Rosewood or Maple Fretboards?

youthoftomorrow · 05.26.2006, 10:19 PM

i like the way maple looks with most guitars.

do different types of fretboards create different sounds? i heard that somewhere but wasn't sure if it was true.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.26.2006, 10:22 PM

I like rosewood and ebony fretboards because I think they look better. They all definitely feel different, and I'd say I'm the most used to rosewood fretboards.

EyeballGrowth · 05.26.2006, 10:27 PM

Rosewood and Maple fretboards have different tones. Maples have brighter tones which is why I like them much better. I wish they would make jazzmasters with maple fretboards. As for looks I don't really care, I guess I think maple ones also look better, but I would buy a jazzmaster even if it had a rosewood fretboard. The reason so many guitars have rosewood and not maple is because it's harder to get the truss rod into a neck with a maple fretboard.

Everyneurotic · 05.26.2006, 10:31 PM

rosewood baby!!! for looks and tone.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 05.26.2006, 11:04 PM

guitars are stupid

marleypumpkin · 05.26.2006, 11:34 PM

Maple

It does have a beautiful look, doesn't it.

khchris(original) · 05.26.2006, 11:43 PM

for me, i get better action on rosewood.

atari 2600 · 05.26.2006, 11:56 PM

maple

terminal pharmacy · 05.27.2006, 01:02 AM

frozen olive pitts stuck together with chewing gum.......

no really rosewood

acousticrock87 · 05.27.2006, 01:56 AM

Maple's tone is brighter, but marginal enough so that the appearance is way more important to me. I generally like maple on Strat-ish guitars and rosewood on Les Paul-ish guitars. Also depends on the color of the body. I think rosewood looks better overall, though, and I also feel like it's a bit harder to bend on. Maybe that's just me.

I don't really use maples, though, so I have very limited experience with them. My next guitar will be.

View Poll Results: Rosewood or Maple Fretboards?
Rosewood	6	50.00%
Maple	2	16.67%
Either works for me	3	25.00%
Guitars are stupid	1	8.33%
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05.26.2006, 10:19 PM	#1
youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	i like the way maple looks with most guitars. do different types of fretboards create different sounds? i heard that somewhere but wasn't sure if it was true. __________________ avalanche.
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05.26.2006, 10:22 PM	#2
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I like rosewood and ebony fretboards because I think they look better. They all definitely feel different, and I'd say I'm the most used to rosewood fretboards.
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05.26.2006, 10:27 PM	#3
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Rosewood and Maple fretboards have different tones. Maples have brighter tones which is why I like them much better. I wish they would make jazzmasters with maple fretboards. As for looks I don't really care, I guess I think maple ones also look better, but I would buy a jazzmaster even if it had a rosewood fretboard. The reason so many guitars have rosewood and not maple is because it's harder to get the truss rod into a neck with a maple fretboard.
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05.26.2006, 10:31 PM	#4
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	rosewood baby!!! for looks and tone. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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05.26.2006, 11:04 PM	#5
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	guitars are stupid __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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05.26.2006, 11:34 PM	#6
marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	Maple It does have a beautiful look, doesn't it. __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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05.26.2006, 11:43 PM	#7
khchris(original) 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: LA Posts: 708	for me, i get better action on rosewood.
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05.26.2006, 11:56 PM	#8
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	maple
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05.27.2006, 01:02 AM	#9
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	frozen olive pitts stuck together with chewing gum....... no really rosewood
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05.27.2006, 01:56 AM	#10
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Maple's tone is brighter, but marginal enough so that the appearance is way more important to me. I generally like maple on Strat-ish guitars and rosewood on Les Paul-ish guitars. Also depends on the color of the body. I think rosewood looks better overall, though, and I also feel like it's a bit harder to bend on. Maybe that's just me. I don't really use maples, though, so I have very limited experience with them. My next guitar will be.
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