Half Maple/Half Rosewood Fretboards?

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I was just perusing YouTube for some cover videos. I stumbled upon this video of a couple guys covering Muse's "Knights Of Cydonia", and I noticed the odd-looking guitar. It's a Maverick with what appears to be a split fretboard, with half maple and half rosewood/ebony. Has anyone seen anything like this? Is that really split wood, or is the maple just dyed? Do other brands do this as well?

 
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I've seen them on teh Webz,but usually split down the middle...

Thinking Chaoz(?) did "something"...
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ive seen that done before. they can look really cool
 
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A local builder in Atlanta has a patent pending on his DualTone fretboards. I've played this one and it was really cool. Supposed to tame the high strings with Rosewood while keeping the Maple tone on the low strings.

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yeah, i dont think he is breaking any new ground with that so doubt he will get a patent. i like the look though
 
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jeremy said:
yeah, i dont think he is breaking any new ground with that so doubt he will get a patent. i like the look though
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Probably not, it was the only one I had ever seen but apparently others have done it before. lol

I prefer the look of Verrilli's better–uniform and straight. The tone was incredible; however, that specific guitar uses top of the line electronics, wood and hardware so it is to be expected.
 
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I wonder if the fretboard is finished or not...
 
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If it's maple and ebony, it's purely for looks as they're so tonally similar as to not have a readily-detectable difference. While the half-rosewood might offer some small amount of tonal variation, it's nothing that can't be achieved more effectively by using saddles of a darker-toned material. One could also go further and use 3 different saddle types that offered a tonal gradient, from clear and bright on the bass side, to something that compensated for the volume difference on the middle strings, and then a pair that tamed the harsher highs on the 1st 2.


Hmmm. There's your answer to "I want Les Paul tones out of my Strat and Strat tones out of my Les Paul" and "Can I play Death/Doom, Classic Rock, C&W, and Smooth Jazz on my Chinese Junker?" - saddle swapping.
 
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Well, I found the model. It's a Maverick X-Treme. Pretty ugly guitar if I do say so myself. Look at the volume and tone controls as well. They're wheels.

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Those side-mounted volume/tone pots were a big selling gimmick back in the day.


Sent from my TARDIS using timey-wimey talk.
 
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[QUOTE Thinking Chaoz(?) did "something"...
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Done some for cosmetic reasons - not gonna get into the tone debate with people who say 44.45mm of wood in the body makes no difference but will argue a 6mm fretboard piece will
 
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ChAoZ said:
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Done some for cosmetic reasons - not gonna get into the tone debate with people who say 44.45mm of wood in the body makes no difference but will argue a 6mm fretboard piece will
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That looks awesome! Can you share pics when it is finished?

I believe wood does make a difference in tone...don't want to argue with anyone ;) That being said, I play more aggressively on a Maple board than I do Rosewood.
 
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In some cases it may be simply an excuse to use smaller pieces of wood.
 
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