I really hope you guys are all just horsing around. The difference is so apparent, so OBVIOUS; there is no similarity in coloration between those two necks, and it's no lighting trick. Rosewood also has a different texture than maple and the grain is obvious on the rosewood pic, while the flatness is obvious on the maple pic. Wait, don't tell me, the first guy to point all this out is the butt of some monstrous prank, right? Well I guess it's me; I just couldn't let the nonsense go on unanswered any longer.