Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Well, the thread has got to the point now where we know practically every detail of the two guitars is different physically. It shouldn't then be surprising that the physical response of the guitars is different.
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Ooops,I was thinking same/"exact" body/hardware...

nvrmnd...
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Yes,
Sorry. I should have mentioned chambered. I did not know one was thinner than the other, I made some big mistakes I can see that now. SO: How about this. If I changed the neck from maple to rosewood on just one guitar, only the neck, do any of you think one would sound brighter than the other?
I remain embarrassed about my lack of detail on both bodies being "exactly the same bodies". I know better than that. Again, I ask for papal dispensation on the whole body thing. I didn't think of two body differences and didn't know the third. Also I should have mentioned the metal, but I thought the ****** metal on the brighter guitar would not be an issue as the better metal I assumed would be brighter, so I left that out on purpose.
Buff
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Wood is all different. You cannot predict what 1 or 2 different necks might do.

Think of 2 speakers replicating a signal to 17khz. One with a range of 12khz as max......one with the same response but a range of 15khz as max. You will here more top end with the 2nd one.
If input signal goes to 8khz only then there is no change despite the 2nd speaker technically being a 'brighter' response.

Same with wood. You have 2 entirely different bits of maple making up the 2 necks, even before the rosewood is glued onto the top. So they will each have their own specific resonant frequency. Then they have to mate with the body and its specific resonance........just like the speaker reacting to the different signals.

As a final point, I got a few Amazonian rosewood boards just recently. 3 of them were from the same batch......sawn from the same blank. They were adjacent boards.....separated in the tree by the width of a saw blade.....yet tapping them produces a slightly different tone for each.
Yep, wood is unique.
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Hey Steve,

I didn't read the entire string of comments, so if this has been covered already, I apologize.

I would doubt very much that the rosewood neck is brighter than the maple neck (it is possible, but not likely). Try swapping the necks on those two guitars and see what they sound like, all else staying the same.
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

I've heard warm pieces of maple, and bright rosewood, so it is possible, but not likely. If that is what you hear, go with it. In the end, you have to like the sound- the pickups either compensate for a shift in EQ or accentuate it...no one can tell you any different if you like it.
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

Thanks everyone,
Everybody doubts that the necks could sound so different. So I believe it is the things I DID NOT MENTION: as I didn't think they would make much of a difference.
Fault is mine. Thanks for answering anyway, some real polite people here. I need to be all inclusive next time I make what I think is an easy question and then leave out important stuff.
Case closed I believe.
Steve B
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

AlexR said:
^There's no 'circuit' in air. Circuits or other electronic parts are only important once plugged in.

Every bit of wood is different. Remember, the rosewood is only a few mm thick over maple.

Acoustic tone is basically the structure of the guitar vibrating the air. So even things like finish is important too.......as well as wood, hardware, any contouring etc etc.
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i'm open-minded but I highly Doubt U could teach me much on this Subject ~ U seem to be Over Thinking the Woods. You Apparently Dont Understand what I was saying . I CAN Generalize + I do that the Density of Maples is greater , because it Is . I'm stating that Rosewood + Basswood are in No-Way brighter , Period. I am also Stating that the Strings Vibrations over the harder decks of Fretboard and Bodies ( and Thru Brass Nuts Equates to Brighter. Maybe You just haven't built for as Long as some of Us. I dont go by Theory , Just Practical Experience .
 
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Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

GuitarDoc said:
Hey Steve,

I didn't read the entire string of comments, so if this has been covered already, I apologize.

I would doubt very much that the rosewood neck is brighter than the maple neck (it is possible, but not likely). Try swapping the necks on those two guitars and see what they sound like, all else staying the same.
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Amen to this One
 
Re: Rosewood neck vs. Maple neck with exact body radically different.

KNUCKLEHEAD and GuitarDoc -
and All who responded
Thanks, case closed,
Amen
Steve Buffington
 
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