- Anyone had issues with meranti wood guitars? - The Gear Page
Meranti is one of a number of common mahogany substitutes and is even sometimes known as Philippine mahogany - it’s fairly uncommon to find actual genuine mahogany species used in far east made guitars This big storm in a teacup over Epiphone Les Pauls stems from the same thing
- Ibanez now using Meranti - The Gear Page
My j custom sounds like the 2nd coming of Christ - whatever version of mahogany, maple and ebony they used sure is working well
- Fun ‘cheap’ shredder recommendations? - The Gear Page
Harley Benton CST-24T Emerald Flame Electric Guitar Deluxe Series, Body: Meranti, Top: flamed maple, Set-in neck: Meranti, Fingerboard: roasted Jatoba, White dot fingerboard inlays, Neck profile: C, Fingerboard inlays: 350 mm, 24 Blacksmith stainless steel frets, Neck and body
- Pickup swap on an Ibanez AZ2204NW - The Gear Page
Electric Guitar Body: Meranti, Top: Flamed maple, Bolt-on neck: Roasted maple, Fretboard: Rosewood (Dalbergia Latifolia), Neck profile: Wizard III, Scale: 648 mm, Fretboard radius: 400 mm, Nut width: 43 mm, 24 Frets, Pickups: 2 DiMarzio True Velvet
- JB SH-4 vs Super Distortion (DP100) [Alternate functions]
Been confused for so long regarding a choice that I have to make I have an Ibanez rg421ex-bkf and as usual, the stock pups suck (imo) So I need a permanent replacement My two choices are the jb sh-4 and dimarzio super distortion dp-100 Was in a fix for quite a while Couldn't select one over the other tonewise from the youtube videos So I've come up with a new way to decide
- Fender Jack White Pano-Verb | Page 10 | The Gear Page
What is the cabinet made from? Seems I've read Pine - I know the Super Reverb is Baltic Birch The cab in Meranti, which is lightweight like Pine
- Why some guitars dont clean up with volume down? - The Gear Page
Electric Guitar Deluxe Series, Body: Meranti, Archtop: flamed maple, Set-in neck: Meranti, Fingerboard: roasted jatoba, White dot fingerboard inlays, Neck and body binding, Neck profile: C, Fingerboard radius: 350 mm, Scale: 635 mm, Nut width: 42
- Are Japanese “Orville” guitars essentially re . . . - The Gear Page
It was usually Philippines Mahogany aka meranti used in the lower tier or African Mahogany used in the higher tier guitars (Fender Japan used Basswood or Paulownia for its Strats and Teles, not alder nor swamp ash ) Gibson USA uses Honduran Mahogany
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