I love home made Maple and Pecan pie. But I'd never share it with my guitars.JHorner wrote:Rosewood gives undertones of raisins and dark chocolate, while Maple hints at notes of gooseberry and wild rose hips.
Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
I always go for rosewood. But maple is preferred if I would get a strat.
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
Baked maple is the best for colour, feel and tone, just ask Gibson.
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
+100000, ebony on hb are solid for me.Conway wrote:I think maple on single coils gives more snap and bite, which is a good thing. On humbuckers, ebony is nice.
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
Rosewood for darker colored bodies and maple for butterscotch, white, yellow, natural colored bodies. hehe
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
and snakeskinimarco wrote:maple for butterscotch, white, yellow, natural colored bodies. hehe
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
Maple and Butterscotch........mmmmmmmm.imarco wrote:Rosewood for darker colored bodies and maple for butterscotch, white, yellow, natural colored bodies. hehe
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
For some reason all my guitars either have ebony or rosewood fretboards. I've had a few maple ones in the past, they've just never stayed long.
Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
Definitely prefer Maple for electric, but preferred rose wood for bass back when I used to play more bass.
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
I don't mind maple, provided it is not covered in goopy gloss varnish. The PRS and Suhr maple necks I like a lot. But I usually prefer some kind of rosewood / ebony. Cocobolo is nice too!
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
Played a Parker once.
Carbon whatever neck and stainless frets.
That was fucking cool.
Rosewood seems to work wherever it is.
Maple is hit and miss for me.
Ebony sometimes feels funny.
Carbon whatever neck and stainless frets.
That was fucking cool.
Rosewood seems to work wherever it is.
Maple is hit and miss for me.
Ebony sometimes feels funny.
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Mmmm, PRS does some magnificent stuff with Cocobolo, doesn't it?!olegmcnoleg wrote:I don't mind maple, provided it is not covered in goopy gloss varnish. The PRS and Suhr maple necks I like a lot. But I usually prefer some kind of rosewood / ebony. Cocobolo is nice too!
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Re: Rosewood vs Maple fretboard
I haven't looked for ages but there was (still is?) a thread for private stock porn thread on the PRS forum. Cocobolo seemed popular there, very flashy.Conway wrote:Mmmm, PRS does some magnificent stuff with Cocobolo, doesn't it?!olegmcnoleg wrote:I don't mind maple, provided it is not covered in goopy gloss varnish. The PRS and Suhr maple necks I like a lot. But I usually prefer some kind of rosewood / ebony. Cocobolo is nice too!
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yes, super flashy, you'd not catch me dead with that kind of OTT finish on my guitars.codedog wrote:I haven't looked for ages but there was (still is?) a thread for private stock porn thread on the PRS forum. Cocobolo seemed popular there, very flashy.Conway wrote:Mmmm, PRS does some magnificent stuff with Cocobolo, doesn't it?!olegmcnoleg wrote:I don't mind maple, provided it is not covered in goopy gloss varnish. The PRS and Suhr maple necks I like a lot. But I usually prefer some kind of rosewood / ebony. Cocobolo is nice too!