Looking at alder body Squier Strats today, and noticed the rosewood on all the Squiers looked different. It's attractive, with dark and light stripes running parallel to the strings, but it's not like rosewood on my other guitars. I remember reading about Gibson's run in with the law about buying rosewood out of protected forests. Fender's website say's the fretboard is rosewood. How many species are out there, and if they're suitable for guitar making is something that didn't Google very well.
Anyway, I want a Squier made of well crafted tonewoods as a foundation to build on. This will be my first strat, and since I'm in uncharted single-coil waters, I want something that I can change at will without having to worry about depreciating it. The one I really like is a 60's Vibe model, it has a strong acoustic sound (probably from what looks like an almost quarter sawn neck). If it's real rosewood, I'm buying it. If not, I'll find a maple fretboard model instead....
Thanks
Anyway, I want a Squier made of well crafted tonewoods as a foundation to build on. This will be my first strat, and since I'm in uncharted single-coil waters, I want something that I can change at will without having to worry about depreciating it. The one I really like is a 60's Vibe model, it has a strong acoustic sound (probably from what looks like an almost quarter sawn neck). If it's real rosewood, I'm buying it. If not, I'll find a maple fretboard model instead....
Thanks
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