RW or M

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:06 am

Ebony

angry_young_poet · Post by **angry_young_poet** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:07 am

i gotta say on a strat maple looks good..

simon_ishtar · Post by **simon_ishtar** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:21 am

Generally I prefer maple, its got more bite to it. I do have a couple of both though.

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:50 am

Roseweed.

Er, rosewood..

Post by Bg » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:02 pm

big vote for rosewood on both strats, LP's and P-Basses....

Post by **GrantB** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:16 pm

I used to dig only RW...but I have a Strat with a Maple neck and yes, it has more bite and ring to it...no mistaking that. One of each thanks.

angry_young_poet · Post by **angry_young_poet** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:22 pm

maple for the single coils.. rosewood for the humbuckers for me..

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:50 pm

Have one strat with rosewood fingerboard and 1 with maple, Likewise with Gibsons (LP with rosewood, LP with ebony and L6 with maple fingerboard). Can't say I notice any difference except my old 70's maple neck strat was finished with high gloss polysomething on the board which could make the fingers slide a bit more - the modern one seems to be matt and less slippery.

The Gibsons felt and played fairly similarly.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:55 pm

there's a difference in sound?

and playability??

i always thought it was just whether the rosewood or maple fretboard looked prettier with the guitar body's finish...

at any rate i have rosewood and ebony boarded gats, and hav played my mate's roadstar II with maple board, and predictably enough i'm too thick to notice any difference

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:09 pm

I find the frets make more of a difference than the fretboard.

You can't beat the look of a nice dark Rosewood FB.

Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:27 pm

slash-ed wrote:there's a difference in sound? and playability??

i always thought it was just whether the rosewood or maple fretboard looked prettier with the guitar body's finish...

Yeah, that's what I thought too

sgt mukuzi · Post by **sgt mukuzi** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:47 pm

honestly, maple for strat, must have three singles/no extra routs and a three way switch while your at it

rosewood for bukka axes

Post by Bg » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:06 pm

I dig in a lot for big bends, thats where nicely oiled rosewood comes into it - it feels so much smoother and slicker. I also rub 90% of the laquer of the back of guitar necks for the same reason.

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:14 pm

rosewood for me

1964 · Post by **1964** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:48 pm

My preferences, FWIW:

My overall â€œgo toâ€ preference is pau ferro.

Rosewood fingerboard/alder body for Strats, ie, the 60's formula, rather than the 50's. Although one of my Strats is 50â€™s-style, I donâ€™t favour its sound.

Maple fingerboard/swamp ash body for Teles â€“ though I also like 60's formula Teles.

Ebony/pau ferro/maple on otherwise all mahogany guitars. The only other thing I'd use ebony for is classical fingerboards. For instance, IMO custom Fender-style guitars with ebony boards sound horrible.

Pau ferro for bass fingerboards. Several advantages over ebony and is similarly dead-spot resistant.

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