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Maple Fingerboard Love!
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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This roasted maple Squier Contemporary Jazz V is the nicest Squier I have ever seen, but it is $529 too.
OK, OK, you win. I want another bass.
I really like the look of maple, but only have one... and it’s roasted.
I did just get a maple baritone/vi neck in today, but It’s a week off from being complete..
I did just get a maple baritone/vi neck in today, but It’s a week off from being complete..
Man, that's gorgeous! Here's my Sire V7 and my '78 jazz bass. (both ash and maple):
Man that’s awesome! So do the pups have series/ parallel switches? Ugh such a beautiful bass!
I only have one left nowadays, 1997 Ray 5er...
Birdeye maple is sort of "toasting" with age (still no black marks, regularly cleaned and oiled).
I've had others, such as this Maruszczyk Jake 5a+ (pretty unremarkable kinda' maple -and tone, damm dead Delanos-)...
Also I'm parting ways with this Schecter CV-5 (nice sorta' yellowish maple)...
Birdeye maple is sort of "toasting" with age (still no black marks, regularly cleaned and oiled).
I've had others, such as this Maruszczyk Jake 5a+ (pretty unremarkable kinda' maple -and tone, damm dead Delanos-)...
Also I'm parting ways with this Schecter CV-5 (nice sorta' yellowish maple)...
Fender should offer this color scheme again in the Pro and Performer lines!
series/parallel/single for each pickup. The preamp is great, and the week I bought it I went to a birthday party/jazz jam where I was able to plug in to a K12 and have it sound like my rig. That was beautiful, but I could totally see getting this bass in a passive configuration with a dual stack knob setup with coil switching. I often practice with it passive to save battery power. The pickups are THAT good. I was a G&L dual MFD guy for over 20 years...these sound even better passive. Single coil in the neck and series at the bridge is “all that and a bag of chips!”.
Is it strange I only like maple on Ps or StingRays?
I have a 24 hour offer on Reverb for a jazz-type bass from a popular manufacturer, and the body color (trans) and wood grain are amazing, but it has a maple fretboard and I like my J-basses with rosewood or ebony.
I'd get over it and jump on it since it's such a Good Deal, but I just got a really nice P (rosewood + block inlays) and I can't really justify it right now.
I do have a black 'n' maple PJ though, love it (see avatar)
I have a 24 hour offer on Reverb for a jazz-type bass from a popular manufacturer, and the body color (trans) and wood grain are amazing, but it has a maple fretboard and I like my J-basses with rosewood or ebony.
I'd get over it and jump on it since it's such a Good Deal, but I just got a really nice P (rosewood + block inlays) and I can't really justify it right now.
I do have a black 'n' maple PJ though, love it (see avatar)
I'm the guy who used to hate, and I mean HATE, the look of maple fingerboards...couldn't understand how anyone in their right mind would want a bass with one...but things changed over the years, and now I can't get enough of 'em.
And don't even get me started on birdseye or flamed maple...
And don't even get me started on birdseye or flamed maple...
jonesn4bass
Commercial User
late to the party, but I’ll play. I love maple!
