Ang3lus said:i wanted to order a neck with brazilian fretboard but i can't cause of some stupid laws
but wth, all my guitars came from the US and have brazilian rosewood (fender strat, musicman JP, ibanez RG)
so what's up with warmoth not being able to export it ?
Ang3lus said:hmm
i didn't know that indian was the same
i thought every brand of rosewood gives a different sound ?
thanks for the tip
i almost gave up on warmoth necks just cause i wanted brazilian, but if it's the same as indian, who cares
Ang3lus said:i want a LP neck which is angled, what other fretboard do you suggest that sounds like BRW ?
i'm looking for that vintage LP tone, already got body/pickups/hardware and whatever just need a neck now
mahogany on braz rosewood was my first choice but that's impossible now
any other fingerboard that will accentuate the lows/mids ?
i like heavy and tight bass response, but also gary moore like distortion
Ang3lus said:does it have the same bass response as mahogany ?
mahogany has this awesome tight bass, if you know anything better please share
maybe wenge ?
is it impossible to play mahogany without a finish ?
also wenge is impossible without a finish ?
Ang3lus said:i wanted to order a neck with brazilian fretboard but i can't cause of some stupid laws
Ang3lus said:what about a Wenge neck with Kingwood fingerboard ?
jackthehack said:Re: "singing highs/growling mids":
- You can make the body out of a chunk of anything, it's not going to make any appreciable difference in any way, with the exception of very light bodies of some woods being able to pick up additional resonance when playing at volume.
- Choice of neck wood(s) CAN make a difference to tonality, but the difference is in actuality very slight in almost all cases.
- 90% of tone/sound comes from your pickups/electronics selection and your fingers.
SOMEBODY PLEASE STICKY THIS POST ON EVERY FORUM HERE!!!!!!
all the best, R
....the only practical/discernable difference between type(s) of rosewood used for fretboard(s) is purely cosmetic.
There is no real discernable difference between a rosewood and a mahogany neck if referencing the quality of wood you're going to get from Warmoth. A wenge neck will be a little brighter, somewhere in between mahogany/rosewood and maple. These differences are still basically rather minor and you can get as much differentiation between two necks made of the SAME species of wood as different ones.
"the mahogany gibson used in the 50ies has the properties you want for a great neck"
The same quality mahogany wood was generally available into the early 70s at reasonable pricing. I've bought a number of mahogany bodies/necks from Warmoth and the quality is generally on a par with that used in older vintage instruments. If you check out the link below, or catch the reruns on the Science or Discovery channels, what Gibson uses these days looks like scrap mahogany glued together. I don't see the shot of where they are gluing together 3 piece body blanks in the condensed video link below, but it looked pretty nasty, particularly when you consider the quality of wood being used for guitars retailing upwards of $2000...
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/14158-some-assembly-required-gibson-guitars-video.htm
Orpheo said:and yeah, its a stupid law, i know, but hey, you need it to prohibit rogue timber-cutting! I value great guitars, but I also value our environment. PRS, gibson and fender CS dont care so much about law, and do ship abroad. but warmoth wont. thats alot of kudo's towards warmoth! thumbs up!