Alder as a Neck Wood?

[Shandrazar]

An alder neck would seem like an obvious thing to try for someone who wants a tone between maple and mahogany, but almost nobody offers it.  Does anyone know why this is?

 

[dbw]

Too soft.

 

[rockskate4x]

not strong enough to handle the tension of the strings

 

[NonsenseTele]

for someone who wants a tone between maple and mahogany

Wenge

 

[DangerousR6]

I'd say is if it's not at least as hard as maple, it's not going to work as a fretboard...Since maple seems to be just about the least hardest of most fretboard woods... :dontknow:

 

[UTSC]

Alder is also uglier in terms of grain pattern when comparing to other neck woods, but beauty is in the eyes of the beholder i guess...

 

[juanhonglo]

Carvin offers alder necks on all their guitars as an option. bolt on thin to holdsworth thick.  They save about 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound over maple. With a double truss rod, there definitely wouldn't be a problem with "softness". My holdsworth neck (set neck, sort of a wider '59 lespaul carve) has a single rod and has no problems.

I say the world needs more Alder necks!!!

 

[kboman]

I'd say it works fine...