an epiphone question

[eclipze]

That's a nice block. So does that mean that when I have 2 indian rosewood fretboards, but one is much darker than the other, that the darker one is core and the lighter one is nearer to the edge? For fretboards, would that matter? in terms of tone?

umm .. would u mind to attach the pic of those?
in tone... not much i guess... rosewood is a very rigid and hard wood , when u press it using ur nails u will fell how hard it is

the edge of rosewood has lighter color than the core.. light/medium(not very light) brown-orange..

 

[Whitestrat]

umm .. would u mind to attach the pic of those?

simple example... Not corrected by any software... See how much difference there is?

Even the colour is different.

 

[eclipze]

simple example... Not corrected by any software... See how much difference there is?

Even the colour is different.

yes i can see the difference
its all the core of Rosewood but the white one is a little away from the center core... but it still the core

do not bother... its still had good sound and rigidity

 

[matthewchj]

You've stripped the paint to check?

Nope, but the contrast in colour of the wood is very obvious through the trans cherry finish.

Joint at heel

Joint at headstock The photo here isn't as clear, but it's there.

The whole .neck

EDIT: Here's a clearer pic of the headstock joint.

The difference in glossiness of the finish is because the poly on the neck has been partially sanded off leaving a satin-like finish, which is much smoother to play on compared to the poly finish.

 

[eclipze]

Nope, but the contrast in colour of the wood is very obvious through the trans cherry finish.

Joint at heel

>>>>this one... he join the neck and the heel with glue to minimize requirement of wood on the neck, i've ever found this method before on an accoustic heel

Joint at headstock The photo here isn't as clear, but it's there.

>>>> this is the method most factories use.. so in this construction the wood grain become to flow in one direction, this method makes ur neck and head stock stronger (harder to break), u found this on ibanez and warmoth which neck have angled head stock

The difference in glossiness of the finish is because the poly on the neck has been partially sanded off leaving a satin-like finish, which is much smoother to play on compared to the poly finish.

i agreed on the neck and head stock methods... but i wonder why the factory using a glued heel & tenon... i think the factory wants to spend the wood economically ...
if u find it rigid and no strange things over the sounds... than thats not a problem

 

[matthewchj]

>>>> this is the method most factories use.. so in this construction the wood grain become to flow in one direction, this method makes ur neck and head stock stronger (harder to break), u found this on ibanez and warmoth which neck have angled head stock

Yeah, it's the scarf joint used to join the headstock to the neck. The main thing is that the neck doesn't appear to be mahogany even though it supposed to be.

However...

if u find it rigid and no strange things over the sounds... than thats not a problem

Yes, it has survived since '02 so it seems to be rigid enough. The neck's dead straight, and plays well. Tone's also good, so i don't really have any issue with the woods used, whatever they may be. I'm happy with it.

So yeah, basically it doesn't matter what wood the guitar is made of, as long as it's well and strongly built, plays well, sounds good to you.

 

[Whitestrat]

its all the core of Rosewood but the white one is a little away from the center core... but it still the core

YEah... they still sound great. But you mean, the edge RW board are even lighter in shade than these?

 

[eclipze]

YEah... they still sound great. But you mean, the edge RW board are even lighter in shade than these?

yes... u can tell the difference by looking at the chunk... lighter than the core... the dark brown and black brown are the colors of the Rosewood core