Fretboard material?

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Fretboard material?

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Personally I love Rosewood fretboards, but that's just me. It's just... kinda... fuller? Not saying that maple sounds thin, but it's... direct? How do I say this?! It's softer to my fingers, as well.

My acoustic/electric (okay, not much choice to be had here) and my J-Bass both have Rosewood fretboards.

What do you guys think?

EDIT: Talking mostly about basses here, though it's probably a similar thing for most elecs as well.
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This should answer a few questions for you

http://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtopi ... d+vs+maple
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Well, i wanted to know what everyone else thought about fretboards, but that looks interesting as well :D
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I've always preferred Maple over rosewood, My Conklin has a purple heart fretboard which I also prefer over rosewood, Personally for me rosewood gets to slimy from sweating after playing for a while.

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I'd say that there is much more going on between guitars than the fretboard that one would have to hear the guitar with fretboard "X", remove it, glue a new fretboard on...all within 10 seconds...play the same riff and then check the difference. There is intellectually probab;ly a difference but other things will play more of a role...especially between "similar" fretboards.
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I much prefer the look of rosewood and ebony, maple seems to get icky looking over time, altho' I've never owned a full maple necked guitar before so am keen to experience it with my next guitar :)
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Wenge fretboards look great, really open pored. I have a new ebony fretboard and it produces a really crisp tone. Really intense highs, but doesnt favour the lower end which is dissappointing.

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