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Original message:331 days 10 hours 39 minutes ago

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Member: Marshall2288

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Which do you prefer....Rosewood necks or Maple necks. I don't own either with a Rosewood neck but i have played many. I have an American Statndard Strat with Maple neck and i love it. Which do you guys prefer?

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Reply:331 days 9 hours 11 minutes ago
Member: humstrat1

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I prefer rosewood on Strats and any other guitar. On Teles I guess I would prefer maple, cause that would just go with the general vibe of a Tele better than rosewood (imho).

Reply:331 days 8 hours 58 minutes ago
Member: Richey

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I have a Tele with a maple and I love it. My next guitar will be a strat and I plan to get it with a maple neck too.

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Reply:331 days 6 hours 54 minutes ago
Member: Ruge

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I've been playing a Strat for the last few months, rosewood. I've never played a maple neck. Is there really a difference? Maybe the experts would say yes but what about the rest of us average Joe's?

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Reply:331 days 4 hours 14 minutes ago
Member: Marshall2288

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Im not sure if there is a difference in tone (or at least not enough to tell). Its more about feel. On Fenderes im all Maple. On LPs its all rosewood.

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Reply:331 days 3 hours 46 minutes ago
Member: Robert baker

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You guys got me freaked out for a sec. I thought when you said neck you actually meant the neck and not the fretboard. I am actually looking to build a rosewood neck right not. As for the fretboard I really like rosewood for the warmer tone is generates. Maple is tonal trait is brighter. Which I have made maple neck that I love as well. If I could afford it though I would do more ebony fret boards. I really dig the ebony.

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Reply:331 days 3 hours 10 minutes ago
Member: Zanary

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I'm a huge fan of ebony boards...my newest Les Paul was bought partially for just that reason.

Rosewood boards tend to sound a little warmer and smoother...and are more forgiving, in terms of effort/note. A maple board is brighter, and can be more difficult to get full tone and sustain out of notes. On the other hand, it sounds great when you get it right.

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Reply:330 days 17 hours 34 minutes ago
Member: Night Owl

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My Fender HSS Stratocaster has a maple fretboard, but I can't compare it to the rosewood, as I havn't tried it out yet. The maple one has a nice feel to it, from what I can tell.

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Reply:330 days 13 hours 30 minutes ago
Member: shanejohnson2002

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Maple is my favorite. I just like the feel and look of it.

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Reply:330 days 10 hours 20 minutes ago
Member: Marshall2288

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sorry Robert Baker i should have specified that i was talking about the fretboards :)

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Reply:329 days 20 hours 42 minutes ago
Member: Charles Morgenstern

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I hate maple... I can't stand the look it looks like some one stuck a piece of pine on a guitar... I am rosewood only all of my guitars... I especially like that brazilian rosewood that looks almost black... that is sharp...

I am buying a telecaster some time next month... and it will have rosewood... I'm thinking a highway one series...

Reply:327 days 2 hours 7 minutes ago
Member: Shane

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My first strat (an '83 - yeah, I know. But, hey, it was the 80s and I was in High School) has a maple neck. I never realized a difference until about five years ago when I got a rosewood strat. Now I have two with maple necks and two with rosewood. I would say that the maple necks play a bit "stiffer" and have a brighter sound while the rosewood increases the warmer tones of the humbuckers I put on; even after almost 25 years my first strat still has a very bright, but not shrill sound.

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