Pulaski

I have seen a lot of opinions that say the opposite, but in any case I am in the "tone-wood is bunk" camp, preferring to believe that the strings and pickups create 99.9% of the sound an electric guitar makes, which in turn is less than half the sound the listener hears after it has been through the amplifier and speaker, not to mention any pedals. So, as long as the body and neck are rigid enough to support the strings under tension and keep them in tune, I am sure everything will be OK.

So far as weight/ density goes, I just checked and oak is actually a bit heavier than most mahogany (around 750kg/m3 v 650Kg/m3 for mahogany), especially mahogany from Central America. Spanish and some African mahogany is denser than oak

I am thinking of easing into the oak guitar project with some sort of pinecaster using true-dimension 2" pine boards I had sawn a couple of years ago.

SultanOfSwing

I'm in the same camp regarding tonewood, at least for electric guitars anyway, so I would tend to think that the density of oak should mean lots of nice sustain. When you get into acoustic guitars, it starts to make a difference but an electric with half decent pickups plugged into a good amp should sound good whatever wood is used.

Not a bad idea to test the process with a different wood first, of course.

Nutek

Yeah.. It's nice. Perfect setup for Mrs. N. and the horse. Feeling a bit of pressure to get all the fencing sorted out.. The rest of it can wait though. Its all perfectly livable... Just not to my taste. Or possibly anyone's.

Mr Weeze

Nutek

Oh god.. Yes please.

Pulaski

Who wouldn't like a nice biscuit and gravy.

Nutek

Whilst delicious, that is not a sodding biscuit.

As you well know.

Mr Weeze

Pulaski

Can I introduce you to the "You know when you've been living in the US too long when …" thread.

Pulaski

I remember them well, and when they were launched, first in Scotland and then heavily promoted nationally a year later.

Nutek

scrubbedexpat097

Purple walls? White shag carpet? Dark wood wall panels?? Of course you can live with it

Nutek

(Dark) green walls, Dark green (patterned) carpets, "Gold" fixtures. Think 1980s pub lounge..

Lion in Winter

London pubs had that gold thing going on, but the colour scheme was dark, dirty red.

Nutek

Yeah.. I think it followed the colour of the busses... Dark, dirty red in London... Piss stained green in Bristol... Puked on yellow in Bournemouth.