Evo's in Basswood/Alder

[Thrash]

I will have the chance to A/B these and report back soon. Anyone have an basswood body with Evo's now? What's the tone difference to alder if much at all?

[Eddie_UV777]

alder's brighter, atleast is sounds that way to me on my JEM7VWH as opposed to my friends JEM555

[newbieguitarmaker]

yeah i would like to know too since im getting an rg and i would like evo's

[Thrash]

I JUST A/B ed MY JEM AND MY MODDED RG1570.

I really didn't think the wood would make much difference, I WAS WRONG!

The RG is much warmer and fuller sounding. Cleans sound less twangy with the RG and distortion sounds thicker. Sadly I like the tone of my 500.00 RG better than my 2000.00 jem for a warmer sound.

[waylay00]

Yeah, alder seems to have that extra top end crisp, but the basswood has a thicker sound. I like basswood because it's like a combination of mahogany and alder.

[Ayrton]

LOL…I think it is funny how guitars sound to different people. I have never heard a basswood guitar that sounded good to me.

[crevis]

Theres a big difference between the japanese and korean basswood. My evos sound pretty dead and muddy in my korean RG but alot clearer in the Japanese.

[elcid]

I had Evo's in my S540 LTD and absolutely hated them, I have paf pros in there now and am not impressed, but for how rarely I play the guitar Im not going to sink any more money into it to change the pickups.

[Shreddy Krueger]

I'm partial to basswood personally...

[RSVampire]

if anybody cares, warmoth has a wood description page at their home page now that makes some sense.

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/option..._bodywoods.cfm

it has a warm and bright meter below each wood so you can compare that to whatever you have now.

[jono]

The Japanese JEMs used to be built from American basswood.

[Epicus Furor]

I've just sold my 7vwh jem to get an RG1550 with evo's. Honestly the difference between the wood is worlds apart, evo's in basswood sound so much more fuller and warmer than in alder, the evo's in alder are great for a lead tone as they cut through very well but they lack in definition for rythym. Basswood on the otherhand, the evo's cut through yet sound very punchy and tight for rythym work

[eelblack2]

Not partial to Basswood either. I prefer almost anything else within reason.

[jono]

Originally Posted by Epicus Furor

I've just sold my 7vwh jem to get an RG1550 with evo's. Honestly the difference between the wood is worlds apart, evo's in basswood sound so much more fuller and warmer than in alder, the evo's in alder are great for a lead tone as they cut through very well but they lack in definition for rythym. Basswood on the otherhand, the evo's cut through yet sound very punchy and tight for rythym work

I knew I had a JEM10 for a reason

[vmx23]

These are surely the not so common opinions on the Evo. I distinctly remember lots of people here saying how Evo only sounds good in alder and bright, thin, and piercing in basswood.