Melancon TONE Reference
NECK WOODS

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 individual’s 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.
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