timbre and eq are different things. a naturally darker guitar eqed to be brighter and a guitar that's just brighter naturally will still sound different and have different harmonics
Of course they're going to sound different. You're picking closer to the neck on the rosewood and closer to the bridge on the maple. Slight as it may be, there is a difference.
Im sorry but I watched this multiple times and he picks the same way for both examples. I personally think it sounds the same. Either way. I do get your point that picking closer or further from bridge changes the tone but hes at the middle/neck for both examples.
Dude 100%, idk why the comment above yours saying lighter colors are better with maple and rosewood is better with darker has more likes… Ofc some lighter colors do indeed look better with maple and vice versa but the general “rule” with colors should be what you said, it makes the body color pop more with the contrast, this is basic art/aesthetics 101.
@@salildeshpande7 that only depends if it's a finished maple fretboard though. Unfinished requires even more attention than a rosewood because it can get discolored and nasty looking pretty quickly without proper maintenance. Grime still builds up on finished boards so it would be wise to atleast wipe it down with a wet cloth every string change or so. Even on finished boards, the finish wears off eventually. There's also the problem from some of the 90s and early 2000s fenders where the finish will flake off the fretboard into little shards, which I've had happen before, and it's not fun.
It's been basically already proven that fretboard wood doesn't affect sound. The sound "difference" you hear relies entirely on how you expect the sound to change. If you close your eyes and don't know when the fretboard wood gets switched you won't hear a difference. If you don't believe me, make a video where the fretboard wood randomly changes back and forth and don't tell us when it does. At the end of the video, reveal the correct answers.
i hear a clear difference though edit: youre right i just listened with my eyes closed and didnt hear a difference in tone, except he just plays it differently
Make sure the strings are the exact same both times, and perfectly fresh both times as well. Perhaps the neck profiles or differences in hardware could play a role, too?
Gotta make sure the pick attack point/velocity is uniform in both tests and string spacing from the pickups is the exact same with each neck setup. That could be the difference in tone in this test. From the looks of it, seems like you are strumming closer to the neck in the rosewood demo.
@@tzelegend9783 well then explain how a Sitka spruce top on an acoustic guitar sounds brighter than a mahogany top tone woods do exist I have been playing guitar for 31 yrs and have heard all types of guitars vintage new gear custom builds and the wood makes a difference some have more resonance than others etc
So please explain how the wood of which the fretboard is made off, magically changes your tone slightly. It doesn’t, tone wood isn’t a thing, biggest change in tone is gonna be in your speakers.
You know that it does not matter what material the guitar is made out of when it comes to electric guitars? It would sound the same if it was made out of plastic, so long as all the electronics are the same. Literally has been testet. No difference. Like, 0 at all.
@@teofiloljubisavljevic7943 the question was if it sounds different when the neck was changed, IMO it does when listening with a nice pair of headphone, yes you can hear there is a difference. is it the wood? most likely not. I do not have the PhD to explain but there are probably so many factors that affect the physical attributes of sound/tone. Will anyone notice any changes in a live setting? Probably not. but thank you for keeping the world turning.
honestly I'd have never though there was such a big difference, the maple being that full of high frequencies and sounding so slinky and thin and sharp, and the rosewood with those thicker low frequencies sounding so much more precise. and in the end there's is only on correct answer to that: ebony.
How would that distance vary if the same bridge and pickups are used with both necks? The only way that variable could change between necks is if the heights of the string grooves was different in both nuts, and that would cause one to fret out or be too high to play easily. And even then, that would not change the distance of the strings over the pickups that much. But there are a lot of other variables that could easily change the sound, as well as the playability, which is the #1 reason for choosing maple or rosewood, not sound. Some other variables are listed here... Radius of the fretboard. Shape of the back of the neck. Thickness of frets. Fret material. Nut material. Configuration and number of string Ts. Tuners, especially how strings are attached to the posts. Even between necks that are of same type of construction, the same type of wood can vary greatly. Not all maple has the same musicality, or musical qualities. All these things and more affect the sound and/or playability - to various degrees. A simple comparison as this video attempts to do, does not demonstrate nor perform an exacting bench test.
@@illitero I can't "come on". I don't where you're coming from. Can YOU answer that question? I've already explained my position. Changing necks would not change the string height over the pickups without changing the height of the action over the fretboard as well, and that would make it too difficult to play (higher), or cause it to 'fret out' (lower). I've set up enough guitars to know those basic things. And, if the joint where the the neck bolts on to the body is different, it could cause the height/action to change, but that would still result in the problems I described. So, c'mon and explain your rebuttal. If you have some valid points that dispute my assertions, I promise you I will admit it. I'm not a "win at any cost" kind of person.
@@We_Seek_Truth Neck angle like mentioned above by someone else. Maybe different radius neck. Without knowing measurements of final setup between necks, a simple "that'll do" setup could easily yield these kinds of differences in sound - especially if the pickup poles are staggered like they tend to be on Strats, I couldn't really tell. Sound changes when adjusting pickup height by mere millimeters, so it stands to reason that applies to minute changes of string distance from ANY source; including the ones you listed. I don't know why you took my joke as some kind of adversarial challenge. You _literally_ questioned it, and then answered your own question in detail. Twice. It was funny to me, not at all a big deal haha.
In the acoustic world, we know that 2 different pieces of the same type of wood can also sound completely different. So there's still a possibility that the perceived change in tone can come from maple necks rather than the fretboards. The only "true" test would have to be changing the fretboards on the same neck. Since this is super impractical without a specifically engineered solution, I'd propose an alternative of applying this method with as many necks as you can get your hands on seeing how much variation there is between each. If maple IS brighter than rosewood, THEN all the mapleboarded boards SHOULD be brighter than ALL the rosewood boards. Tldr: different pieces of the same kind of wood can also sound vastly different. The sound difference isn't necessarily only in the boards.
@@junkiedropouts3186 maybe so cause there have been videos done on this comparing full guitars with just the pickups and a plank of wood and it literally makes 0 different so yea im kinda thinking something else is going on here
czcams.com/video/n02tImce3AE/video.html this is the video. Its WAY more detailed than this one and its definitely worth a watch if your interest in this topic
String height. Obviously it's going to sound different. The sound has got nothing to do with fretboard wood. This guy is a hack who wants to look clever
If you watch the strumming technique, it’s very much more on the higher strings with the maple vs the lower strings on the rosewood. It’s either deliberate to get people commenting, or subconscious because it’s what you expect the wood to do tonally. Either way, this is an extremely hyperbolic comparison with that considered.
Slight differences in the fretboard or pickup distance from the strings plus any change in how the pots are dialed all effect tone. If there is a difference, then it is below the threshold of human hearing and certainly below the threshold of the signal generated by the pickup. Just get whatever is cheapest or looks cool
Honestly, idc which wood type you prefer, as long as you like it and you think it sounds good, but I personally love rosewood. All of my, THREE, guitars have rosewood necks. I emphasize the three because compared to other people those are nothing numbers to their collections of like 20.
Micro variables are endless as far as tone. Maple seems more comfortable to my individual touch and applied pressure. So all about tactile comfort for me . Any small tonal differance can be tweaked With mild EQ . Can tell by your restrained smile which one you prefer.
The rosewood was a tad darker, but barely perceptible since the tone is in the pickups. And the amp can adjust, but the rosewood VS maple is the fretboard and can be slightly altered by the neck substrate wood and whether it has been quartersawn. The rosewood seems warmer.
Also, you should avoid having one left handed neck and one right handed neck because the difference in string length and tension might also affect tone. Good video though.
@@Meta9871 I know, I just meant that he should keep it consistent for better results cause having one headstock be reversed and the other not may affect the tone. I also just kinda forgot what reverse headstocks were called.
Strange it sounds like the maple neck added some gain to the final sound, rosewood neck sounded more clean. I've always been a fan of maple necks although admittedly having never owned a maple neck guitar myself.
When I closed my eyes I literally couldn't tell the difference. Probably Because the neck doesn't dictate how the string vibrates in the magnetic field of a pickup.
No solo es la madera, el grosor y forma del mástil es lo que marca la diferencia en como resuenan las vibración en el mueble, eso es lo que capta la diferencia de sonido
The biggest difference is actually stability. Rosewood is a relatively open pore type of wood. It requires more maintenance than maple, which is often sprayed, lacquered, or finished with some sort of finish. Rosewood tends to shrink and swell with climate and humidity changes. If you look at the Strat players who used tremolo bars, aggressively, Hendrix, Van Halen, David Gilmour and others you’ll notice that many of their finger boards if not all of them were maple. That’s usually the thing I point out when discussing fingerboard differences on Strats or any guitar with regard to tremolo use. Maple is more rigid, has more attack and doesn’t shift and move around as much a rosewood does. On the other hand, rosewood is slightly warmer in the lower mid range, and can help a glassy Stratocaster have more warmth.
For me, it’s about the feel and durability of said feel of the fretboard. Personally I’m far more of a maple fretboard guy these days, I love the slickness and I’ve never had any issues with it feeling sticky or anything, plus maintenance (cleaning) is so much easier and convenient than a darker wood like Rosewood or even ebony. I do love the look of a rosewood fretboard though. Stick some abalone fret markers in that bad boy and damn it looks so good with most guitars 😅
I think rosewood has more of an even response, with a smoother edge around the notes. Maple has more punch, more bass and highs… more gainy maybe. I prefer maple and I already have a maple Strat, but it would be nice having rosewood on my next one :)
@@Christian-97 Do you know what physics is ? If not then learn basic physics. Read the chapter about dampening, resonance bla bla of materials. If you don't get it, I can happily assist.
@@Christian-97 And ... you are mixing 2 different topics as many idiots do - a) the "impulse response" of the guitar and b) the built in "amplifier" of acoustic guitars which transforms the wave energy of the strings into sound energy.
@@Christian-97 And re. a) it totally depends whether your guitar is built from jelly or titanium. But most ppl will not hear the the difference of woods. But if you have spent ten 1000s of hours exercising (=pro), then you will notice anything ...
One day, while arguing such things in the internet, I realized I was spending my precious time pointlessly, instead of doing something I really enjoy, like actually PLAYING guitar. Looks like I am doing it again.... dang.
One has a poly finished fretboard, that’s only difference I’ve noticed is the feel under fingers, seems like more friction bending on maple. Some players prefer unfinished maple.
Guys, you have to be kidding me there might be different causes like new strings but there is a huge sound difference despite not changing the settings on the amp.
it is the feel which is different(in my opinion🥲😆),i think that bassy tone in the rosewood is slite changes in eq while recording or something😆(which can be adjust as our preference)
All my guitars are rosewood and I really want a maple telecaster now! That definitely has got more of that snapping sound and I love it! Nice comparison!
I love your vids dude. I also stand corrected. There is a difference. Please keep the strat stuff coming. I need to record a short with mine, I got a gorgeous one
I always thought the difference was nonsense but this is the first comparison that I can actually hear the difference. The rosewood really does have a darker tone.
From my pov, and i can hear it from a phone speaker, the EQ for the maple is like mit less mid and tiny more bright than rosewood, especially on ghosts notes you could hear complete difference
What about ebony? It's smooth, fast-playing, and has an elegant darkness to it tonally. (I also love rosewood's warmth though, couldnt live without 1+ of each personally). Maple fights you on long finger slides and sounds too twangy for the kinds of music I usually play.
Hello totally unrelated but.. I really like your guitar skills and how cool you look when you play! You are partly the reason I'm learning to play guitar (Mostly because of bocchi the rock) and you make me inspired to keep learning! ^-^
The rosewood smells like something you give at a funeral or when you've messed up badly, and the maple tastes like the frets were inserted in Canada 🤔 pretty accurate!
I like rosewood because its got a pretty name and it’s like a dark mode fretboard. (Plus, while I dont hear a major difference, i do hear a nicer low end on the rosewood which is important since I play bass)
electric tonewood people are the guitar equivalent of astrology girls
Extremely accurate comparison
I think you're closer to the astrology girls than you think
I'd like to get close to some astrology girls
thank you
Thankyou. finally someone gets it!
personally i just pick whatever looks the best bc there's an eq on my amp for a reason
timbre and eq are different things. a naturally darker guitar eqed to be brighter and a guitar that's just brighter naturally will still sound different and have different harmonics
@@gnoogieman, it's this type of misinformation which drives me nuts
@@gnoogiethey literally won’t but okay
@@MattGOG666 explain how its misinfo
@@BrentRushton why?
Of course they're going to sound different. You're picking closer to the neck on the rosewood and closer to the bridge on the maple. Slight as it may be, there is a difference.
Also string height if you ask me
Im sorry but I watched this multiple times and he picks the same way for both examples. I personally think it sounds the same. Either way. I do get your point that picking closer or further from bridge changes the tone but hes at the middle/neck for both examples.
No he dose not lol on the last cord of the bar he dose but that's on purpose
@@mrphantastic519 Who is getting dosed with what and why now??? Or are you trying to say "does"?
@michaelhaydenbell you know what I was trying to say you're being facetious I type fast and don't spell check it's the internet get a life
Always do rosewood fingerboard for bodies painted with light colours, maple when you have a dark colour guitar. That's how you make them look cooler.
100%
Dude 100%, idk why the comment above yours saying lighter colors are better with maple and rosewood is better with darker has more likes… Ofc some lighter colors do indeed look better with maple and vice versa but the general “rule” with colors should be what you said, it makes the body color pop more with the contrast, this is basic art/aesthetics 101.
fr my strat is a sunset dark emerald sunset with a maple neck and it looks sick
This except the opposite
Worst take ever. Cool is in the eye of the beholder. Duh.
*Ebony has entered the chat*
Entered the chat but not my price range
@@greenfly1264 lol 😂
Love ebony.
Oh wait, we are talking about wood
*purpleheart sits in a corner*
@@ozzku poor purpleheart
The rosewood one looks good with darker colored guitars
Yeah, I think it's mostly down to esthetic
I’m actually a pretty big fan of how that rosewood fretboard looked with that guitar
@@samouellette5130Agreed man, I love the contrast. Olympic white with a rosewood board is one of my favourite combos for a Strat.
Rosewood collects a lot of dust and grime. With maples you never have to clean or condition it.
@@salildeshpande7 that only depends if it's a finished maple fretboard though. Unfinished requires even more attention than a rosewood because it can get discolored and nasty looking pretty quickly without proper maintenance. Grime still builds up on finished boards so it would be wise to atleast wipe it down with a wet cloth every string change or so. Even on finished boards, the finish wears off eventually. There's also the problem from some of the 90s and early 2000s fenders where the finish will flake off the fretboard into little shards, which I've had happen before, and it's not fun.
It's been basically already proven that fretboard wood doesn't affect sound. The sound "difference" you hear relies entirely on how you expect the sound to change. If you close your eyes and don't know when the fretboard wood gets switched you won't hear a difference.
If you don't believe me, make a video where the fretboard wood randomly changes back and forth and don't tell us when it does. At the end of the video, reveal the correct answers.
Ngl this is a really good idea
i hear a clear difference though
edit: youre right i just listened with my eyes closed and didnt hear a difference in tone, except he just plays it differently
@@ronnynono7272 That's what the placebo effect does. If we can get Mikey to make a blind comparison video you will see what I mean.
The riff wasn’t played the same. He focused more on the E with the rosewood.
Make sure the strings are the exact same both times, and perfectly fresh both times as well.
Perhaps the neck profiles or differences in hardware could play a role, too?
Gotta make sure the pick attack point/velocity is uniform in both tests and string spacing from the pickups is the exact same with each neck setup. That could be the difference in tone in this test. From the looks of it, seems like you are strumming closer to the neck in the rosewood demo.
Strumming closer to the neck gives you less of a pick attack sound because the tension is tighter by the bridge.
Yeah. You gotta reduce those variables.
Warmer low end with the rosewood, sounds nice! Never seen a side by side comparison before
Connor Dean is the perfect name for someone who believes in tone wood
@@spreadwuvokay I mean, they did sound different.
@@SilvaEevee They actually didn't. You'd never be able to tell them apart in a song
@@spreadwuvokay you're high if you don't hear a difference
@@Rain593 You're high on placibo
Rosewood is warmer and has a more mellow anger type sound I love it
Mellow and angry? I kinda get it
placebo
wood makes no difference it’s proven it’s just what you think looks and feels better
@@tzelegend9783 well then explain how a Sitka spruce top on an acoustic guitar sounds brighter than a mahogany top tone woods do exist I have been playing guitar for 31 yrs and have heard all types of guitars vintage new gear custom builds and the wood makes a difference some have more resonance than others etc
@@joshferguson9703 it makes a difference on acoustics obviously but a neae unnoticeable difference on electrics
The “normal” notes sound exactly the same, but it sounds like your palm muting differently on the rosewood
yes, it was played differently
Dude no, the rosewood is so much sweeter and warmer and (to me at least) feels like summer
And it might have been played a bit differently
@@Grey-the-geywhat are your big 3?
@@drchipmunk3247 i have no clue what you mean by big 3 tbh. Sorry if thats something i should know
So please explain how the wood of which the fretboard is made off, magically changes your tone slightly. It doesn’t, tone wood isn’t a thing, biggest change in tone is gonna be in your speakers.
i do love how bright and clean the tone sounds with the maple. Rosewood makes a heavier warm tone. It's all great, depends what you like.
Keep on listening with your eyes
@@Meta9871 and smell with your ears
You know that it does not matter what material the guitar is made out of when it comes to electric guitars? It would sound the same if it was made out of plastic, so long as all the electronics are the same. Literally has been testet. No difference. Like, 0 at all.
@@alexluvzfire3567 I'm sure you do
@@teofiloljubisavljevic7943 the question was if it sounds different when the neck was changed, IMO it does when listening with a nice pair of headphone, yes you can hear there is a difference. is it the wood? most likely not. I do not have the PhD to explain but there are probably so many factors that affect the physical attributes of sound/tone.
Will anyone notice any changes in a live setting? Probably not. but thank you for keeping the world turning.
And I definitely didn’t adjust my amp !
Why should he tho..?
@@kronikhs9322 To make him feel smart for pointing that out
@@backwardslash exactly. Here's an idea for this idiot's next video: What Color Amps Sound Best?
@@backwardslash it’s in the middle position with both. Very easy to see it’s the same
or push away a mic by accident! Any micro-movement will change the sound
honestly I'd have never though there was such a big difference, the maple being that full of high frequencies and sounding so slinky and thin and sharp, and the rosewood with those thicker low frequencies sounding so much more precise. and in the end there's is only on correct answer to that: ebony.
Did you make sure to measure the distance from the pick up to each string upon each restring? It makes a bigger difference than wood type typically.
How would that distance vary if the same bridge and pickups are used with both necks? The only way that variable could change between necks is if the heights of the string grooves was different in both nuts, and that would cause one to fret out or be too high to play easily. And even then, that would not change the distance of the strings over the pickups that much.
But there are a lot of other variables that could easily change the sound, as well as the playability, which is the #1 reason for choosing maple or rosewood, not sound. Some other variables are listed here...
Radius of the fretboard. Shape of the back of the neck. Thickness of frets. Fret material. Nut material. Configuration and number of string Ts. Tuners, especially how strings are attached to the posts. Even between necks that are of same type of construction, the same type of wood can vary greatly. Not all maple has the same musicality, or musical qualities.
All these things and more affect the sound and/or playability - to various degrees. A simple comparison as this video attempts to do, does not demonstrate nor perform an exacting bench test.
Neck angle
@@We_Seek_Truth
> "How would string distance from pickup be changed?"
> Lists ways that string distance from pickup would change
Haha, c'mon
@@illitero I can't "come on". I don't where you're coming from. Can YOU answer that question? I've already explained my position. Changing necks would not change the string height over the pickups without changing the height of the action over the fretboard as well, and that would make it too difficult to play (higher), or cause it to 'fret out' (lower). I've set up enough guitars to know those basic things. And, if the joint where the the neck bolts on to the body is different, it could cause the height/action to change, but that would still result in the problems I described.
So, c'mon and explain your rebuttal. If you have some valid points that dispute my assertions, I promise you I will admit it. I'm not a "win at any cost" kind of person.
@@We_Seek_Truth
Neck angle like mentioned above by someone else. Maybe different radius neck. Without knowing measurements of final setup between necks, a simple "that'll do" setup could easily yield these kinds of differences in sound - especially if the pickup poles are staggered like they tend to be on Strats, I couldn't really tell. Sound changes when adjusting pickup height by mere millimeters, so it stands to reason that applies to minute changes of string distance from ANY source; including the ones you listed.
I don't know why you took my joke as some kind of adversarial challenge. You _literally_ questioned it, and then answered your own question in detail. Twice. It was funny to me, not at all a big deal haha.
Rosewood on the 3 high strings and maple on the 3 low strings. It sounds like a dream
In the acoustic world, we know that 2 different pieces of the same type of wood can also sound completely different. So there's still a possibility that the perceived change in tone can come from maple necks rather than the fretboards. The only "true" test would have to be changing the fretboards on the same neck. Since this is super impractical without a specifically engineered solution, I'd propose an alternative of applying this method with as many necks as you can get your hands on seeing how much variation there is between each. If maple IS brighter than rosewood, THEN all the mapleboarded boards SHOULD be brighter than ALL the rosewood boards.
Tldr: different pieces of the same kind of wood can also sound vastly different. The sound difference isn't necessarily only in the boards.
i personally would pick the maple but only because it doesn't need to be oiled or cleaned so often 😅
Dude i totally didnt think there would be a difference but rosewood sounded warmer! Same exact strings??
Did just sound like fresh strings to me so that's the clincher, if he reused them
@@junkiedropouts3186 maybe so cause there have been videos done on this comparing full guitars with just the pickups and a plank of wood and it literally makes 0 different so yea im kinda thinking something else is going on here
czcams.com/video/n02tImce3AE/video.html this is the video. Its WAY more detailed than this one and its definitely worth a watch if your interest in this topic
@@saywhat4314 I think it's the frets?
String height. Obviously it's going to sound different. The sound has got nothing to do with fretboard wood. This guy is a hack who wants to look clever
I really like the feel of rose wood it's not too slippery and not too rough
guys, we all know it's not the fretboard wood that matters it's the paint. Gold paint sounds the best
Love a good rosewood fretboard
You should do if “Tom misch played”certain songs
Ou that's a great request. I agree!!
Tom misch 🐐
@@xezpra this guy gets it!
Tone wood is the biggest myth/scam in electric guitar history. It literally can’t have any perceivable effect given how they function.
The wood on the neck doesn't affect tone at all, because the pickups are the most important thing for sound
More so for the speaker if your amp. But when clean, yes. Once gain is in the picture it's more about the speaker.
Maple seems to bring that strat spank a bit more forward whereas the rosewood seems to replace that with some low mid to mid warmth
People in this comment section are the reason why we have a youtuber calling guitarists troglodytes.
Exactly. Finally found my soul brother among a sea of absolutely demented and delusional tools
Rose wood just hits different
If you watch the strumming technique, it’s very much more on the higher strings with the maple vs the lower strings on the rosewood. It’s either deliberate to get people commenting, or subconscious because it’s what you expect the wood to do tonally. Either way, this is an extremely hyperbolic comparison with that considered.
Slight differences in the fretboard or pickup distance from the strings plus any change in how the pots are dialed all effect tone. If there is a difference, then it is below the threshold of human hearing and certainly below the threshold of the signal generated by the pickup. Just get whatever is cheapest or looks cool
Honestly, idc which wood type you prefer, as long as you like it and you think it sounds good, but I personally love rosewood. All of my, THREE, guitars have rosewood necks. I emphasize the three because compared to other people those are nothing numbers to their collections of like 20.
Rosewood is like playing tennis on clay, and maple on a hardcourt
This is a good analogy. The difference to me is in how it feels to play on each neck.
I can hear the difference. And it was as I expected. I’ve done that very same experiment. It was a cool validation. Thanks
GREAT choice of amp!
In the end the tone isn’t in the wood but ok, if it feels good then good for you. (Glenn from Specter media disproved that myth)
y’all are lying to yourselfs if you say you hear a difference. listen without the visual cues and they’re identical
I tried it, and you're right. It sounds different when your eyes are open, but close your eyes and you can't tell the difference. Cool!
Wow I can’t believe it made that much a difference… that’s insane
I just like whatever wood fits the color scheme of the guitar
Micro variables are endless as far as tone. Maple seems more comfortable to my individual touch and applied pressure. So all about tactile comfort for me . Any small tonal differance can be tweaked
With mild EQ . Can tell by your restrained smile which one you prefer.
Great tone makes me want my blackstar again. Course the guitar wood doesn’t matter lol
Rosewood sounds and looks the best
Watch it again and pay attention to his right hand . You will notice more muting while playing rosewood hence wormer/darker sound.
The cool part is how one guitar had old strings and now no matter, what the second guitar will sound “totally different” on new strings
The diner has located its new dish washer.
LMAO
The maple neck sounded more crisp and clear with a broader range of tones. The rosewood was very bass heavy
I've wished my strat had a maple neck for the longest time just for that clarity...that you can "clearly" hear...everyone else shut up.
The rosewood was a tad darker, but barely perceptible since the tone is in the pickups. And the amp can adjust, but the rosewood VS maple is the fretboard and can be slightly altered by the neck substrate wood and whether it has been quartersawn. The rosewood seems warmer.
Rosewooood!
Also, you should avoid having one left handed neck and one right handed neck because the difference in string length and tension might also affect tone. Good video though.
Reverse headstocks are a thing
@@Meta9871 I know, I just meant that he should keep it consistent for better results cause having one headstock be reversed and the other not may affect the tone. I also just kinda forgot what reverse headstocks were called.
I like the rosewood, but maybe that's because it's what I have.
It’s mainly about feel not tone completely with electric guitar because a lot of the is the body wood and pickups
Strange it sounds like the maple neck added some gain to the final sound, rosewood neck sounded more clean. I've always been a fan of maple necks although admittedly having never owned a maple neck guitar myself.
Added gain? Are you kidding? Tell me you're kidding.
When I closed my eyes I literally couldn't tell the difference. Probably Because the neck doesn't dictate how the string vibrates in the magnetic field of a pickup.
No solo es la madera, el grosor y forma del mástil es lo que marca la diferencia en como resuenan las vibración en el mueble, eso es lo que capta la diferencia de sonido
Verdict is : "Mathafakka you sound great on both necks" 🔥👏🏼👏🏼
i’m a piano player who’s recently gotten into guitar, the whole tone thing is absolutely ridiculous and makes me love piano even more
The biggest difference is actually stability.
Rosewood is a relatively open pore type of wood. It requires more maintenance than maple, which is often sprayed, lacquered, or finished with some sort of finish. Rosewood tends to shrink and swell with climate and humidity changes. If you look at the Strat players who used tremolo bars, aggressively, Hendrix, Van Halen, David Gilmour and others you’ll notice that many of their finger boards if not all of them were maple. That’s usually the thing I point out when discussing fingerboard differences on Strats or any guitar with regard to tremolo use. Maple is more rigid, has more attack and doesn’t shift and move around as much a rosewood does. On the other hand, rosewood is slightly warmer in the lower mid range, and can help a glassy Stratocaster have more warmth.
Really only effects how it feels to play, which can in turn effect your tone, but not directly
For me, it’s about the feel and durability of said feel of the fretboard.
Personally I’m far more of a maple fretboard guy these days, I love the slickness and I’ve never had any issues with it feeling sticky or anything, plus maintenance (cleaning) is so much easier and convenient than a darker wood like Rosewood or even ebony.
I do love the look of a rosewood fretboard though. Stick some abalone fret markers in that bad boy and damn it looks so good with most guitars 😅
I think rosewood has more of an even response, with a smoother edge around the notes. Maple has more punch, more bass and highs… more gainy maybe.
I prefer maple and I already have a maple Strat, but it would be nice having rosewood on my next one :)
I just like a darker fretboard. Got Laurel on one bass and Pau Ferro on the other. It’s just nice to have contrast between the neck and fretboard IMO.
In terms of the way that they feel (separate from tone) I love the way maple feels over rosewood. Both are great but maple just feels so much cleaner.
This is untrue. Wood doesn't affect the tone. He simply modified the EQ in the two recordings just to fool us
Crap ... you might train your ears ...
@@johnmoser1162Tone wood is only a thing for acoustics and classical guitars. No need to train your ears for a “difference” that isn’t there.
@@Christian-97 Do you know what physics is ? If not then learn basic physics. Read the chapter about dampening, resonance bla bla of materials.
If you don't get it, I can happily assist.
@@Christian-97 And ... you are mixing 2 different topics as many idiots do - a) the "impulse response" of the guitar and b) the built in "amplifier" of acoustic guitars which transforms the wave energy of the strings into sound energy.
@@Christian-97 And re. a) it totally depends whether your guitar is built from jelly or titanium. But most ppl will not hear the the difference of woods.
But if you have spent ten 1000s of hours exercising (=pro), then you will notice anything ...
My man used the guitar neck as a mic 💀
honestly to me it’s just a matter of what i think looks nicer, i think it depends on the design of the guitar
One day, while arguing such things in the internet, I realized I was spending my precious time pointlessly, instead of doing something I really enjoy, like actually PLAYING guitar. Looks like I am doing it again.... dang.
The verdict is, the two are identical.
Rosewood = Rock
Maple = Blues
Nice job bro!
Nuff said...
What the fuck lmfao
@@Meta9871 🥴
Maple can be quite sticky and the hand doesn’t slip along where as a rosewood is so smooth and not glossy it just slides
Maple hits them high funky notes cleanly. And the rosewood makes it warmer and a lot lowly sound better low mid end.
Tone wood is a myth
Maybe on electrics
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One has a poly finished fretboard, that’s only difference I’ve noticed is the feel under fingers, seems like more friction bending on maple. Some players prefer unfinished maple.
Last time I took two “completely different guitars.” *shows the same guitar with a different paint job*
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that transition where he "shoots" the strings off was epic
Guys, you have to be kidding me there might be different causes like new strings but there is a huge sound difference despite not changing the settings on the amp.
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I liked the rosewood one more, but there's also so many other variables when doing a whole neck swap that you can't really account for.
it is the feel which is different(in my opinion🥲😆),i think that bassy tone in the rosewood is slite changes in eq while recording or something😆(which can be adjust as our preference)
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Personally rosewood is my favourite nice and clean idk how to describe it but it's just lovely on the ears
For me, i have to go with the dark color regardless of sound. Its like having your cellphone in dark mode. Easier for me to see
All my guitars are rosewood and I really want a maple telecaster now! That definitely has got more of that snapping sound and I love it! Nice comparison!
Did not imagine it would actually sound different, but it did. Mind=blown
I love your vids dude.
I also stand corrected. There is a difference.
Please keep the strat stuff coming.
I need to record a short with mine, I got a gorgeous one
You were right the first time, there isn't a difference. String height
I always thought the difference was nonsense but this is the first comparison that I can actually hear the difference. The rosewood really does have a darker tone.
From my pov, and i can hear it from a phone speaker, the EQ for the maple is like mit less mid and tiny more bright than rosewood, especially on ghosts notes you could hear complete difference
I hear the difference, very distinctive sounds IMAO. Love both
What about ebony? It's smooth, fast-playing, and has an elegant darkness to it tonally.
(I also love rosewood's warmth though, couldnt live without 1+ of each personally).
Maple fights you on long finger slides and sounds too twangy for the kinds of music I usually play.
The only thing changing the sound are the frets, nut, string tree and tunners. Basically everything that gets contact with the strings.
Hello totally unrelated but.. I really like your guitar skills and how cool you look when you play! You are partly the reason I'm learning to play guitar (Mostly because of bocchi the rock) and you make me inspired to keep learning! ^-^
The rosewood smells like something you give at a funeral or when you've messed up badly, and the maple tastes like the frets were inserted in Canada 🤔 pretty accurate!
All solid rosewood neck!!
I like rosewood because its got a pretty name and it’s like a dark mode fretboard. (Plus, while I dont hear a major difference, i do hear a nicer low end on the rosewood which is important since I play bass)
I like maple because of the physical feel of it, feels smoother to me but I do love my dean zx with a rosewood board lol
At one point I stopped caring about woods and started focusing on my fingers instead.
It’s not the wood, it’s the frets. And we are spoiled for choice there!
Dont forget the different string height for both takes