Which pic is maple, which is rosewood?

[WarriorJoe7]

In the vein of stereojoe's rw jazz-bass VS maple jazz-bass thread, I thought I'd do a little comparison of my own. To be honest, I did this more for my own benefit but then I thought it would be fun to get other bassist's opinions.

We are talking the fingerboard wood... Which one is maple and which one is rosewood?

These necks are identical - bound and blocked, same dimensions (both are JAZZ necks. They even have the exact same hardware on them - Gotoh tuners and a Hipshot 3 string retainer. Same white plastic nut.
When the necks were swapped Joe left the same strings on the bass - 6 month old D'addario XL's .045 - .105.
The bass was photographed with both pickups maxed and tone control wide open directly into the soundcard of Joe's Apple Powerbook G4.
Basically, the only differences should be the wood of the necks.

So which is which? This is gonna be tricky!!!

PIC ONE:

PIC TWO:

 

[xlows]

GAH! THEY LOOK THE SAME! One of them must be a Variax...


...You know, Joe, this is really unfair is someone around here is colorblind.

 

[MyUsernameHere]

Wow! I've been waiting for months for someone to expend the effort to put together a comparison like this. I've always wondered how different a maple and rosewood board would look if someone could somehow track both down and put them side-by-side--but to be honest, the very idea of having them together in the same room scared the heck out of me. Kinda like mixing matter and antimatter. The whole universe could explode.

Thanks a lot man...and be careful.

 

[agreatheight]

I know some people say that they can see a difference, but I think they are full of crap - I just can't tell from the pictures! No one can!

 

[PocketGroove82]

Great Poll!
Heehehehehe

 

[jazzbo58]

Beauty!!!! LOL!

Cheers,
Jim

 

[smperry]

LOL.

M

 

[meev992]

Apparently we're better off flipping a coin, TBers can't tell the difference.

 

[Vic Winters]

I think it's just a lighting trick. Look how much brighter the picture frame is in the background of the second pic. Probably why the neck looks so much lighter. Plus the two pics were taken at similar, but not the same angle.

 

[Valerus]

I chose both

 

[Eric Perry]

I think it's just a lighting trick. Look how much brighter the picture frame is in the background of the second pic. Probably why the neck looks so much lighter.

 

[WarriorJoe7]

I think you guys should look closer... some of you are blind!

 

[BobXboB]

I can't tell by these pictures. I need sound clips.

 

[WarriorJoe7]

I can't tell by these pictures. I need sound clips.

fair enough:

It's either audio one is pic 1 and audio 2 is pic 2, or else it's the other way around...

audio1.wav - 3.43MB
audio2.wav - 3.38MB

BTW we are on track to match the 40/60 ratio of the other poll! Keep it up guys LOL

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

The second neck looks just a little bit darker. But I'm not sure. Maybe you could auto-level the colors in PhotoShop?

 

[Pennydreadful]

I've been wondering if I only see a difference between rosewood and maple because I expect to see it. Now I know- if you think you can tell them apart, you're just kidding yourself.

 

[WarriorJoe7]

The second neck looks just a little bit darker. But I'm not sure. Maybe you could auto-level the colors in PhotoShop?

or you could just do this... example

is this the 6 of spades and the 9 of hearts or the 9 of hearts and the 6 of spades? or both/neither/something else entirely?

some of you guys are going to be confused by this one!!!

 

[BobXboB]

fair enough:

It's either audio one is pic 1 and audio 2 is pic 2, or else it's the other way around...

audio1.wav - 3.43MB
audio2.wav - 3.38MB

BTW we are on track to match the 40/60 ratio of the other poll! Keep it up guys LOL

Hmmm, hard to say but it's clear that in clip two you were thirsty and barefoot while in clip one I can clearly hear you need a haircut. Some people might not pick this up because it's subtle but the smart people will hear it.

 

[EagleMoon]

I'm hoping this is a joke.

 

[WarriorJoe7]

honestly since these aren't my pictures and I haven't seen the basses in person, I think one has a carrot fretboard and the other is just a variax impersonation of a bass with a carrot fretboard... ahhhh but which is the real thing? Can you tell?