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Post by cdwinger on Feb 7, 2007 16:30:22 GMT -7
Hi everyone,
This is my first post (I bought a Maz Jr. NR last winter. It remains unplayed because I've yet to buy a cabinet; suffering from analysis paralysis).
Anyway, I am looking into assembling a guitar from Warmoth parts and started wondering how come you see strats with maple or rosewood fingerboards but you only see Les Paul's with rosewood fingerboards. Is it purely aesthetics or is there a tone issue?
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Post by nitehawk55 on Feb 7, 2007 20:12:20 GMT -7
I think with LP's it would be a tone issue but a maple fretboard would look cool . I don't know how much it would effect tone but probably brighter . Strat's tone is effected somewhat too with maple VS rosewood , maple considered to sound brighter, rosewood adding a bit of warmth.
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Post by skydog958 on Feb 7, 2007 21:04:19 GMT -7
There were Les Paul Customs in the '70s with maple fretboards. I don't know how they sound but I guess they never caught on.
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 8, 2007 8:24:51 GMT -7
I thought those were ugly things!
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Post by Danny on Feb 8, 2007 8:49:29 GMT -7
The Johnny Hiland Signature Model from PRS is roughly in this ballpark. It has PRS's basic solid body design, which was their double cutaway spin on the LP, married to a maple fretboard, twin humbuckers (one of them splitable), etc etc.
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Post by jb on Feb 8, 2007 8:53:23 GMT -7
To get the LP tone, you need a mahagony neck and rosewood board. If you are looking for a different tone, you may want to consider a totally different body, top, etc. I have a LP and I think it is too heavy to be carrying around unless you really love that sound, which I do.
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