Lewguitar
Old Know It All
There's no better or worse. I don't even have a preference!
As long as a guitar turns me on that's all I ask.
My '54 Esquire has a one piece maple neck and I love the way it sounds. Warm but very clear.
My '63 Strat had a maple neck and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and I loved it too. It had a chewier tone than my Esquire. Kind of a bark to the mids that I don't hear from Indian rosewood.
I love my Mark Jenny parts-o-caster Strat and SE Silver Skys which have maple necks and I guess Indian Rosewood fingerboards. They sound very similar to my '63 Strat...but lack those very subtle chewy mids.
My PRS Custom 22's and 2000 Gibson ES335 are all Honduras Mahogany neck and an Indian Rosewood fingerboard and that's a great sound too.
I guess the only thing I don't like is an all maple body and neck. That just doesn't do it for me. Too bright and focused. Not warm. Almost sterile.
As long as a guitar turns me on that's all I ask.
My '54 Esquire has a one piece maple neck and I love the way it sounds. Warm but very clear.
My '63 Strat had a maple neck and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and I loved it too. It had a chewier tone than my Esquire. Kind of a bark to the mids that I don't hear from Indian rosewood.
I love my Mark Jenny parts-o-caster Strat and SE Silver Skys which have maple necks and I guess Indian Rosewood fingerboards. They sound very similar to my '63 Strat...but lack those very subtle chewy mids.
My PRS Custom 22's and 2000 Gibson ES335 are all Honduras Mahogany neck and an Indian Rosewood fingerboard and that's a great sound too.
I guess the only thing I don't like is an all maple body and neck. That just doesn't do it for me. Too bright and focused. Not warm. Almost sterile.
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