Is this Rosewood? Wenge? What the heck is it?

[Lewguitar]

It was sold to me as being Rosewood. But it's almost BLACK!

I unpacked it and it looked and felt dry. Like it needed a little oil.

Sprinkled a few drops of Hopes Butcher Block oil on a soft cloth and rubbed it in and although it was already almost totally black, It then turned completely black.

This morning a little of the brown Rosewood color has returned but only slightly.

It's a WD neck. A quality neck that's well made.

But it sure doesn't look like Rosewood. Or feel like it.

https://imgur.com/VxTJJIF

 

[FragileThunder]

Hard to say whether that's RW or not, but it's sweet looking!

 

[JasonE]

The grain looks like it is rosewood. I only have one guitar with a rosewood neck on it. I haven't had it out out for a bit.

 

[Gtrbldr]

The grain looks like it is rosewood. I only have one guitar with a rosewood neck on it. I haven't had it out out for a bit.

Agreed. Rosewood can be very dark

 

[deathworlder]

What's it smell like?

 

[Gtrbldr]

What's it smell like?

Yeah, thats the right idea: smell something that has a cilindricalish form and is a dark shade of brown.



J/k

 

[JasonE]

Some light sanding or anything that would warm the wood up a bit should produce a scent.

 

[Lewguitar]

What's it smell like?

Lemon oil. Doesn't smell bad at all.

But what it is, is dry as blazes.

Every fret end needs rounding. They're super sharp!

It's a $350 neck in solid one piece "rosewood" of some kind.

Beautiful and well shaped.

Just a lot darker than I'm used to seeing I guess.

 

[deathworlder]

WD shows them to be finished in satin...
Could explain the color, feel and perceived dryness.

 

[László]

I have a very dark rosewood board on one of my guitars, and a very light rosewood board on another. The rest are kind of in the middle but leaning toward dark.

I have no idea whether that's rosewood or not, but I can confirm it does come in various shades from light to dark.

Have you smelled it? Rosewood is called what it is because it's an oily wood with a strong scent.

 

[Bogner]

Whatever It Is It Looks Awesome To Me!

 

[Lewguitar]

The grain looks like it is rosewood. I only have one guitar with a rosewood neck on it. I haven't had it out out for a bit.

Do you like it?

Folks here have said that Solid Rosewood is the easiest to play and most resonant of all necks.

Carlos plays one.

 

[dmatthews]

Yup, looks like rosewood to me.
They are without doubt my fav.

 

[Lewguitar]

Yup, looks like rosewood to me.
They are without doubt my fav.

Do you know what type of Rosewood yours is?

Indian? Don't see much Brazilian unless your last name is Santana.

 

[Greywolf]

That's a good price for a rosewood neck .. a lil love and it will be fine

 

[dmatthews]

Do you know what type of Rosewood yours is?

Indian? Don't see much Brazilian unless your last name is Santana.

All three of mine are Indian. Love the smooth raw feel.
Braz is harder to get up here in Canada, as most is difficult to import. I've tried a couple of times, but the sellers didn't want to deal with it.

 

[Lewguitar]

This is what I expected to see.

https://imgur.com/jSS30yL

This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/8v31iOz

The dealer isn't certain himself and just offered me a full refund.

 

[dmatthews]

This is what I expected to see.

https://imgur.com/jSS30yL

This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/8v31iOz

The dealer isn't certain himself and just offered me a full refund.

There's a lot of different looking rosewood necks. That one looks lovely to me, but as we all know looks are subjective...

 

[deathworlder]

Looking at his other products, I think the dealer is using filters on his pictures; the reason for grey(concrete) backgrounds.

 

[Gtrbldr]

Can you post a picture of the end grain? Tells a story as well.

But given the possible dark shades of rosewood, I'd say that is what you got. Question is, do you like it, which is a totally different matter all together.

I myself love dark rosewood fretboards, they look rich (for lacknof a better word). Wildly coloured can be nice as well, but depends on the figuring, shades etc, which is a little bit of a gamble and a matter of taste. Same holds for necks, although a little wild could be very attractive ;-).