Hi,
does someone have an MC with an ebony board?
Not a 594, but a regular MC.
They seem to be not very common...
How do they sound compared to the ones with rosewood boards?
Does it make a noticable difference in sound?
I feel this is the case. I have essentially the same guitar with an ebony board on one and rosewood on the other.It makes a difference. The attack of the note is a little snappier, and the tone balance is just a tiny bit brighter overall.
Concur! The HB II pz Ebony board is one me this. I've only just two others...Martin JB-something and Alembic Further. Ebony boards are stellar! I'm eyeing a CU 24 with an Ebony board...hard to resist.It makes a difference. The attack of the note is a little snappier, and the tone balance is just a tiny bit brighter overall. I've had ebony fretboards on several PRS models. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I want the more searing (slower attack), warmer sound of rosewood, though Brazilian rosewood is somewhere between ebony and Indian rosewood.
Thanks!
So in combination with the 58/15 on a 2016 MC a realivly bright, and bit less "vintage" sound can be expected?
Does it make a noticable difference in sound?
Noticable? Some, but I’d be more concerned about pickups and amps.
I would go for ebony for looks and feel primarily.
I would go for ebony for looks and feel primarily.
Intersting anecdote: I once bought a special edition Les Paul Standard with an ebony board. I'd owned other guitars with ebony boards and this one sounded extra snappy. I liked it, nice and crisp. Since then I sold it off and I've seen it come up for sale at least three times since them (it was a limited edition and numbered so I can tell). Hmmmm. Wonder what that's about?
Well recently I was diagnosed as having moderate to severe hearing loss in the high frequency ranges. I always knew my ears were bad but I sort of assumed that they would just get bad across the whole frequency spectrum. Not so. Now looking back I am starting to think that the Les Paul that had that snappy crisp sound I loved so much actually maybe sounded harsh and shrill and I just couldn't hear it. Maybe I was the perfect guy for that guitar, like the guy who dedicated his life to studying skunks and had no sense of smell. Synergy!
There were plenty of electric guitars made back in the day with ebony boards. I spent some quality time with a Les Paul with an ebony board in 1969 or '70, and of course there were always tons of jazz boxes with ebony boards, not to mention acoustics and other stringed instruments going back to the 17th Century.
Will it be a little snappier? Yes. Is that inherently more modern? I dunno. In any case, what are the tradeoffs?
It seems to me, on a solid body guitar the note seems to decay a little faster with ebony. Often players like the warmer tone of rosewood for soloing with an overdriven amp on a solid body instrument. Playing clean, or with very articulate rhythm parts, ebony's fantastic.
I'll concede that it's possible that ebony's greater amplitude/faster rise time of the ADSR curve on the attack portion of the note is merely an impression that the note decays more quickly, and perhaps there's a psychoacoustic phenomenon at work. Doesn't matter either way, it's all about perception.
With a hollow or semi-hollow body, you have the extra resonance caused by the body cavity that does a different thing. So for that, ebony and a hollow or semi-hollow is a great match.
Thanks guys for comments and sorry for answering late. I am busy at the moment..
Problem is that I am only looking for 1 PRS...and I am a bit tired of buying and selling...
Have many other classical style guitars..Want one now with a classic sound, but a tad more "modern" and with Humbucker and Single coil sounds.
Playing Pop, Rock, Hardrock, Blues... most classic styles, but not too classic
The one I have in mind is the same model like this
https://imgur.com/gallery/hdmAH