Mahogany body with set maple neck?

[sixesandsevens]

The thread about boutiques got me thinking about how maple set necks on mahogany bodies are pretty uncommon.

I know of the Tally and the Nik Huber guitars are made this way. Did one influence the other? Or do they share a common ancestor?

Who else makes a "model" like that?

[cynic]

Mid 70s to early 80s Gibson Les Paul's had maple necks

[sixesandsevens]

Mid 70s to early 80s Gibson Les Paul's had maple necks

How could I have forgotten that!

Does Gibson have any current production models like that?

[django49]

While the Hubers generally have mahogany necks, they make a lot of custom variations. The Krautsters come stock with a maple neck. Killer combination IMO. But I have also played an Orca (like Les Paul but thinner body and 25" scale) with maple neck and ebony board. It does veer away from the traditional Les Paul territory a fair amount but is also an incredible instrument.

An old subject I suppose, but there has been prior discussion as to how Jol took the Talladega in a "Huber direction". So there is some cross pollination between the Tally (Pro) and the Dolphin. I will leave it to others as to how completely that effort was realized, esp since Tallys are great guitars (IMO).

I am sure there are more examples at a more popular price point.

[murkat]

the chap that i did up is mahogany body, maple set neck.

[AdmiralB]

Isn't pretty much every Hamer with a Floyd Rose, at least from the 'golden years', (don't know about Kahler) maple-necked?

[Andrew]

Most Hamers from 85 to 89 are mahogany body, maple neck. Steve Stevens, Phantom GT, Chap, Cali, FB, Blitz - anything with a six-in-line headstock and all the basses. Even the Floyd-Rose Special and Vector KK often have a maple neck.

Very rarely you see a six-in-line mahogany neck in 84/85.

Occasional maple bodies aside, naturally.

From 89 some models start to have alder bodies and the Specials/Studios revert to mahogany.

[sixesandsevens]

Thanks for the history lesson guys!

[RCM78]

The two set neck Chappys I sold here have mahogany bodies with maple necks.

[coolfeel]

I have an 86 set neck Chap Custom with a mahogany body and maple neck and a 2011/12 Custom Chap with a mahogany body and wenge neck

[Thundersteel]

Does Gibson have any current production models like that?

Yes. The LPJ and SGJ each has a maple neck. The street price for the LPJ is $699, while the SGJ is $499.

[crunchee]

I've become a maple-neck (bolt-on) convert recently, because they flex less than mahogany IMO, and seem to me to be a bit more stable, tuning-wise, because of that. It's just my old guy preference, I used to be 100% for mahogany necks and 0% for maple because of the '70s LP/Norlin thing, but my taste has changed in the last few years.

Those Gibson LPJ models look promising, does anybody know if Gibson is still using multi-ply rosewood for their fretboards?

[sixesandsevens]

I've become a maple-neck (bolt-on) convert recently, because they flex less than mahogany IMO, and seem to me to be a bit more stable, tuning-wise, because of that. It's just my old guy preference, I used to be 100% for mahogany necks and 0% for maple because of the '70s LP/Norlin thing, but my taste has changed in the last few years.

I sort of went the opposite direction... I started out a bolt neck maple guy and thought I needed to "grow up" into a mahogany set neck guitar. I know this will come as a shock to you all, but they're really just different and not better or worse.

[django49]

"but they're really just different and not better or worse."

SACRILEGE!

[tbonesullivan]

Carvin makes some set necks with mahogany bodies, and you can get a maple neck as an option on some. on others, it's standard. I think Heritage will do 5 piece maple necks on the higher end models.