Quick stupid question.

[Mephis]

Is it normal on maple neck/FB guitars, that the neck/fb be integrated.

In other words, no fretboard, just slapping frets on a neck.


???

 

[XSSIVE]

Re: Quick stupid question.

well, i know most maple fender necks are solid wood with no dedicated fingerboard wood put on top....it's all one hunk of wood!

-Mike

 

[Mephis]

Re: Quick stupid question.

Oh ok, cool. yea, you can tell ive never had a maple fb.....

 

[Artie]

Re: Quick stupid question.

Thats interesting, and something I've never really thought about, or noticed, til you asked. Two of my Peavey's have maple/maple necks, and it is, in fact, one piece of wood. No separate fingerboard.

 

[Artie]

Re: Quick stupid question.

This just got me to thinking . . . we always hear that maple/maple is brighter than maple/rosewood. Now, I can't help but wonder . . . is it because it's rosewood, or because its a separate piece of wood?

Hmmm . . . :question:

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Quick stupid question.

I think it all just depends on the necks construction. The vintage style with skunk stripe are one pc. but I have also seen some warmoth necks that are 2 pc. maple necks. I think they call it vintage modern or something like that.

Maple, and ebony, for that matter are naturally bright woods. I've never really thought about it that much..But I'm curious also about having a glued fretboard as opposed to a one pc. neck.

I wonder how a 1pc. maple neck would compare to a solid Rosewood neck?

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Quick stupid question.

My Lynchs are all 1 piece, the fingerboard and neck ...
However, it looks, to my eyes at least, that my '79 Strat has a seperate maple fingerboard ... anyone know fer sure?

 

[B2D]

Re: Quick stupid question.

During the CBS period it was not uncommon for Fender necks to have "capped" maple fingerboards. The only new guitar I've seen like this is the Lite Ash Strat.

Ordinarily though yes, all-maple necks are one peice of wood.

 

[7th Hell]

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Hmmmmm... I always thought that a Maple neck/FB was one piece if there's a skunk stripe on the back (for the truss rod installation). If there's no skunk stripe, they have to use 2 pieces to get the truss rod inside the neck, right?

 

[y2stevo]

Re: Quick stupid question.

My strat seems to have a One piece maple neck, But the Wolfie has a Birdseye on Birdseye maple neck..