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I have an all hard rock maple Carvin DC-125 I purchased new in 1986. The catalog weight is 8.5 pounds. I'm sure there are many heavier guitars. Back then Carvin offered two wood choices; Eastern hard rock maple or Koa. I don't consider the guitar to be bright or too heavy for a 4 hour stand up gig. It certainly doesn't sound as bright as say Joe Walsh's typical Les Paul brightness. I use it for everything: classic rock, metal, classic country etc. In any event a twist of the tone control or amp setting will fix brightness, darkness, or whatever.
From what I understand about the laws of physics governing the tone production of an electric guitar, it is basically impossible for the wood to influence the **plugged in tone** anyway. We all know how opinions vary about that.
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I have a solid maple Kramer from the 80s and its a tank.
Weighs in at around 11lbs and wore that around my neck for hundreds and hundreds of gigs. I put a tone zone in the bridge and an Evo in the neck. Not sure if maple is bright but i can say it's **** heavy...lol Wouldn't buy another solid maple axe but sure glad I own one |
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In the 80s G&L made guitars from maple. The mythology is Mr Fender and company had a stack of the stuff and figured they better put it to use like Fender always did. I have played a couple and, while on the heavy side, they weren't remarkably so. On the brighter side but not as much as might be expected. I suspect there are some real, real heavy ones out there but given a chance to test em, I'd probably buy one.
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I had a "Blonde" maple all around tele back in 70s; not sure of the actual vintage. Ran it through a Twin Reverb for bar and dance band gigs. For my bare fingers picking/strumming + slide style of play it worked pretty well. One guitar I never shoulda sold. Easiest playing neck/fretboard of any guitar I've ever owned, acoustic or electric.
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I had a rock maple-bodied custom Tele with a purpleheart top. That guitar through a Marshall would slice cinder blocks in half. Looked great, but piercing as an ice pick.
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In my late 40s now and I have much lighter guitars to choose from when I stand up to play...lol 10.5lbs Les Paul...so you know what I'm sayin. I have a decent strap also and it makes a huge difference! Thanks very much for the warm welcome |
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Yeah, but Rickenbackers have chambered bodies to lighten the weight. Richenbackers belong to two different classes. Those made before 1980 had low-output pickups and had a very bright, jangly sound. Those made after 1980 had higher output pickups and were more mid-rangey.
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And, chambered is probably not the correct terminology to describe how they are made, they are hollowed out vs. chambering. |