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- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!erikm
- From: erikm@microsoft.com (Erik Madsen)
- Subject: Rosewood vs Maple
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.020701.24226@microsoft.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 02:07:01 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
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- Hi -
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- I've just recently entered the world of Strats. I guess a bad one or two
- kept me away from them for years, but I've had some really great experiences
- with them lately. Right now I'd like to buy one of the Fender reissue
- models, but something keeps cropping up: the difference between a maple
- neck and a rosewood neck. I've called several guitar stores around the
- country, and it seems that 57 reissues seem a little easier to come by.
- The 62 reissues seem a little harder to find.
-
- Can any of you strat players tell me why you might prefer one neck to the
- other? Also, from what I've seen, the 62 models have a thinner neck than
- the 57 ones. Is this true? Why do you prefer one to the other?
- As far as the type of wood is concerned, is this something I shouldn't let
- bother me too much at this point in the game?
-
- Someone told me a few days ago that once I get into the Strat world there
- won't be much hope for coming back to my Les Paul...
-
- thanks!
- Erik
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