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New guitar obsession. Maple neck and fretboards. It's not natural. Lol
Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:01 pm
I think I am fixated on them in an unhealthy way. Even looked at a few Washburn acoustics with maple finger boards.
Buying a future maple neck stratocaster is just a given. Even if it will make me look like the "most overrated" guitarist of all time according to this board.
Anybody else fixated on maple? Any drawbacks to it other than the early signs of wear?
Buying a future maple neck stratocaster is just a given. Even if it will make me look like the "most overrated" guitarist of all time according to this board.
Anybody else fixated on maple? Any drawbacks to it other than the early signs of wear?
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:08 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Mahogany & Rosewood
Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:14 pm to SEClint
That is my other neck. My LP copy has maple neck and ebony fret
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:41 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I love maple neck fenders lately. They just feel clean to me.
I actually like that the fingerboard wood is "sealed" (probably not the technically correct word) so it gets dirty, but you can just wipe it off with a damp rag. My rosewood and ebony boards get all kinds of gunk and stuff built up on them.
I actually like that the fingerboard wood is "sealed" (probably not the technically correct word) so it gets dirty, but you can just wipe it off with a damp rag. My rosewood and ebony boards get all kinds of gunk and stuff built up on them.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:10 am to RabidTiger
I wouldn't want a maple fingerboard on an acoustic. Rosewood and ebony are woods of choice for acoustics not only for cosmetics or feel, has to do with density and the subsequent resonance and percussive qualities they add to an acoustic's wood mix. Huge role in an acoustic's high end and presence, and the "snap" versus subtlety under your hands. Maple is actually a spongy'er wood on the EQ spectrum and you only get "bright," "snap," percussive, etc., when you employ a big slab of it, like on a neck husk.
That being said, I love a raw feeling maple board and neck on a strat. My finish of choice is Watco Danish oil, used as more of a thin sealer coat versus an actual finish. It feels and behaves like a guitar that's been played heavily for years, like a well worn-in baseball glove. If you remember old San Dimas Charvels and bolt-on Jacksons, they used Watco to give those necks the old worn-in feel straight from the factory.
It also stains and browns/grays out over time, which some folks like or dislike. I personally love that look.
That being said, I love a raw feeling maple board and neck on a strat. My finish of choice is Watco Danish oil, used as more of a thin sealer coat versus an actual finish. It feels and behaves like a guitar that's been played heavily for years, like a well worn-in baseball glove. If you remember old San Dimas Charvels and bolt-on Jacksons, they used Watco to give those necks the old worn-in feel straight from the factory.
It also stains and browns/grays out over time, which some folks like or dislike. I personally love that look.
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 7:11 am
Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:52 am to TheFretShack
Love it on my newer strat. I have an older strat with an ebony fretboard and the difference in sound and overall behavior of the two guitars, it's kind of amazing that they're the same make and model. They're worlds apart.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:59 am to LSU alum wannabe
Richlite is the future for fretboards that are not maple.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:20 pm to Champagne
What is it?
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:23 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:23 pm to Champagne
I don't think Richlite is going to be the future because a.) it's a lackluster (and I'm being very polite in my assessment of it) synthetic, in a world of consumers (and builders for that matter) that are tradition/purists who will pay for tradition, even if a synthetic (Richlite or anything else) is as good or better.
And b.) because even with CITES restrictions in place for rosewood, there is simply SO MUCH rosewood in circulation inside the US that can be recycled or re-purposed legally, it's not a rare wood by any stretch. There's actually more Brazilian rosewood around the US for guitars in the US than guitar manufacturing marketing machines would lead you to believe.
Ebony is not affected by the 2016 CITES revisions to my knowledge.
And b.) because even with CITES restrictions in place for rosewood, there is simply SO MUCH rosewood in circulation inside the US that can be recycled or re-purposed legally, it's not a rare wood by any stretch. There's actually more Brazilian rosewood around the US for guitars in the US than guitar manufacturing marketing machines would lead you to believe.
Ebony is not affected by the 2016 CITES revisions to my knowledge.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:26 pm to TheFretShack
you are right, it is not going to replace real wood on moderate to upper end guitars, but for student style guitars it could become the norm
Posted on 3/22/17 at 1:18 pm to TheFretShack
This article is a couple of years old. I never heard of Richlite until I discovered this article a few days ago.
Richlite
Richlite
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 3/22/17 at 1:54 pm to LSU alum wannabe
What are the general thoughts/reviews of Washburn guitars? I went by a store where I live to buy a used Taylor but found that it had been sold. Found a Washburn, which a know nothing about, and liked how it played.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 2:57 pm to MontanaMax
I have a low-end Washburn that I have learned on for the past 3 years. It was ready to go right out the box. It had low action and it stays in tune well. Not bad for a $150 guitar.
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 3/22/17 at 3:15 pm to Loubacca
I briefly had a Chinese-made Washburn 10 or 15 years ago that was off the scale good in the bang-for-the-buck category. It had a solid spruce top, which was practically unheard of in its price range at the time. Really big and balanced sound and it played itself after a refined set-up. I don't remember the exact model mine was, but a quick Google search for its modern equivalent or very close to it appears to be the Heritage 10 series. I'm finding them for under $300 new. That's a deal IMHO.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 3:15 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Any drawbacks to it other than the early signs of wear
I have never heard of this. If anything I have more wear on rosewood fretboards, as it's a much softer wood, and over the years your fingers press little divots into the fretboard. As someone else said, maple is much easier to clean because it just wipes off.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 3:24 pm to TheFretShack
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that are tradition/purists who will pay for tradition, even if a synthetic (Richlite or anything else) is as good or better.
My main is a Les Paul custom. If they changed something that dramatic to the LP standards, I'd be pissed off.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 5:32 pm to SEClint
I guess I will just stick with a maple neck Strat.
3 guitars for a guy who sucks should be plenty? Lol
3 guitars for a guy who sucks should be plenty? Lol
Posted on 3/22/17 at 5:49 pm to TheFretShack
This place have a wide range of washburns at this place ranging in price from right around $100 to, the most expensive that I saw, $1,200 ish. The one I played was a cutaway acoustic electric for about $630 something. I've never looked into them and had no idea if they were worth it.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:02 pm to MontanaMax
The GC here in Katy had a used Washburn. That damned thing was pretty for $350.
But, yes they are like Guild in that they have stuff all over the place price wise. Not saying they are Guild-good though. Guilds best offerings are damned awesome.
Washburn seems to give zero effs about woods too. They have some maple neck and fretted acoustics I believe. If you find one that feels and sounds right you just buy it. Not many people saying Washburns are garbage. Just very guitar by guitar specific, but they all are.
But, yes they are like Guild in that they have stuff all over the place price wise. Not saying they are Guild-good though. Guilds best offerings are damned awesome.
Washburn seems to give zero effs about woods too. They have some maple neck and fretted acoustics I believe. If you find one that feels and sounds right you just buy it. Not many people saying Washburns are garbage. Just very guitar by guitar specific, but they all are.
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