Members fabstrat Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 And I've never heard one I really cared for. Rosewood>Mahogany>Maple. YMMV you sir are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 you sir are correct. but you sir, aren't.. Maple acoustics are wonderful.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 Originally Posted by fmw Ebony makes a fine fingerboard. So does American hard maple for that matter. Perhaps they can start making some acoustics with maple bodies instead of rosewood. That should have a nice snappy tone. I think you'd end up with a tone that only dogs 2 miles away would hear ... Quoting myself ... first sign of madness...I thought he was talking about a hard maple fingerboard on an acoustic guitar Maple body acoustics are excellent. My Yamaha has a spruce top but flamed maple back and sides. It also has an ebony fingerboard.It sounds excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 And I've never heard one I really cared for. Rosewood>Mahogany>Maple. YMMV Guild jumbo 12-strings are a great sounding maple bodied acoustic - generally considered by most folks to be the best sounding acoustic 12-string around, except by a few Leadbelly fans, who prefer the Stella.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassopotamus Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 supposedly right now they only use trees that have fallen, but other than it looking nice ive heard its harder than indian roosewood which leads to easier playing and is a little bit brighter so it mixes maple and roosewood together in a sense....pretty cool. THat is my take. The instruments I've played with Braz rosewood boards (mostly early J basses that I can't afford) all seemed a tad snappier with a smoother feel. That said, these instruments are all also 45 years old, so It is hard to isolate out the tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 They probably can't get it in sufficient quantities for their lines.Also, there are new international laws about transporting endangered species across international boundaries.Personally, I could care less. My old Martin has Brazilian rosewood and my new one has Indian. The new one actually sounds quite a bit better.There is plenty of decent South American RW:This board is not Brazilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crawfish Posted May 2, 2008 Members Share Posted May 2, 2008 It's all wood. Let's not form a splinter group. I think someone on here nailed it. You've been waiting a long time to use those lines. Go ahead and admit it. :poke:just joking with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted May 2, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 2, 2008 It's all wood.Let's not form a splinter group.I think someone on here nailed it. I'm board:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 I have about 100 AAA Brazilian rosewood fingerboards in my garage. I can't unload them for 20 bucks a board it seems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members foppy Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 I've been looking for a dining room table on craigslist recently. Lots of not very attractive, used, solid rosewood tables out there for sale. We should hack 'em up and sell 'em to PRS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hondro Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 my house has brazilian cherry floors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 two early 60s Yamaha first line of classicals, all of my Yamaha Dynamics are maple as well, but these two show just how beautiful the wood was they used back then...and they all have very deep voices which may surprice some due to the fact that they`re maple...but they play and sound great...a very rare No. 85 on the left and a not so rare No. 45 on the right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carmetal Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 Exactly right; over on the Les Paul forum they go ape{censored} over the few guitars fitted with Braz fingerboards a couple of years ago like they were the holy grail. Yup, some of the snobs over on that forum could actually HEAR the difference in tone between Brazilian, Indian or Madagascar rosewood!!! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members air guitar Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 Indian rosewood is just as good if not better. And the world just needs to plant more trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Splashproof Posted May 3, 2008 Members Share Posted May 3, 2008 This guy prefers African Rosewood ( That might be Buginga or it might not ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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