Ash Vs Alder

[FREEKILL9566]

ic ic... don't get caught up with specs and all that jazz if you're just beginning to get into this. Get what feels good and look good and play often.

All those arguments about tone are for anal laptop guitar warriors to champion and fight. :mrgreen:

eh, I anal DESKTOP guitar warriors la , thanks for the help guys. Will go down to SL tomorrow, hopefully they have the 57' reissue in-stock so I can try see see. Then can order from Brendon.

Cheers,
WWH

 

[Whitestrat]

why are you thinking of refret? be honest... will you be able to play the shit out of the guitar till the fret wears down? really be honest here....

yes... but not unless i sell the guitar first... whahahaha...:mrgreen:

 

[Whitestrat]

And I don't really like rosewood, maple FTW!

What don't you like about rosewood? The feel? tone? look?

 

[FREEKILL9566]

The sound, I dunno, I just LOVE MAPLE on strats lah. MAPLE MAPLE!!!! haha!

Cheers,
WWH

 

[Junior_]

hey man, give rosewood a try... Mean i also lurve maple... but when i played a rosewood, woo, its a much more smooth tone... a tiny wee bit less attack compared to maple but it's a diff feel altogether.... thats what i feel anyway.... haha

 

[Ized]

smooth? maybe in the context of shredding, yes brudder. I think what you mean is more clarity.

Maple fingerboards tend to sound very bright and trebly, I love the one piece maple neck on my 57 strat. But i also love the rosewood fingerboard of my ibanez s470...both totally different sounding and feel, gotta say i prefer the feel of maple, plus i enjoyed the added attack, but rosewood tends to sound clearer for pyrotechnic fretwork.

Of course, if you have good technique, and good pickups and a good tone, i think these differences are not going to matter much other than your personal preferences.

 

[turtlemuscle]

dude,

you can check out this place as well. good stock of gibson and fenders at good price. i think they now have 3-4 pieces of 57 reissues:

www.orangeguitar.com

 

[FREEKILL9566]

dude,

you can check out this place as well. good stock of gibson and fenders at good price. i think they now have 3-4 pieces of 57 reissues:

www.orangeguitar.com

OMFG!! Sorry for my noob question again, how do you order from them?

Cheers,
WWH

 

[HarrisonYeo]

they have 2 , the black and 2-tone . they are used guitars but pretty good condition , u can add him up at msn or drop him an email !

 

[FREEKILL9566]

Thank you guys so much for the help. Looks like I'm getting me a 57 reissue.

Cheers,
WWH

 

[HarrisonYeo]

nice.... i'am getting one during chinese new year , in surf green .

 

[van_halen]

ash = lighter weight. alder = heavier weight. ash also has a brighter sound.