Who’s Your Mr Woody?

[Tonart]

Play your PRS electrics unplugged.

Which one has the most pronounced woody tone?

The one that magically sounds like the strings are made of wood and not steel.

The one where every note seems fused with the accent of a wooden knuckle tap. Klonk!

Here’s my Mr Woody, a Paul’s Guitar. Chaltecoco neck, Honduran rosewood FB, mahogany back.

Share a pic and description of yours!

 

[Andrew Paul]

This hands down in my collection. The 1989 LTD SIG with Redwood top and chambered body, rings incredibly warm and sweet when NOT plugged in.

 

[bodia]

This hands down in my collection. The 1989 LTD SIG with Redwood top and chambered body, rings incredibly warm and sweet when NOT plugged in.

Can't see enough of this one!

 

[Casi1]

Oh, I’ve got a Woody!

I test all my guitars acoustically so I’m always looking for that woody ring.

This guitar is the most woody of my PRS guitars. Brazilian neck, Brazilian fretboard, hog back.

 

[Mozzi]

Is it cheating to use my Hollowbody II?

The hollow body does make this my most resonant and 'woody' ring...

In 2nd place, it would have to be my PRS Special 22 - which maybe due to the semi-hollow build...

 

[Andrew Paul]

Can't see enough of this one!

Thanks brother

 

[Andrew Paul]

Is it cheating to use my Hollowbody II?

The hollow body does make this my most resonant and 'woody' ring...

In 2nd place, it would have to be my PRS Special 22 - which maybe due to the semi-hollow build...

It’s not cheating..... it’s just awesome!

 

[21Hemispheres12]

Doesn’t get much woodier than this for me.

 

[walrus]

I play my Hollowbody Spruce unplugged all the time. Love it!

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

This is my current tonewood champion. Plays like a dream, unplugged has an almost chambered Semi Hollow feel to it. Rings like crazy in B as well.

 

[68reissue]

This SE Custom really rings!

 

[bodia]

I'm going with my Cu22-SSH. It's a twin, actually triplet, to the one Mozzi posted above. Rider1260 has the third.

 

[László]

The McCarty 594 is my woodiest sounding one, which kinda makes sense since it’s one heckuva hunk o’ wood!

I’ve posted this pic too many times, but what the heck...maple top, African ‘hog back, Madagascar RW fretboard. The birds are mammoth ivory, which is why they’re not all sparkly.

I love a woody. Tone, that is. Tone.

 

[elvis]

I've got a bit of a tie between my Suhr modern light ash and PRS P245.

 

[Tosca]

No Mr Woody...all my guitars are female.

But I do have a trio of candidates for Ms Woody.
One of these days I will get around to posting a dedicated and detailed thread on these 3...my concept was a personal collection of 3 Private Stock guitars, each with a different exotic wood top in a natural finish, with hollow construction (0, 1 and 2 f-holes), all with Brazilian necks and piezo bridges...to maximize the open woody sounds of these instruments. They all sound great unplugged...and produce excellent amplified acoustic tones...but of course that’s what they were conceived/designed to do. Because of the all-natural theme...they were named for my favorite mythological Earth Goddesses (Egyptian, Roman and Greek). I’ve posted the three individually over the past few years it took to complete the run, but don’t think I ever reviewed the concept...which seems appropriate for this thread.
Here are the Three Earth Goddesses:

Isis:

Terra:

Gaea:

 

[Tonart]

No Mr Woody...all my guitars are female.

But I do have a trio of candidates for Ms Woody.
One of these days I will get around to posting a dedicated and detailed thread on these 3...my concept was a personal collection of 3 Private Stock guitars, each with a different exotic wood top in a natural finish, with hollow construction (0, 1 and 2 f-holes), all with Brazilian necks and piezo bridges...to maximize the open woody sounds of these instruments. They all sound great unplugged...and produce excellent amplified acoustic tones...but of course that’s what they were conceived/designed to do. Because of the all-natural theme...they were named for my favorite mythological Earth Goddesses (Egyptian, Roman and Greek). I’ve posted the three individually over the past few years it took to complete the run, but don’t think I ever reviewed the concept...which seems appropriate for this thread.
Here are the Three Earth Goddesses:

Isis:

Terra:

Gaea:

Amazing that these uh...amazing guitars are actually part of a singular concept!

 

[Tonart]

The McCarty 594 is my woodiest sounding one, which kinda makes sense since it’s one heckuva hunk o’ wood!

I’ve posted this pic too many times, but what the heck...maple top, African ‘hog back, Madagascar RW fretboard. The birds are mammoth ivory, which is why they’re not all sparkly.

I love a woody. Tone, that is. Tone.

Singlecuts tend to bring out that woody tone more readily. One of life’s mysteries! Given the excellence of these guitars, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that one woody is related to the other. Very very rare I suppose, but still possible.

 

[László]

Singlecuts tend to bring out that woody tone more readily. One of life’s mysteries! Given the excellence of these guitars, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that one woody is related to the other. Very very rare I suppose, but still possible.

Honestly, I think there are three factors: the increased contact between the neck and the upper bout, the two piece bridge, and the guitar’s mass.

On the other hand, I don’t really know what I think I know, if you know what I mean.

 

[Tonart]

On the other hand, I don’t really know what I think I know, if you know what I mean.

Haha yes the same thought occurs everytime I think about electric guitar tone...

 

[Tonart]

Inherent woody tone is one of the ingredients that make up the magic of guitars.

Given that in a solid body electric such a occurrence cannot come from acoustic echo, it must come from the way the strings inherently vibrate. The strings themselves.

Just think about that. Just sitting the strings onto the guitar has changed the way they behave. Magic!