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Originally Posted by TaronKeim
...alder, it had to me, a tight low-end, tight low-mids, some upper midrange bite and a transparent sparkle on the top end... any of you alder users find that approximation about right for your guitars?
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ask me again in a couple weeks
, after i finish final assembly on this custom alder S7 i'm building:
but yeah, my previous experiences with alder were similar to yours, and i wanted to try it out in a 7. this one had very nice sparkle and snap from the Anderson neck single-coil when i did the trial assembly before finishing.
then you'll have to decide on pickups. i'm going more warm than gutsy with mine--i'm going to try a DiMarzio Tone Zone 7 mdoded w/ A5 magnet. the TZ7 sounds great in my neck-thru solid maple V7--the wood gives it more bite and sizzle that it doesn't have in rounder-sounding woods like mahogany. if it's not gutsy enough in the alder S7, i'll try an A8 magnet. but i like dark/round tones, even the *gasp* TZ7 in mahogany, so i think it'll sound good.