(ash, alder and pine are NOT cheap now and it still is used in a majority of higher end instruments. So, despite as so-called 'dirt cheap' wood in the 50s, it is still around and has become a standard -- something that mango will NEVER become for guitar wood.)
if acoustic guitar builders use mango i have no doubt in my mind that it can be used on Electric guitars,
Alex don't get me wrong, im not saying its the ultimate tone wood or that we can substitute it with the traditional woods for instrument making,
im just saying some builders use them and i personally dont have any problems with that
(but if you compare 'some' ply guitars than sound better than 'some' of the killer sounding vintage guitars, I think the ply guitars will sound like crap.)
and if we also compare some not so good sounding vintage instruments with a decent ply guitar, the vintage no so good sounding guitars would most probably sound like crap too,
(hold your horses, have you tried a Trussart? I have and though the metal component is mainly the pickguard which does affect sound, the majority of the guitars is still wood. And I can tell you that the metal component does not make it sound any less 'woody' in sound.)
some trussarts have a hollow steel body but the neck is wood of course
ex. steelcaster, steeldeville and no i havent tried one
(Would YOU spend something like US$5000 on a 'decent' instrument made of mango?)
by decent i didnt mean a $5000 guitar alex
im curious alex, would you pay $5000+ for a killer instrument made out of mango?
let say yaron was willing to make you one and he said that mango was a killer wood?
