Guitar Neck Facts for dumb MFers

[jwhitcomb3]

I enjoyed the video. If there's a sound difference between a maple board and a rosewood board, I've never been able to identify it.

[Boomerang~Junkie]

. . . . . . and the winner via the velvet sledge hammer smack-down is Dasein ! ! !

GREAT story/post. Thank you for sharing.

[zorrow]

I f#$%* loved it. Thanks for sharing!

However, I still know there are differences between rosewood and maple. Just think about a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck as having a "rosewood top" on the neck. It does soften the tone -just a bit, but enough to colour the sound differently. My friend has two Strats with everything identical but the fretboards, and they do sound distinct, although it's more noticeable when plugged. I suppose it's because the amp and the effects react differently to distinct overtones.

In spite of that, I did enjoy the video. That guy is funny as hell.

[tmsfo]

Who knew Bob Seger was such a tool.....

[a.bandini]

Too much use of the mother of all F-Bombs for me. I turned him off after less than a minute. Maybe I missed out, but his style didn't resonate. Sorry.

*Edited to remove redundancy. Also, no stranger to George Carlin's 7 words here, just don't like to see or hear them used gratuitously (or publicly, for that matter). Different strokes for different folks.

[mudshark]

I liked it as well and pretty much agreed with him.

[diablo175]

I'm no tone cork sniffer but even I can detect the distinct difference in tone between my maple boarded Diablo and my rosewood Diablo. And plug them in? Yeah. More so.

I'm not buying what he's selling.

[JohnnyB]

Sooo ... was Eric Clapton a misguided Dumb Motherfucker when he bought a stack of Strats at a Nashville pawnshop, pulled them all apart and tried the bodies, necks, and pickguard assemblies in various combinations until he came up with Blackie?

[ceeb]

At least he has the sense to wear checkerboard shoes. With out those there is zero tone, any dumb motherfucker knows that.

[LordOfTheThighs]

.............. my guitar sounds warm, sslike means it sounds muffled ... like a m#therf#cker. Like a dog with a sock in it's f#cking mouth.

HAHAHA ... what a wordsmith.

I guess I'm a Dumb MF. I bought a Warmoth neck for my next partsocaster last night. Quarter-sawn, flamed maple with a very dark rosewood fingerboard. I can't believe I was so STUPID!

I wish I'd seen this highly informative instructional tutorial, before I jumped the gun, and bought a "rosewood" neck. Gawd ... I'm an IDIOT! (sarcasm mode disengaged)

[tommy p]

One minute in: this guy needs a bitchslap

Three minutes in: this guy needs a beatdown

Five minutes in: BAZOOKA TO THE F'N FACE!!!

What an asshole. I don't even care if he's wrong or right or communicating good info.

[Boomerang~Junkie]

He's wrong - I practice more than I bitch, and I still suck at guitar.

Ditto that.

[ceeb]

I just threw away all my cleaning shit, and next time I'm gonna just hock a lugie on thar and wipe 'er down.

Also gonna swap out all my rosewood fretboards, since that is the worst possible material for a fretboard, maybe I'll go with Cedar or yellow pine.

But most important, and he really hammers this home at the end, he is right. He's RIGHT!!!

[veatch]

But most important, and he really hammers this home at the end, he is right. He's RIGHT!!!

Hard to argue with sound logic.

Especially when it's circular.

[HSB0531]

He has a similar video on the differences among closed, open back, and ported speaker cabinets.

I can't wait to see what he says there.