Stick your necks out

[EveryAxeAGem]

When it comes to neck woods, it's safe to say PRS has run the whole gamut short of Rivendell Rosewood and Numenorean Mahogany.

What has been your favourite neck wood, and why?

What has been the most exotic neck wood you've seen?

 

[Rider1260]

I don't think they all that exotic but I have Mahogany , Rosewood and Maple necked PRS , I firmly believe everyone should have one of each

and the why

1) Rosewood - The feel of the raw rosewood is just special and to my ear it has a special sustain and punch

2) Maple - ( both mine are the finish in maple ) A bit extra snap I have always liked and so smooth

3) HOG - It the tone we all know and love.

 

[xjbebop]

The most exotic necks we've got are goncolo alves w/ pao ferro fretboards.
My favorite necks are roasted maple...

 

[geese_com]

Easy one for me...pernambuco.

 

[Bfarmer]

Hog and Korina on my 2. I think I prefer the Hog, but it depends on which day of the week it is.

 

[sloanthebone]

At this point, my favorite sounding guitar was my DGT WL which was hog back, korina neck, Brazilian rosewood fretboard. That combination was killer.

 

[veinbuster]

I really like Brazilian rosewood. Great feel and the earthy tone suits me well.
But, Peruvian mahogany is pretty nice too.

As for exotic, this block I found tucked in a corner of the vault that I begged the Paul's to let me build a guitar around is it for me.

 

[bodia]

I love that bare feeling. I always thought finished necks felt tacky in my hands. Not so much, anymore. But I still love that "raw" wood feel. Rosewood is great for feel, and tone. Ive got a Cu24 with the satin in maple finish that I really like. Recently had a Cu22 refinished with a satin neck finish like the Holcomb. That's a great feel. Having said all that, I'm a sucker for roasted maple in a gun oil finish.

 

[László]

It's strange but I always felt maple necks give a bassy tone rather than trebly. In my mind it's the combination of the inherent low end of the wood, combined with the sharp high end of singlecoil pickups, that gives a strat its signature sound.

This was really thought provoking and insightful! It's kind of a scooped sound, and maybe that's why.

 

[RGM]

I dream of having a rosewood neck someday. The smooth elegance of rosewood touching human flesh is just exquisite.

 

[László]

I like all the neck tone woods, but after having had quite a few different ones, I've come to realize that mahogany is where it's at for me on a solid body electric guitar, and maple on an acoustic or hollow body electric (if it also has maple sides and back). I like maple necks on solid body basses, too.

A good piece of mahogany rings out beautifully, and it's easy to hear why it's a classic neck tonewood.

It's my theory that the neck is the toughest thing to get right on a guitar. PRS does a great job with their necks; I think that's why folks say PRSes play so well, but it's also a big part of what makes them sound so good.

 

[veinbuster]

It's my theory that the neck is the toughest thing to get right on a guitar. PRS does a great job with their necks; I think that's why folks say PRSes play so well, but it's also a big part of what makes them sound so good.

I do believe it is the most important thing to get right on an electrical guitar. And yes, PRS does a great job of it.

 

[dogrocketp]

I`m generally a fan of maple neck/rosewood board, or hog neck/rosewood board. I got an SAS by accident that has made me rethink everything. It`s maple/maple and I`m guessing Eastern Rock Maple. The neck has the most even sound I`ve ever even heard, and the intonation is unbelievable. The guitar went past my other core models into my go-to. Today, we gig with it in blues mode.

 

[Maertl513]

I´ve got several different neck materials.
- maple (one piece)
- maple (three piece),
- maple (5 pieces with 4 stripes of rosewood)
- one piece mahogany
- light weight tonewood with exoceleton out of high modulus carbon and glass fibre

- I played a brazzy neck, indeed, nice feel in the palm. The guitar belongs to a friend.

I have no fondness for neck material in general. My core expections is the neck´s profile and fretboard radius. And maybe the behaviour of the lacquer, glossy or satin, or natural (oiled only).

 

[veinbuster]

 

[shinksma]

For PRSi, I have three of the "typical" woods: Mahogany with IRW fretboard on most, a few Maples (SE-7 with RW board, SE Akerfeldt with ebony board, and SAS with maple board), and a Korina (McCarty Korina Brazzy Soapie).

I like them all, and for each guitar they seem to bring out the tone that I expect/want.

I do want to explore more woods, though, like a rosewood neck, or maybe pernambuco, or other fretboard material like cocobolo.

 

[veinbuster]

I've got to say that I don't have a PRS neck I don't like. They seem to get it right whatever the wood is.