(question) Full Mahogany Body

[ba2m]

I have a curiosity about the story why does Ernie Ball never have a full mahogany bodied musicman guitar ? Of course the mahogany tone block is a superb technology which invented by the musicman's great designers and you don't need any mahogany weight to hurt your back with that technology..

but .. i am just curious since i saw several prototype silos with mahogany body..and i also know that musicman have several basses with full mahogany body. But musicman never make a full mahogany bodied guitar came out to production (as far as i concern)

Is there a technical consideration / technical reason (from the musicman's designer) behind that? ex : mahogany body makes the tone not so versatile, etc..

I am curious because i noticed that almost every other guitar company have at least several guitar model with mahogany body.

thanks

 

[Jimmyb]

I think that with the tone block in the BFR's and 20th, the concensus is that you get all of the tonal benefits, but without the additional weight that you get with full mahogany.

That's just my inderstanding from what I've heard when it's been mentioned in the past, although I think there is a mahogany Bongo that BP has been pictured with. (I could be wrong though, I usually am)

 

[58super]

I have a curiosity about the story why does Ernie Ball never have a full mahogany bodied musicman guitar ? Of course the mahogany tone block is a superb technology which invented by the musicman's great designers and you don't need any mahogany weight to hurt your back with that technology..

but .. i am just curious since i saw several prototype silos with mahogany body..and i also know that musicman have several basses with full mahogany body. But musicman never make a full mahogany bodied guitar came out to production (as far as i concern)

Is there a technical consideration / technical reason (from the musicman's designer) behind that? ex : mahogany body makes the tone not so versatile, etc..

I am curious because i noticed that almost every other guitar company have at least several guitar model with mahogany body.

thanks

But EBMM isn't like any other guitar company, that's what makes them great!

 

[koogie2k]

There was a time when the JP's were going to be neck thru mahog with a quilt top. I believe JP did not like them and the project was scrapped.

There was a mahog bongo floating around. But, not in production.

Who knows with EB....they continue to surprise us all the time. Might happen...might not.

 

[Astrofreq]

I have an old mahogany Ibanez from my younger days. I must say, it sounds great. I'd love to see a mahogany EB.

 

[roburado]

Wasn't there a BFR AL proto with a mahogany body?

 

[Lou]

Mahogany is not always heavy. I have had lots of mahogany guitars that were featherweights.

 

[daangroen]

mhmm me wonders why JP didn't wanted the neck thru then

 

[Dante]

i have a big heavy mahog guitar which is the reason why the JP6 is for sale: tone.

 

[banjoplayer]

I have a IBZ SZ 320 which I love and it has a nice tone, tons of tone.
But it very heavy, my Morse is a feather compared to it