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My rather naive opinion on this would be...
Ash - primarily sunbursts or trans finishes
Alder - solid colours, metallics, candy etc
More people speak to me about the weight rather than the wood type which is a good angle to approach it from if you’re impartial.
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I'd also consider limba as 3 were made in 63 apparently, i love the tone personally, you'd probably want a solid colour though
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But yes I’d take a lighter piece of x species over something heavier most of the time.
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lets not ignore the “tonewood” debate. Neither are tonewoods, just the stuff Leo could get cheap at the time.
As much as I think material choice is important to tone, I always feel body wood makes less difference on a trem equipped guitar anyway.
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I only really started thinking because I saw the link @lonestar put up on Facebook about Guitarbuild’s body and neck offer and saw the myriad of choices. Just a shame they haven’t quite got a neck I’d want or I may have pulled the trigger and sent it over the water.
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I need to do some research into vintage/modern parts, and 50/60s bodies.
I'm looking at an almost translucent finish, but not sure about type of wood, or how many parts.
no point going translucent on Alder. It’s very boring to look at
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Alternative suggestions -
Horse chestnut - lightweight, very close pores, works a dream, UK sourced, bit soft
Basswood - no experience
Mahogany - not a usual strat choice, but works nicely and is quite stable, pore filling needed
you can do lovely thin skin sunken grain stuff on Ash if you dislike porefilling
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Note also that there are several different types of Alder and ditto for Ash. And then there's Swamp Ash.
Sorry to give you more factors to consider, but you did ask.
Have a butchers at https://www.wood-database.com/wood-finder/?fwp_name=A&fwp_paged=3
I’ll have a read through that link when I get chance....cheers
Slightly off-topic, when pickup manufacturers or guitar makers demonstrate their latest Stratocaster type guitar, claiming it sounds just like a fifties Stratocaster, how will we know, or should I say how would most people know. I think it should be compulsory for anyone claiming their latest creations sound just like a fifties Stratocaster should play some of the opening bars from Buddy Holly's "That'll be the day" or The Shadows "Apache" then play the originals next to their soundtrack.
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Sweet has a pore structure much closer to oak (and a simillar tannin content and grain pattern, though i dont think it has the same medullary rays as oak). Horse seems to have no pores and a fine grain structure not unlike lime.
As always, i am happy to be corrected.
Some sweet chestnut im making a rocking chair from -
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Some horse chestnut that became the small guitars for my boys last christmas
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