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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:06 am
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In my humble personal opinion a Telecaster just does not look right with a Rosewood Fretboard.


I'm in agreement Chet!! :wink: Unless it's a solid rosewood CS model like AJay's, Alain's, or the Harrison tele!!


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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:02 am
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Rosewood Or Maple Neck? Is this a matter of preference, aesthetics? Or do they sound a difference?


This question and debate has been covered more times here than anyone farts in a lifetime. You might as well do a search. Second to this question and debate is Alder vs. Ash body.


If you don't want to answer a question then don't. Who cares about your opinions? This is site for help. Not a site for off topic replays. :evil:

:shock: Oh snap!

Uh...welcome to the forum, RWL! I'm glad to see you and Martian have made nice. He's a very knowledgeable dude with lots of excellent input.

I don't have an opinion about the tonal characteristics of maple versus rosewood. However, like Chet, I agree that a Telecaster should have a maple neck. Why? I'll tell you:

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CAFeathers wrote:
In my humble personal opinion a Telecaster just does not look right with a Rosewood Fretboard.



THANK YOU Chet

And I agree. Now I feel the same way to. Just this morning I was at the guitar shop looking at the Teleys hanging on the wall and thinking the Maple neck looks like a Teley should look “IMO” The American Special I want is not available in rosewood. But the Highway 1 is. But once I played/heard that Texas pinch with that Teley Twang I made up my mind. All my other guitars have Rosewood and love them.


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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:43 am
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russianracehorse wrote:
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Rosewood Or Maple Neck? Is this a matter of preference, aesthetics? Or do they sound a difference?


This question and debate has been covered more times here than anyone farts in a lifetime. You might as well do a search. Second to this question and debate is Alder vs. Ash body.


If you don't want to answer a question then don't. Who cares about your opinions? This is site for help. Not a site for off topic replays. :evil:

:shock: Oh snap!

Uh...welcome to the forum, RWL! I'm glad to see you and Martian have made nice. He's a very knowledgeable dude with lots of excellent input.

I don't have an opinion about the tonal characteristics of maple versus rosewood. However, like Chet, I agree that a Telecaster should have a maple neck. Why? I'll tell you:

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Thank you.

Now this is the forum I thought/Hoping it would be. With knowledgeable people with lots of excellent input. I apologize to all of you for my arrogant behavior after my first post.
Except the jerk that called me a jerk. :D


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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:01 am
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RWL, we are really a friendly and helpful bunch once you get to know us!! :) I think that when a new poster comes on sometimes they expect to be treated badly as is the usual in most other forums. Sometimes what was meant to be a tongue in cheek response is taken as an affront to you but we tend to kid around a bit and sometimes we forget that the new poster is not used to it.

Hang around and you will see how well this forum is operated and basically kept friendly and family oriented. You will also meet some friendly and knowledgeable people that will help you any way they can. :wink:

Again, Welcome aboard!!


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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:30 pm
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I have two rosewood Tele's and two maple, I love them all. I use different guitars for different reasons, horses for courses so to speak. I'd go along with Hop, the maple is a bit brighter. I play the r/w when in a bluesy vibe, and rock with the maple.


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I would imagine if a blindfold test were done most people wouldn't be able to tell if they were listening to a rosewood or maple.Maybe if you plugged a maple neck and then a rosewood neck into an amp without changing the settings there would be a difference in tone but that could be owing to any number of things besides the necks.The differences in body wood density pickup windings etc. could affect the overall tone.Even if you used the same guitar and changed the necks the difference could be in the main neck wood density and weight.The biggest difference in fingerboard wood is in feel not the supposed tonal variations.As far as I'm concerned it's another bit of nonsense created by so-called tone connoiseurs "tone snobs" who also can "tell" if a battery is alcaline or regular carbon battery.

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Yep!! Just get the one that feels and looks better to you and not to worry about tone!! Small if any!! :wink:


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Post subject: Re: Rosewood Or Maple Neck?
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:20 pm
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First off. I’d like to apologize to Martian. And Thank You for answering. I realize this is a very common question to you but not to me.


Just for the record, I personally found Martian's initial reply here a tad off-putting -- I'm sure it was intended as humorous but the delivery wasn't quite right. And I'm also sure all of us can remember a time in our guitar-playing experience when we, too, didn't follow the tonal differences between rosewood and maple fretboards -- so I'm generally never too keen on folks piling on, even if it's a case of a question that's considered "elementary" and/or has already been covered here repeatedly.

But in any case, the above is much ado about nothing. I'm glad to see you two are getting along swimmingly now and that's all that matters! Stick around, RWL, it's a great group of folks here and Martian is most certainly one of those great folks! :-)

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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:10 am
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Brad Traweek - Fender wrote:
RWL wrote:
First off. I’d like to apologize to Martian. And Thank You for answering. I realize this is a very common question to you but not to me.


Just for the record, I personally found Martian's initial reply here a tad off-putting -- I'm sure it was intended as humorous but the delivery wasn't quite right. And I'm also sure all of us can remember a time in our guitar-playing experience when we, too, didn't follow the tonal differences between rosewood and maple fretboards -- so I'm generally never too keen on folks piling on, even if it's a case of a question that's considered "elementary" and/or has already been covered here repeatedly.

But in any case, the above is much ado about nothing. I'm glad to see you two are getting along swimmingly now and that's all that matters! Stick around, RWL, it's a great group of folks here and Martian is most certainly one of those great folks! :-)


Thank you Brad.


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Whenever I step on someone’s toes it seems it’s always a Big Shot. This time I was lucky. Martin is a good guy and took it gracefully. Answered The Infamous Common Question. And then others felt the need to come to his defense. To all of them I apologize to. Except that guy calling me jerk and people like that I don’t bother with anyway. All others were a great help. I can joke and kid around with the best of them. I made a mistake and like in music forget it and keep going on.


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I told you Bob that there are some really great people on this forum. It just takes a while to learn who they are. We strive not to be combative like most other music forums. Like I said stick around and you will see what I mean! :wink:

FYI, Martian is the forum pickup, electrical,etc. Guru!!! Always willing to help!!!! :!:


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It is an age old debate but in choosing I tend towards the overall aesthetic look. I have used both and my favourite old Tele has a maple fretboard.
Recently I picked up a American Standard with a natural finish and it HAD to have a maple fretboard (and added parchment pickguard) to look right for me. A maple board is almost de rigeur for lighter colour bodies. However I also had my eye on the transparent crimson red Am Std model which looks particularly awesome with the rosewood board.

Also I feel it is worthwhile getting a board that is in keeping with the original look of the guitar as in the reissues. Who would want a rosewood board on a 52 reissue or. and less so, a maple on a 60's reissue? Some would, of course but it is all about subjective choice.

It may depend on what you have used before. Rosewood has a great feel but many prefer the glassy feel of a glossed maple. Of course you could always plump for ebony. The Fender Custom Shop caters for most tastes

Only you can decide for yourself.


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I think maple boards allow for smoother quicker string bends.

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Ok guys I know this is a couple of strats but they both have the same bridge, same body wood and same pickups and wiring, nut material, the tuners on both are similar but one doesnt have locking tuners. One has a maple neck the other has a maple neck with a rosewood board. The amp is a old p2p basic as hell thing, with a zoom h2 acting as a mic/audio interface to get a decent quality of sound recording
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maple versus rosewood video

You will hear that the 2nd guitar is slightly louder. The pickups were higher on that guitar. If you listen closely and get past, that the difference tonewise is minimal. Nothing that couldnt be attributed to a higher pickup and/or hitting the strings harder. Certainly nothing that couldnt be eq'd out with any amp.

I agree all tele's should be maple boarded, except the daphne blue 63 I've got my eye on.

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better or not...it's a taste question. so play that guitar you like.

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