Agathis bodies

[Allen Garrow]

Scott, right on thanks man. Yeah chunky is a good word. Fishhead thanks I will check that site out.
~A

[pinto79]

Originally Posted by Scott Smith

I remember when people dismissed basswood as a cheap alternative to alder. basswood and poplar both. I'm not a huge fan of poplar but basswood is good...

Poplar is my favourite. It's very predictable as far as pickup performance. I can usually guess what a pup is going to sound like going into Poplar... I can get as much chunk out of my Tele as any LP...

[Polaris20]

The new Line 6 Variax 300 is made of it, which is fitting because the guitar is all modeled anyway; why worry about the tone of the wood?

[robyogi]

Warmoth also has a great page re: tone woods.
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/option..._bodywoods.cfm

Oh yeah and Tom Anderson too:
http://www.andersonguitars.com/tonelibbody.cfm

I find wood to be one of the most important aspects of a guitar's sounds, mostly b/c unlike bridge, pickups, fretwire, tuners, etc., wood can't be changed. Wood and scale length you're stuck with.

[moro]

Originally Posted by robyogi

Oh yeah and Tom Anderson too:
http://www.andersonguitars.com/tonelibbody.cfm

Ok, slightly OT but that page says that the "bass" in "basswood" is pronounced like the fish. dictionary.com agrees with them. WTF? I've been pronouncing it "base wood" for like 20 years. What an idiot!