NF3 SE maple or rosewood fretboard finish

[Bassandj]

I had the chance to try the PRS NF3 SE with maple neck at my local store and I'm absolutely in love with it, how it feels in the hands, how smooth and fast it is. However, I prefer the dark coloring of the fretboard offered on the rosewood neck option but did not get to try it out. Do you know if the finish is also the same, like satin and super smooth or is it actually glossy?

 

[Glide-bpm]

I had the chance to try the PRS NF3 SE with maple neck at my local store and I'm absolutely in love with it, how it feels in the hands, how smooth and fast it is. However, I prefer the dark coloring of the fretboard offered on the rosewood neck option but did not get to try it out. Do you know if the finish is also the same, like satin and super smooth or is it actually glossy?

Mine is satiny smooth.

 

[Broseph]

Back of the necks are the same
Get pics of the rosewood. Some look great. Others look like cheap laurel. SE rosewoods looks can vary wildly.

 

[andy474x]

IMO the maple board does something magic to the tone of the guitar, maybe the way the note attack carries. I tried both and preferred the maple while the rosewood was just “meh.”

 

[Bassandj]

Thanks for the feedback. I see now that PRS currently offers only 3 models with maple necks with satin finish:
- SE NF3
- SE Swamp ash Special
- SE Zach Myers
Still have to decide among those.

 

[dogrocketp]

Go for one of the first two for versatility. Maple and rosewood sound different. I don’t know any musicians who buy for the color of the fret board. Please don’t be the first"

 

[Broseph]

Thanks for the feedback. I see now that PRS currently offers only 3 models with maple necks with satin finish:
- SE NF3
- SE Swamp ash Special
- SE Zach Myers
Still have to decide among those.

Myers is mahogany neck. The silver sky se is satin neck maple.

 

[Bassandj]

Go for one of the first two for versatility. Maple and rosewood sound different. I don’t know any musicians who buy for the color of the fret board. Please don’t be the first"

Don't worry I won't I opted for the SE SAS in the end

 

[dogrocketp]

Good, I went with Maple last year.

 

[Argus_Floyd]

IMO the maple board does something magic to the tone of the guitar, maybe the way the note attack carries. I tried both and preferred the maple while the rosewood was just “meh.”

My ears heard the same thing when I compared a Rosewood one vs a Maple one.

 

[d^rren]

You could have picked up any other guitar with a rosewood fretboard to see how it feels. Rosewood is naturally oily and is almost always left natural and unfinished on musical instrument fingerboards. It is naturally smooth and satiny.

 

[dogrocketp]

Rosewood and maple do sound differently. For me, that would always be the determining factor.