Okoume is rarely paired with Maple, and is too warm for some tastes when paired with Rosewood, but it’s a great compliment to Ebony. Okoume is a relative of Mahogany and is the warmest compliment to any fingerboard. But Ebony is also paired often with a third body wood: Okoume. Ash highlights the punchiness of its attack and Alder highlights its warmth and bloom.
In the case of Ash and Rosewood, the Rosewood will retain its slow bloom, but the Ash will sharpen its punch.Įbony is paired frequently with both Ash and Alder. In that combination, the note jumps off the fingerboard––quick, sharp, and percussive––but the Alder softens the highs, resulting in a more nuanced sound. Ash pairs most often with Maple because its brighter sound and more pronounced highs enhance the Maple’s immediacy and sharpness.īut those are only the most common combinations––other combinations work too! My favorite is Alder and Maple. At LEH, I tend to choose the fingerboard first, then choose a body wood to complement the fingerboard.Īlder pairs most often with Rosewood because it's warmer sound and pronounced bass response complement similar characteristics in Rosewood. While the fingerboard is the foundation, the body wood is also extremely important. Pau Ferro is a common substitute for Rosewood, in that it shares all of Rosewood’s tonal characteristics, but with a slightly punchier attack. Figuring is purely aesthetic and Birdseye and Flame Maple fingerboards retain the tonal characteristics of unfigured Maple. I also use Figured Maple and Pau Ferro for fingerboards. Ebony sits in between (but closer to maple) with a sharper attack than Rosewood, and more bloom after the initial attack than Maple. Rosewood has a rounder, warmer response than maple, with a slower bloom. Maple has a quicker sharper attack with a more defined treble response. The three most common fingerboard woods are Maple, Ebony and Rosewood. The fingerboard is the foundation, so let’s start there. Since every LEH comes with a quartersawn maple neck, it’ll be the fingerboard and body woods that shape your tone. Check out Nordstrands' "Builders & Players" link for a current list of examples.Next come your tonewoods. Their pickups are used by many luthiers and builders. Unfamiliar with Nordstrand pickups? That's not a surprise as they're a newer pickup company. Standard spacing is 19mm ctc at the bridge. Dimensions are 4.25" by 1.25" respectively. These pickups will fit as replacements for Bartolini™ P2 (5 string) pickups. When the third lead is shorted to ground only the top coil will remain active for a louder, more aggressive and mean version of the fat tone these pickups deliver (albeit with 60 cycle noise that single coils inherently possess). These pickups are shipped with three conductor wire for a split-able installation. Due to the naturally lower output of this design, these pickups can sometimes benefit from a pre-amp with 3 or more db of gain. These pickups have a great deal of midrange detail and fullness.
#Nordstrand fat stacks full#
Full range and a present but pleasant high end response. These pickups have a tone reminiscent of a J style single coil, but they are bigger and bolder. This results in a larger aperature, which captures more harmonic content from the string, resulting in a "fatter" tone. By rotating the pole 45 degrees for each set we have increased the size of the traditional J style coil by 50%, making it wider, or "fatter". The traditional bi-pole magnet layout was, literally, twisted in a new direction. These are a proprietary Nordstrand design.
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