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07-10-2011, 10:58 AM
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so the title says it all...im planing on buying a Fender Standard J. And i saw on Fender Website there is one version with rosewood fretboard and the other with maple...wich one should i choose and why? |
07-10-2011, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tigard, OR | | | In general terms: a rosewood fingerboard yields a mellower rounder tone and a maple board will be brighter. If you do a search you will find a comparison that Dan Atkinson did. The result was veeerry subtle but there to my ears.
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07-10-2011, 11:03 AM
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07-10-2011, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bolophonic  Buy the one that looks cooler. | This.
Any tonal differences would be negligible at best. Just get the one that appeals to you visually.
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07-10-2011, 11:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Jumboville, TA. | | | I am a confused bassist!!! I like light and dark wood necks. My (stolen) Fender was a 1978 with maple neck. My present one has rosewood. Both are excellent. It is always your own personal choice.
Ebony is something I'm interested in trying. Go figure . . . . |
07-10-2011, 11:22 AM
| | | depends on your level of expertise. If you dont want people freely observing your technique and youre a light skinned individual, go maple. whereas if youre of a darker persuasion but still shy about your fingering get the rosewood. People cant see my bastardized style against that maple background. Helps me get out of my own way. Something about a 1 pc. maple neck on a fender just makes me randy. The new Fenders have a maple fingerboard cap if Im not mistaken.  |
07-10-2011, 11:23 AM
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07-10-2011, 11:26 AM
|  | Supporting Reggae Music | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | | God grew rosewood specifically for bass finger-boards. He wants maple boards on guitars, only!!!
(anything else is a sin)
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07-10-2011, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies |
Yes... but are we going to play Stonehenge tonight? |
07-10-2011, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies | HAHA HA
Well played.
I like rosewood for looks, I like maple for a poorly lit stage where I struggle to see where I am on the fretboard.
But thats me........ |
07-10-2011, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by M.R. Ogle Yes... but are we going to play Stonehenge tonight? | No, tonight is the free-form Jazz Odyssey.
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07-10-2011, 11:45 AM
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07-10-2011, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by pacojas God grew rosewood specifically for bass finger-boards. He wants maple boards on guitars, only!!!
(anything else is a sin) | Satan grew maple in Hades for my 1 pc. early 70's P-bass necks. What is this fingerboard thing youre speaking of?
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07-10-2011, 11:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Steel City of Champions, PA | | | I have both, no difference in tone or feel I just prefer maple for looks. |
07-10-2011, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by cmlax21 I have both, no difference in tone or feel I just prefer maple for looks. | Ditto. Also maple has a better flavor on pancakes.  |
07-10-2011, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NOVAX Ditto. Also maple has a better flavor on pancakes. | Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
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07-10-2011, 12:54 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | maple boards have sealed & finished fingerboards (the standard (MIM) has a flat finish and the american standard a gloss one). i like the feel of gloss finished fingerboards so that might also be a consideration.
personally, although some people don't seem to think so, i prefer the sound of a maple board neck (especially a one piece maple neck), but it's not a huge difference in tone, so IMO, appearance and feel should be your biggest concerns. |
07-10-2011, 01:31 PM
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First, there was GOOD METAL BASSES?. And now, this.
Really, the OP needs to learn to use the search function (although BurningSkies was kind enough to do the work already). Either that, or the mods need to come up with a something that automatically nukes the account of anyone trying to post such questions. |
07-10-2011, 01:47 PM
|  | Hashfinger | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, OR... | | | For me, the difference in tone between the two is neglibible. When you are talking about playing either one in a band situation mixed with other instruments in a club or something, ain't NOBODY gonna be able to tell a difference in tone or sound.
So, it's up to feel as far as I'm concerned, and I go back and forth. For years I insisted on rosewood only. I thought maple looked and felt cheap and the only electric instrument I liked with maple was a Telecaster (guitar, not bass.)
A few years ago I totally changed my mind and came to love maple. But I still like both and the fingerboard composition of woods isn't something I take heavily into consideration when I'm looking at basses. I kind of like to have one of each, but these days I'm moving more back towards rosewood, again just based on feel.
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07-10-2011, 02:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Berkeley CA | | | Maple, it looks much better IMO.
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