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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.
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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.
The Gibsons felt and played fairly similarly.
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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
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
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Yeah, that's what I thought tooslash-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...
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My preferences, FWIW:
My overall “go to†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 50’s-style, I don’t favour its sound.
Maple fingerboard/swamp ash body for Teles – 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.
My overall “go to†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 50’s-style, I don’t favour its sound.
Maple fingerboard/swamp ash body for Teles – 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.