jfb
Plank Owner
Extremely nice. Top and neck are slamming.
NGD!
- Thread starter philby82
- Start date
ElrytNamrogo
My name be scrambled
Badass, just absolutely badass!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
CantankerousCarl
Occasionally Onery Member
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2012
- Messages
- 2,009
Sweet! Love the green!
megaboogie
408 Birds in the Sky
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2013
- Messages
- 262
That's a beauty! congrats!
sergiodeblanc
New Member
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2012
- Messages
- 27,388
Bangin'!
do artist grade guitars already come with the super-secret rosewood neck treatment?
Tosca
Zombie 10, DFZ
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2013
- Messages
- 5,739
No they don't...but it's worth having done (sent in my HB2 AP for this...no regrets...).
C&M Music - Lafayette
Charlie
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2013
- Messages
- 1,183
Tosca, What exactly is the rosewood treatment. Also, I have asked in another thread about the maple and rosewood necks for a HB@. What are your thoughts? You are obviously pleases with the rosewood. Could I ask you to elaborate and what would be your thoughts on a MAple neck HB2. Thank you
Tosca
Zombie 10, DFZ
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2013
- Messages
- 5,739
That's the million dollar question...it's a PTC secret and they won't say, other than it doesn't involve doing anything "irreversible" to the wood like staining/painting. My guess is it involves some kind of super fine sanding and buffing along with some kind of oil treatment...that's purely a guess. It makes the neck surface very smooth and slick (I know it's hard to imagine it being even more so...I was skeptical too). The treated area looks slightly shinier if you look at an angle up close (impossible to photograph). It almost feels like marble (except warm because it's wood), very smooth, with no "drag".
I'm not sure if I'm the best or the worst person to answer that question. I have guitars with almost every combination of FB/Neck woods because they all have their own special magic...and I'm prone to violent moods swings. I ordered my HB2 with IRW/BRW combination because I wanted something with a "big loud voice" and improved sustain...and I really love the feel of a rosewood neck (and honestly...the smell too). I think a rosewood neck really adds to the resonance, sustain and low end response of a guitar. I like the Ebony/Maple combination too, but already have a JA-15...it's a bit sweeter and brighter...more "refined and polite" than the HB2, if that makes any sense. I really like the smooth feel of an ebony fingerboard, but PRS's BRW is so high quality, dense and finely polished there is almost not difference. My favorite combination is Ebony FB/BRW Neck (with ebony binding)...I have one with that combo but not a PRS...it's fantastic.
Woundtight
New Member
- Joined
- May 11, 2012
- Messages
- 509
That is great! Play the hell out it!
philby82
New Member
Thanks again everybody, the more I play it, the happier I am!
I'm still very much in the honeymoon phase with this guitar so its a bit hard to say how biased I am right now, but I absolutely love the rosewood neck/ebony board combo and with the 5708's it seems to fit my playing perfectly. Its super responsive and has mountains of sustain. I pretty much picked it up from the store and didn't get to play it till band practice that night, but it just felt right and the more I play the neck, the smoother it seems to be becoming.
I'm still very much in the honeymoon phase with this guitar so its a bit hard to say how biased I am right now, but I absolutely love the rosewood neck/ebony board combo and with the 5708's it seems to fit my playing perfectly. Its super responsive and has mountains of sustain. I pretty much picked it up from the store and didn't get to play it till band practice that night, but it just felt right and the more I play the neck, the smoother it seems to be becoming.
Rango
New Member
Sweet! 
