ziricote seems to be creeping into fretboards more and more.
I've had my eye on several PRS guitars with ziricote fretboard. I probably would probably own one now if they had Brazilian rosewood.
I've tried to do my 30 minutes of Ziricote homework. She is a beautiful looking wood,very attractive.
visiting all the luthier tonewood websites. the PRS forum archives only touches on it lightly
I've had about 50-50 Brazilian and Indian rosewood. as well as several Maple.
all of those tonewoods work beautifully for me, each offers something slightly different but still similar string attack harmonic bloom note decay.
slight preference for the Brazilian, it is definitely a fantastic tonewood.
I guess that's the reason were in trouble now, I covet it highly.
Ebony fret boards definitely do not work for me, they feel fantastic to play and feel great to the fingertips.
however I could not bond with the tone, simply to percussive, too bright of an attack, I play the classic 60s and 70s rock low, moderate, some high gain, very little metal. I do think ebony seems to work on the electric guitar for metal tones.
For me it's just funny how those guitars ended up buried in a closet never to be seen again.
if I was forced to play it only, I could adapt and probably learn to love it.
ziricote appears have very similar properties to Rosewood,
~2000 foot-pounds on the Janka scale
~50 pounds per cubic foot on the density
the basic comments on tone appear to be; very similar to Rosewood yet some possible elements of bright string attack properties.
but probably very hard to notice except to a highly trained monkey.
so the question is
who has a ziricote fretboard on a mahogany neck, any observations /comments on how it fits on the spectrum between rosewood and ebony.
assuming the playability and feel are very similar as well.
my assumption right now is, I would probably find it hard to tell a difference, and it is possible I might like the tiny extra percussive brightness. that's kind of how I use my coil taps right now, just to get a little more string attack by splitting the coils.
any comments appreciated
cheers
I've had my eye on several PRS guitars with ziricote fretboard. I probably would probably own one now if they had Brazilian rosewood.
I've tried to do my 30 minutes of Ziricote homework. She is a beautiful looking wood,very attractive.
visiting all the luthier tonewood websites. the PRS forum archives only touches on it lightly
I've had about 50-50 Brazilian and Indian rosewood. as well as several Maple.
all of those tonewoods work beautifully for me, each offers something slightly different but still similar string attack harmonic bloom note decay.
slight preference for the Brazilian, it is definitely a fantastic tonewood.
I guess that's the reason were in trouble now, I covet it highly.
Ebony fret boards definitely do not work for me, they feel fantastic to play and feel great to the fingertips.
however I could not bond with the tone, simply to percussive, too bright of an attack, I play the classic 60s and 70s rock low, moderate, some high gain, very little metal. I do think ebony seems to work on the electric guitar for metal tones.
For me it's just funny how those guitars ended up buried in a closet never to be seen again.
if I was forced to play it only, I could adapt and probably learn to love it.
ziricote appears have very similar properties to Rosewood,
~2000 foot-pounds on the Janka scale
~50 pounds per cubic foot on the density
the basic comments on tone appear to be; very similar to Rosewood yet some possible elements of bright string attack properties.
but probably very hard to notice except to a highly trained monkey.
so the question is
who has a ziricote fretboard on a mahogany neck, any observations /comments on how it fits on the spectrum between rosewood and ebony.
assuming the playability and feel are very similar as well.
my assumption right now is, I would probably find it hard to tell a difference, and it is possible I might like the tiny extra percussive brightness. that's kind of how I use my coil taps right now, just to get a little more string attack by splitting the coils.
any comments appreciated
cheers