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Maple Neck Fans??

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Hey guys I was always a rosewood neck type of guy but now swayed over to the dark side (metaphorically speaking) aren't maple necks on strats nice? I like them...do you guys have a preference?

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maple all the way for me. I like the "snaP' you get from them and for me they just look great.....but then blondies have more fun don't they :rofl:
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Find them too hard. Enjoy rosewood more. Maple looks cool.
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I like both.
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jeremyb wrote:I like both.
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I like the way maple ages/wears.

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Rosewood all the way so a maple Strat naturally adopted me.
Only difference I notice is my oafish hands have shredded the finish, like major wear.
Still prefer rosewood or ebony; they don't cut up nearly as much.
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I just like the look of rosewood. highly doubt that i could tell the difference blindfolded.

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I like the look of the roasted Ernie ball necks so much I think I'll buy one just because of the aesthetics

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On a tele, i think maple is the way to go.

The new walnut rickenbackers are interesting, maple fretboard on a Walnut neck, which is a bit unusual.

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I should have done a poll? But looks like rosrwood would have won.. .

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Post by Aquila Rossa »

I think I like ebony the most. When I recently got this Les Paul Studio I really liked how it feels to play for some reason. Specs say rosewood, but on close inspection it is definitely ebony. Something Gibson did on the 90s apparently with Studios when they thought the darker wood suited the finish more. I also prefer no binding on the neck, which surprised me.

I had a Custom Shop Les Paul back in the 90s that was also ebony. i liked that neck too. An oddball Custom Vee made in L.A. was ebony and that neck was super nice to play as well.

I had a maple Allparts Strat neck. i did not like it much.

I had a budget old Jackson Performer from Japan. It had a maple neck with a very nice slab of rosewood on it. That old kind of rosewood we do not see much these days. Very open grain and uneven texture. That was very nice.

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Either. But having said that, I prefer the unfinished/raw wood necks, I hate the shiny stuff!

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