cornelius bonobo
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I've built up a Strat copy from salvaged parts (not a tokai, but I've got a Tokai sticker on it!). The body is 2 piece alder, and the neck is a slab rosewood board type. Having listened to dozens of rosewood board strats played acoustically mine just doesn't sound right. It's way brighter than anything else I've played, even most maple board strats. I have the trem set flush to the body with 4 springs. I use D'addario 11s and have a graphtec nut. The trem is a pretty basic Korean one with chromed saddles which I have thought about changing or blocking off. Does anyone have any tips on how to make it sound a bit more full and woody, or am I stuck with it like this? Most people I have asked say that it's probably just not terribly resonant wood and that I should just live with it. Plugged in it sounds OK ish, but I feel that if I could get the thing to resonante a bit more somehow the tone would fill out a bit when played plugged in.
Finally the neck fits the pocket ok, but does not quite but up at the body end. Would some sort of wooden fillet here flesh things out a bit?
Finally the neck fits the pocket ok, but does not quite but up at the body end. Would some sort of wooden fillet here flesh things out a bit?