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View Poll Results: which one do you prefer? | |
Rosewood fretboard
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Birdseye Maple fratboard
|    | 25 | 46.30% |
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12-26-2009, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montreal | | | which fretboard do you prefer?
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here's my Koa top bass (swamp ash body) maple neck, ??? fretboard...
which one do you prefer, rosewood or birdseye maple?
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12-26-2009, 10:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | I gotta say, maple all the way! |
12-26-2009, 10:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | Mmmmm-maple! But it's a highly personal preference..... |
12-26-2009, 10:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AZ | | just plain maple is one thing, but birdseye maple?
i don't see how there's any competition 
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12-26-2009, 10:48 AM
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12-26-2009, 10:50 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | | EBONY (Carrots).
If there had to be a second, Birdseye maple. |
12-26-2009, 12:07 PM
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12-26-2009, 12:09 PM
| | | Maple on your bass...but I have ebony on all my basses  |
12-26-2009, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: SF Bay Area | | | First choice would be ebony, second rosewood... never cared for much for maple |
12-26-2009, 01:27 PM
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12-26-2009, 01:27 PM
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12-26-2009, 01:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: raleigh, nc | | | normally i like rosewood to be dark, almost black. i think the maple looks better with that body no matter what color the rosewood was.
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12-26-2009, 07:10 PM
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12-27-2009, 06:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montreal | | | because luthier knows mre then anybody the tone difference!
between the two woods, their answer will probably based on tone and aesthetic and not aesthetic only...
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12-27-2009, 08:50 AM
| | | | Between rosewood and maple, I chose rosewood. |
12-27-2009, 09:19 AM
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Luthier of Michael Wayne Instruments, Shop Manager ChromeDomeMusic | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cincinnati OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassman74 because luthier knows mre then anybody the tone difference!
between the two woods, their answer will probably based on tone and aesthetic and not aesthetic only... |  
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12-27-2009, 09:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Netherlands | | | The question is more, what you want from this bass. If you want a glassy slapsound chose maple. If you want more warmth rosewood. More articulation and mids, ebony and so on and on ...
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12-27-2009, 09:25 AM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | Based on aesthetics I would choose ebony. I like the contrast the maple provides but the instrument as a whole begins to look a little too busy with the birdseye.
Based on tone I would choose rosewood, bubinga, or maybe ebony.
Based on a combination of tone and aesthetics I would choose ebony or bubinga.
But really, Cliff does great work and the bass will likely turn out great regardless of your choice.
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12-27-2009, 10:11 AM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Ok Francois....based on sound Rosewood would give you more warmth(slightly) and Maple will make it a touch more crisp(treble attenuation) but all in all the sound will be quite similar with different nuances depending on what you prefer.
a little more treble go maple,
a little more mid go rosewood.
Personally I would go for a nice hammered birdseye, or tight curly Maple....it's all visual....LOL |
12-27-2009, 11:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canadia | | | Wire a 0.47 cap in line to the jack and see how much difference the fretboard material makes to tone.
After all these years, I'm finding myself surprised that the term "tonewood" is finally starting to irk me... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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