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ake
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ake
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04/28/2005 6:21 am
It's my opinion that the material an electric guitar is made of is secondary to the type of pups it has.
Ampeg made a guitarbody of clear lucite that was all the rage in the 70s.
Danelectros currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity are pine frames covered with masonite.
The first Tele was made of cheap pine.
Jack White playes a National made of fiberglass

I have built guitar bodys made from 100 yr old mahogany, particle board, plywood, bass wood and spruce. The difference in sound was barely noticable because i put Lawerence sound research 500/dual blade/hmbuckers
in them. Run thru a distortion pedal, solid state amp w/efx; I don't see how the material can make much of a difference. Electrics played acoustly is a different matter. My preference acousticlly was a Stienberger made of graphite and a no name made of a milled aluminum billet. Just my opinion.
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