What FB with Candy Red?

[fdesalvo]

What up!

The gods of gear have smiled upon ol’ De Salvo once again, bequeathing a surprise influx of music sales from the heavens unto me along with a dilemma!

I’ve got a candy red strat body en route.  I viewed it with a tortoise guard (warmoth makes the ONLY tortoise guards I like) and was shocked at how well the two compliment each other.  Compounded by endless pics brought forth by the Google and Bing! Cornucopias,  I’m left with a conundrum the likes of which no man should bear alone, so I cast it unto you, brethren.

Maple or rosewood?  I’ll be damned if the best and most consistently toneful necks I’ve received from warmoth weren’t the big, fat 1-piece maple necks, so that makes me lean towards maple. But, slap a rosewood plank on top of the 59 carve and you’re talking mucho tone, as well.

Disclaimer:
This entire post was conceived and composed under the influence of sleep deprivation caused by the entire household being under the scourge of a virus.  We are miserable. Hallllllllp!

 

[rgand]

I had to cobble one up in the 'Picture It' builder to play with options. What a nice combo that is. Congrats.

For a fretboard, I'd take Indian rosewood over roasted maple but for tone, I'd probably jump on roasted maple. I thought the plain every-day unroasted maple a bit bright in color for the candy red/tort PG. In person, it certainly will look good with that, too, so let tone be your deciding factor.

 

[GilmourD]

Also, Merry Plaguemas. My family is celebrating, too...

 

[Cagey]

Normally, I prefer a darker fretboard, but most of the candy apple red guitars I've seen seem to look better with the Maple. I have a candy cola Strat that's very close in color to CAR that I mated an Ebony fretboard to that I like, but I don't have a pic and it's packed away at the moment. If you'd like and you think it would help, I'll dig it out.

 

[fdesalvo]

I appreciate the responses, gents - and you too, Cagey  :toothy12:  thanks for the offer to unearth the Cola-caster, but no need.

Happy holidays to all!

 

[Verne Bunsen]

I’m a bit partial to Ebony with CAR...

 

[fdesalvo]

I’m a bit partial to Ebony with CAR...

*head essplodes

 

[Tomatonator]

Fake news - nobody actually uses Bing

 

[Cagey]

Hehe! More or less true. Although, if you're looking for Microsoft products, services, news, or information, it's pretty good at returning those items.

 

[fdesalvo]

Bing rocks for images. That’s about all.

 

[GilmourD]

Fake news - nobody actually uses Bing

I'm in IT. This is so true.

 

[fdesalvo]

Fake news - nobody actually uses Bing

I'm in IT. This is so true.

May God bless your soul!

 

[Rick]

How about all bloodwood with no fret markers.  It'll start as a warm red then settle into rich reddish
Brown .

 

[Wizard of Wailing]

    I like (and own) a candy red strat with a maple board.  That's mainly because in the 80's the Sears catalog I remember had two guitars in it.  A black and a red strat copy with maple boards.  So as a kid I thought, "That's what a guitar looks like."  However, I think a dark board with red inlays would look awesome.  I have a daphne blue strat with an ebony board and Warmoth's blue inlays. It looks good.

 

[fdesalvo]

I ended up choosing a dark rosewood board after all. I have two full maple necked guitars hah.

That comment about what we see or hear as kids rings true!  I have a theory that we always compare things to what first impresses is; that becomes the standard. 

 

[rgand]

A dark rosewood fretboard will be the cat's meow. That's what I ordered for my faultline build. I like the more consistent coloring you get with it.

 

[fdesalvo]

A dark rosewood fretboard will be the cat's meow. That's what I ordered for my faultline build. I like the more consistent coloring you get with it.

No one ever accused me of having good taste!  I’ve been on and off here and need to catch up with all the projects. Cheers!

 

[rgand]

I’ve been on and off here and need to catch up with all the projects.

Don't we all. I need to build a workbench and a sled to shave down body blanks. I'll work on those while the weather prevents me doing other things, like applying clear coats on the Roadhouse.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Get whichever looks best to you. Fretboard material has nothing to do with the tone.
I prefer ebony for that color body.