on.
Why all the hate for Poplar? - The Gear Page
Sep 3, 2017. #7. My only concerns about poplar are (1) it's said to be softer and more easily dented than alder, and (2) it doesn't look all that great, so I wouldn't recommend it for a transparent finish. In both these regards it has something in common with basswood.
Fun ‘cheap’ shredder recommendations? - The Gear Page
Oct 9, 2020 · The Schecter is $150-$200 less than the Charvel. So you can choose the Schecter without any qualms if budget is any kind of consideration. The Charvel’s neck heel is a cut above almost ANY super Strat’s out there including the Schecter. The …