2006年12月7日 · Agathis just doesn't have any character, it's quite playable but needs some fancy EQ to sound really good. I bought a Squier Affinity Fat Strat about a year ago as a backup guitar. The thing that ...

2008年10月8日 · Agathis is NOT necessarily a bad wood - just like mahogany is not always good. It can be used as a tonewood, but it's tonal qualities are to a big extent determined by the way it's been dried.

2008年4月7日 · Agathis is typically a cheap substitue for mahogany, whereas basswood is used in all grades of guitar, many because it's lightweight whilst still being fairly resonant.

2011年3月3日 · Agathis, as a general rule, isn't much better than plywood. Which is crap. I'd reccommend mahogany for darker tone (excellent with humbuckers), and swamp ash if you're looking for something more ...

2006年4月7日 · Maybe you have a good cut of agathis. I'm not implying Basswood resonates moderately, in fact it resonates the most out of my guitars and is loudest unplugged. My agathis LTD is the least resonant. In saying agathis is less resonant than basswood I'm not saying basswood lacks resonance. I'm not saying good plugged-in tone is due to resonance ...

2007年12月8日 · Agathis is not from the mahog. family of trees, it is actually from the family of Araucariaceae, meaning it is from the pine tree family. According to wikipedia, it is commonly used on BUDGET ...

2008年1月24日 · Agathis is indeed a wood. It's meant to be like alder. It's an Asian wood so it's typically cheaper for Asian builders than alder hence its use in many low-price guitars these days as an upgrade from plywood. I've got a Squier Jagmaster made of agathis and it seems reasonable; not fantastic, but reasonable.

2007年10月3日 · Agathis is also called "commercial grade mahogany". Pretty good name because companies can say the guitar is made from mahogany but it really is not. Lots of "mahogany" MIK guitars are really agathis. I am more of a "traditional" tone wood kind of guy for guitars but I have had a few agathis guitars that rocked hard.

2007年1月21日 · I just found out that my new guitar investment is agathis, it's Washburn D pro 200 dime style. I must be a lucky one because this guitar sounds amazing!!!! not good as my esp ltd 406 fm telecaster ...

2012年8月5日 · Agathis is actually a name for a genus of pine trees. You find it around the Indian Ocean and over into places like the Philippines. They use it because it typically isn't terrible sounding ...