DinoMike

I actually buy physical music. When I post "what's in my ears" on this forum I own a copy of the cd. I decide who a poser is by not buying their product. On the other hand, if you have an article to get out and you're more poser than research reporter you post up crap like Premier Guitar.

I have solid body guitars made of mahogany, swamp ash, alder, basswood, poplar, agathis, and ply. They all sound good and all sound different. I honestly don't have a favorite tone wood. I've repaired instruments for 25 years and I've found forums have myths about many things. More than you would think is by a product manufacture themselves under a sir name. They do this so you'll bypass their competition. It's done by guitar, pedal, and assorted gear makers. Below are photos of a Squier II ply guitar I got for $13 in a box of guitar parts. I took it down to the wood, refinished it and threw it back together. It weighs just over 4 pounds as you look at it in the photos. It sustains great and is a monster metal guitar because of the way I wired it. You wouldn't use it on songs by the Beatles or Rolling Stones. You could but, it would sound out of place because it doesn't want to do that.

You'll never find a best of with more fantastic songs on it by a band.

This is not specifically about basswood guitars. It about getting what you can from what you have. Look up Jack's name if you're not familiar with him.

There is a reason that Basswood doesn't have what your preferred Mahogany guitars don't have and that's because it's Basswood. The links above explain that. These are two guitars I have that are basswood. They can be really chunky sounding for metal and also have fantastic chime when you EQ it. Plus they have stock pickups that are fantastic. A lot of guitarist, and I use to be one of them, are to lazy to EQ their amp and pedals to find what it is they want from the guitar. You will not get mahogany sound from a basswood guitar. You won't get alder or swamp ash sounds from a basswood guitar. You can however get killer tones from basswood guitars.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/tonewood-tutorial-everything-you-need-to-know-about-tonewoods

Here you go. Please read. http://www.wiredguitarist.com/2016/04/14/basswood-does-it-suck/

Balsa-wood is used for models. Not Bass-wood.

Tracklist 1Kenny Wayne Shepherd-Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 2Eric Johnson (2)-The First Nowell 3Jeff Beck-Amazing Grace 4Brian Setzer Orchestra-Jingle Bells 5Joe Satriani-Silent Night/Holy Night Jam 6Steve Morse-Joy to The World 7Steve Vai-Christmas Time Is Here 8Joe Perry-Blue Christmas 9Alex Lifeson-The Little Drummer Boy 10Richie Sambora-Cantique De Noel (O' Holy Night) 11Hotei*-Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

It looks like you live near a military installation. Call up the club on base and see if they would like a lounge act to play for tips or do they book live entertainment.

You band hasn't had a gig. Ok. Pickup you acoustic and go play at an open mic. Take your electric/acoustic and a loop pedal and tiny amp and go play out somewhere for the sake of playing out. Me? I listen to music and because I've always loved lead guitarists since the late 60's I can sit around and noodle for hours. I put on tunes or back tracks, where are cheap on iTunes, and play lead for hours improvising. Practice picking up the keys of songs by ear so I can just say hit it and then play lead all over it. It's fun and it helps develop your ear. Just have fun and don't make it a job. Best wishes.

Santana's record wasn't out at the time and their manager, Bill Graham, was helping with Woodstock. They're lucky they got on the bill at all much less paid any money.