In this case: Is the neck mahagony or is it the sides. Or both? And do you think it sounds dark or bright? Middle? Lot of high mids? Center mids? Anything you can figure out can help.
I'd say it is quite dark but not that much. Basically it's been my first ever guitar so it's always been a point of reference to me. But I wouldn't say it's anywhere as bright as my maple/ash standard fsr strat. ughhh...really hard to tell.
Kiichi, I see you are an Emerald player. Would the Emerald fit as a neck combination with a Holy Diver or Nailbomb?
Well I have my HD in a 7 string mahagony body, maple neck, and rosewood board superstrat together with the Emerald neck. It is my newest aquisition, which is why I am still looking for the proper words, but I can say that it is a glorious set. The RY bridge and the HD bridge are my two favorite bridge PUs so far. Pretty different and yet spawned from the same heart.
On the neck front my two favorites are the Manahttan neck (for transparent, natural cleans this beats anything, plus it has a very unique feel under gain) and the Emerald neck. That one is really stunning. It is warm, smooth, and singing in the best vintage ways and also has a lot of modern cut and definition. Clean strummed chords are full and warm, blues leads sing and scream, and shreddy sounds deliver in spades with an organic goodness and openness that just invites you in. I canīt really find fault with it so far.
As for the combination, this set is really good. The HD neck is also very good I hear and certainly on my list. It is a lot about what you want out of the neck PU when you switch over. I always like to have a certain contrast, a different yet complimentary voice cut from the same cloth. Sometimes I want a bright neck, sometimes a bit more mellow. When I switch from HD to EM I get that satisfying classic bridge to neck switch. They both have a certain musical singing in the heights. I actually wonder what exactly the difference to the HD neck would be, but I actually recon that it would feel like less of a contrast, however that is just a guess.
What really got me to get the HD and EM combo were the reviews Slartibarfast42 did. Have a look at the sticky review thread I made for many good reviews. The once Slarti did come with the editors recommendation! ;)
