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- From: mike@vm1.mcgill.ca (Mike Woo)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers.guitar
- Subject: Re: Rosewood vs Maple
- Message-ID: <mike.8@vm1.mcgill.ca>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 20:02:52 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.020701.24226@microsoft.com> <JON.92Nov20095250@zeus.med.utah.edu>
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- In article <JON.92Nov20095250@zeus.med.utah.edu> jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (
- Jonathan Byrd) writes:>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
-
- I've noticed some maple necks have a subtle lacquer-like finish on them
- which makes the fingerboard a little more "slick" and facilitates bending/
- vibrato. I'm partial to the feel of the natural wood myself.
-
- In Quest of the Ultimate Tone,
- Mike Woo
-