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Post subject: Re: Good Tele pickup that's not as bright and twangy?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:15 am
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RCB-CA-USA wrote:
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This article is for acoustic guitars, not for fingerboards. I don't think the same argument can be applied here. I own guitars with both rosewood and maple fingerboards and if there is a difference, I do not hear it. I highly doubt it is going to affect the sound enough to matter.


lol. As my dad would say; "that's what you get for thinking." Yes, the article is about wood in relation to acoustics. However, the tonal qualities of tonewood don't change because you are using them on an acoustic guitar. Maple is maple, and rosewood is rosewood.

Let me get more examples for you... Here, from Sweetwater:

Maple -- Medium to heavy weight, very bright with long sustain.

Rosewood -- Plays smooth and fast with very warm tone.

http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/guitars/ ... uide.php#2

...if you want to tame a bright sounding guitar, changing the neck from maple to rosewood *will* contribute to warming-up the tone!


My buddy, Manny and I (both Strat nuts) had a debate about this for years. One day I was talking with a local guitar player who did the best SRV I've ever heard. He and I got talking between his set and I asked him, "Does wood change the tone of the guitar?" He looked me dead in eye coldly and said with much intencity, "Everything effects tone!"

I own more guitars than I need to, but I'm an addict and they are all different. Some have nitro paint, some have no paint, some are alder and some are ash. That guitar player was right, everything changes tone. My EC and 50th Anniv. Am. Sereis Strats have a maple fret boards and so they have a sharper sound than my '79 Strat, which has a rosewood fret board. My Muddy Waters Tele had a slightly darker sound and less twang than my Andy Summers Tele, which has a rosewood neck.

Not only do the pups and wood change things, but so do your capaciters. One other thing that can change the tone of your guitar is your hearing and the sound you hear in you head. Bottom line: It's all personnal.

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Post subject: Re: Good Tele pickup that's not as bright and twangy?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:15 am
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paris wrote:
RCB-CA-USA wrote:
yodacaster wrote:

This article is for acoustic guitars, not for fingerboards. I don't think the same argument can be applied here. I own guitars with both rosewood and maple fingerboards and if there is a difference, I do not hear it. I highly doubt it is going to affect the sound enough to matter.


lol. As my dad would say; "that's what you get for thinking." Yes, the article is about wood in relation to acoustics. However, the tonal qualities of tonewood don't change because you are using them on an acoustic guitar. Maple is maple, and rosewood is rosewood.

Let me get more examples for you... Here, from Sweetwater:

Maple -- Medium to heavy weight, very bright with long sustain.

Rosewood -- Plays smooth and fast with very warm tone.

http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/guitars/ ... uide.php#2

...if you want to tame a bright sounding guitar, changing the neck from maple to rosewood *will* contribute to warming-up the tone!


My buddy, Manny and I (both Strat nuts) had a debate about this for years. One day I was talking with a local guitar player who did the best SRV I've ever heard. He and I got talking between his set and I asked him, "Does wood change the tone of the guitar?" He looked me dead in eye coldly and said with much intencity, "Everything effects tone!"

I own more guitars than I need to, but I'm an addict and they are all different. Some have nitro paint, some have no paint, some are alder and some are ash. That guitar player was right, everything changes tone. My EC and 50th Anniv. Am. Sereis Strats have a maple fret boards and so they have a sharper sound than my '79 Strat, which has a rosewood fret board. My Muddy Waters Tele had a slightly darker sound and less twang than my Andy Summers Tele, which has a rosewood neck.

Not only do the pups and wood change things, but so do your capaciters. One other thing that can change the tone of your guitar is your hearing and the sound you hear in you head. Bottom line: It's all personnal.


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Post subject: Re: Good Tele pickup that's not as bright and twangy?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:48 pm
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paris wrote:

My buddy, Manny and I (both Strat nuts) had a debate about this for years. One day I was talking with a local guitar player who did the best SRV I've ever heard. He and I got talking between his set and I asked him, "Does wood change the tone of the guitar?" He looked me dead in eye coldly and said with much intencity, "Everything effects tone!"

I own more guitars than I need to, but I'm an addict and they are all different. Some have nitro paint, some have no paint, some are alder and some are ash. That guitar player was right, everything changes tone. My EC and 50th Anniv. Am. Sereis Strats have a maple fret boards and so they have a sharper sound than my '79 Strat, which has a rosewood fret board. My Muddy Waters Tele had a slightly darker sound and less twang than my Andy Summers Tele, which has a rosewood neck.

Not only do the pups and wood change things, but so do your capaciters. One other thing that can change the tone of your guitar is your hearing and the sound you hear in you head. Bottom line: It's all personnal.


That's an excellent point, mate. It all comes down to what you like. I love the way my Tele feels and plays, so the last thing I'm going to do is change the neck on it.

I'm reminded of Eric Johnson's trial-and-error to build a Strat with perfect tone. He's incredibly picky - apparently, he can even tell if there's paint between the base plate and the block - but the Johnson Strat comes with maple and rosewood fingerboards.


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