Do you dislike maple fingerboards?

[Means2nEnd]

I prefer all threads where woods are discussed and digresses into a tonewood debate it feels very fresh and new. Oh yeh.. maple

 

[radioface]

Maple, for dark stages.

 

[herndonbassist]

Years ago I would have said that I prefer rosewood b/c I had maple at the time. Now I honestly don't care, I just listen to the bass, I suppose if I had a custom built it'd probably be birds-eye maple which is what my lovely Carvin has, VERY pretty!

 

[Showdown]

Most of my basses have rosewood, but i have two Laklands with maple and they are fantastic.

 

[MonTheNicol]

I prefer rosewood because of the feel and visually. Even though I believe there is only a slightly noticeable difference between the two, I will normally have a warmer, flatwound strung bass with rosewood and a brighter, roundwound strung bass with maple; Which to me is because of OCD

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

I prefer them. Just the way they look pleases me - I can't tell one bit of sound difference.

 

[The Wiz]

Read this at first as "Do you like maple fingerboards?" and voted yes. Oops

 

[Mike Sorr]

Do you dislike maple fingerboards? I do not. With a flexible preamp and a treble roll off, it's easy to manipulate the tone of the maple fingerboard.

I prefer maple boards and up until recently almost all of my basses had them. For me I just prefer the look. Plus they're easier to see on a dark stage. I have also come to realize that it may be a subconscious thing since my earliest influences played basses with maple fretboards.

 

[zontar]

My opinion on the board wood is more based on feel, I don't really have a preference soundwise, so that's not an issue.
I'm not big on maple boards on a guitar based on how it feels and how it affects things like bending, but over the years this is less of a factor.
With bass having thicker strings the feel is different, so I don't feel the board-so I'm fine with maple or not maple.
I have two basses--on has a maple board & one has rosewood.

 

[jp58]

I like the way maple looks, but I've never owned a bass with a maple fingerboard.

 

[blindrabbit]

Sure, and the earth is flat too!

There is such delicious irony in having someone trying to rebut facts and science by suggesting to do so is akin to rejecting reason for faith.

 

[TOOL460002]

I go by feel. Been playing maple necks forever. Love them. Rosewood I feel slows me down. It could be the basses, but moving on maple just seems easier.

 

[MegaSwing]

Every instrument is its own thing. Even though there are generalities and tendencies, an instrument must be judged on its own individual merits. A solid-body instrument has no acoustics, so almost anything is possible, especially when one applies electricity.

 

[noeinstein]

Mmm maple

 

[Slevage]

Go maple or go home
( unless it's carbon fiber)
Ebony on my EUB is ok too!

 

[DwaynieAD]

A maple board with black block inlays is my favorite look. I have 5 basses all with rosewood boards because I dont care that much.

 

[Doug Parent]

Do you dislike maple fingerboards? I do not. With a flexible preamp and a treble roll off, it's easy to manipulate the tone of the maple fingerboard.

I find maple to offer more and require less I need to chase away or towards with a EQ.

 

[Neon Blues]

I really like the tone of a Maple board with a Motown styled setup. P-Bass, La Bellas, tone rolled off, String Dampener and of course tubes.

 

[Will_White]

I like maple over maple because it takes dye well.

 

[hintz]

I prefer maple, no idea why.

Hahaha, same here actually, maybe its the look, I dunno... I'm not gonna go claim that they sound different than rosewood or ebony cuz I really don't know, but the two MIJ fender pbasses I owned both had the maple finger boards and I loved em', maybe its cuz I'm a Steve Harris fan!!?? But I also really like ebony, but that's definitely for looks