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- From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
- Subject: Re: Rosewood vs Maple
- Sender: news@math.utah.edu
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:52:50 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.020701.24226@microsoft.com>
- In-Reply-To: erikm@microsoft.com's message of 20 Nov 92 02: 07:01 GMT
- Organization: University of Utah
- Message-ID: <JON.92Nov20095250@zeus.med.utah.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov20.020701.24226@microsoft.com> erikm@microsoft.com (Erik Madsen) writes:
-
- 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 bought a Strat in 1979. After playing both fingerboard types, I
- chose the rosewood fingerboard. I found the slipperyness/stickyness
- of the varnished maple fingerboard unpredictable. It was particularly
- noticeable for me while bending a string, and applying a vigorous hand
- vibrato.
-
- --
- jonathan byrd
- jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
-