Fretboard material?

[sonicfantom]

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.

[Benrocky]

This should answer a few questions for you

http://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtopi ... d+vs+maple

[sonicfantom]

Well, i wanted to know what everyone else thought about fretboards, but that looks interesting as well

[GTBD7]

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.

[GrantB]

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.

[jeremyb]

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

[cwco]

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.