who knows. might just be the difference in rosewoods.
ive not had that problem though. that was the reason loe switched from maple to the rosewood was because the "played look" that the maple got after a while. he didnt like it.
what do you use to clean your RW?

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

are you saying that he has dirty hands? Come on, out with it.

All of my Guitars w/rosewood have those dry looking greyish areas on the fretboard where I play the most. ESPECIALLY in the first seven frets or so on the E-D and in like 9-14 on the G-e

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lol by no means. seriously, i had a friend once that omg, he would grab his guitar up w/o washing his hands after eating ribs even. i hated when he would grab up my guitars. ya didnt ever know where his hands had been or what was on them. lol.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I have noticed it gets lighter as it dries out, as far as getting darker from playing I suppose if you have oily hands or sweat a lot then its possible that the neck would get darker in spots ( I've had to clean a few that had almost black buildup on them).

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On a couple instruments with rosewood boards and several decades on them, the wood does not seem much if any darker. But then remembering back is an inexact science, as well.

Different folks' hands give off more oil or salt or are failrly dry. Some people clean their boards occasionally to get the oil and accumulated yech out.

There are also different openness and colurs of rosewood, so that complicates things too.

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