Neck wood choices?

Joelman Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 1492 Redlands, CA	Posted on Aug 01 2023 10:21 PM Ok so if you are picking a guitar do you pick a neck with grain, or smooth. Here’s two pictures of what I’m talking about. and do you think it makes a difference in tones? Top
synchro Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4452 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.	Posted on Aug 02 2023 12:21 AM Everything makes a difference, but very few things make a noticeable difference. Wood is never completely consistent, and I have no doubt that there are pieces of wood out there that don’t sound good, but they are in the minority. I recently spec’d and bought a Jaguar neck, and I paid extra for Birdseye Maple. — The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. Top
Samurai Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2244 Kiev, Ukraine	Posted on Aug 02 2023 03:10 AM I have paid for this one for my custom guitar but not sure it reaaly matters) — Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin Top
synchro Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4452 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.	Posted on Aug 02 2023 06:56 AM Samurai wrote: I have paid for this one for my custom guitar but not sure it reaaly matters) Beautiful! I don’t think that the grain makes much difference. The wood species makes more difference, but it’s still only one contributing factor, and there are a lot of open questions, and I know that I’ve had some serious misconceptions, along the way. For example, I long felt that maple fingerboards were harder than rosewood and wood therefore be brighter. But it turns out that maple is softer than rosewood, and that ebony is considerably harder than rosewood. So, speaking only about myself; why was I convinced that maple fingerboards equated to a brighter sound? Was the sound actually brighter? How much, if any influence does fingerboard material have upon the timbre of an instrument? I wouldn’t claim to know the answer. In the final analysis, the effect of a certain wood upon the sound of an instrument is highly subjective, unless you employ a spectrum analyzer, and even that does not account for the variability of how the string is struck. Everything makes a difference, but fewer things make a perceptible difference. — The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. Top

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