non-traditional wood choices

it seems that the classic tele is ash body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard.

what are some exotic combos that have worked for you?

would a walnut body, maple neck, ebony fretboard be too bright?

mahogany body, and neck w/ ebony fretboard = too dark?

what are your thoughts?

I have a mahogany bodied Thinline. Has a smoother sound than most telecasters I've played.

Some good reading http://www.frudua.com/sound_of_electric_guitar_wood.htm

There's a lot of youtubes on the telebration series guitars that using a number of wood recipies including mahogany, pine and even bamboo

This redwood model sounds amazing, (I used to think pine was an inferior tone wood)

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i love pine, but it has its place. i built a 1 x 12 driver cab out of pine at one time, elevated 1/4 inch off the floor. the thing sings when you push it. plus, paying a friend who is a contractor to use his tools, the cab ended up costing me far less than buying an mdf cab would have.

guitars are a different animal, though. thanks for the link, because the interaction b/t acoustic woods and electronics is largely beyond my understanding.