| Melancon
TONE Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I
usually avoid discussions on tone for the following reason. Tone
is very subjective and the descriptions of tone can be somewhat
misleading. Anytime tone is mentioned, we have to always consider
one of the primary tone generators: your Hands! Each individuals
hands produce a tone that is unique. The list that follows is my
personal attempt to give you a complete description of the woods
we offer and their characteristics.
|
|
|
All
of our necks are quartersawn maple with separate fingerboard. We
feel this is by far a stronger and more stable neck. A two way truss
rod is used and is adjustable from the headstock without unstringing
or removing the neck!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Maple
Neck
Our
maple necks are two piece quartersawn neck and fingerboard. We use
a very light satin wood feeling finish. Maple has a strong midrange
tone with a spankin sweet high end. The bottom is very tight
and articulate. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maple|Rosewood
Warm,
not too bright or dark. Very open in the mid frequencies. Our most
popular choice. Colors range from brownish black to red or orange
brown.
We offer three types of rosewood: |
|
|
|
East
Indian Rosewood
Full and rich sounding. Medium to dark brown in color
with open pores. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Madagascar
Rosewood
Red brown
with interest in grain patterns. A tight grained rosewood that sounds
good with darker sounding body woods and humbuckers. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pau
Ferro
Also known
as Bolivian Rosewood. The color is medium to light brown with very
tight pores. Pronounced in the upper mids. Good clarity on "chunk"
tones! |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mahogany|Rosewood
Neck
This tone
is full and thick and usually matched with a Mahogany/Maple body.
This is the wood choice on our P-90 Artist and P-90 Pro models. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Birdseye|Rosewood
Neck
This tone
is full and thick and usually matched with a Mahogany/Maple body.
This is the wood choice on our P-90 Artist. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|