Need Advice on Electric Guitars

[EugeneSmasher]

Peninsula Plaza / Excelsior hotel basement, as well as Bras Basah complex, seems to be the new musicians' hub now. Actually, there're also Selegie road (Paradiz centre, etc), also plenty of guitar shops.

But for Squiers and Fenders, I usually only see them at Bras Basah or Peninsula plaza / Excelsior hotel basement.

 

[User X]

And Parklane, Katong/Sims Drive Swee Lee branches. Some yamaha branches have fenders.....cant remember, i think it was either at tampines or plaza singapura.

 

[stnicksgirl]

Rosewood or maple?

Oh, and I've read that some guitar companies, eg Fender, usually give 2 choices for the fretboard; Rosewood or maple. What's the difference?

 

[LadyInTears]

google.com

 

[stnicksgirl]

I already searched it on google and all they say is that it depends on your personal feeling. Does it mean that it doesn't affect the tone at all?

 

[superpotato_30]

Um.. if you watch a simple youtube video out of the many that demonstrates the difference between rosewood and maple you would be able to find your answer

This is one of them. Maple sounds brighter and has that more chimey sound as compared to rose wood. rosewood tone wise sounds darker as compared to maple. This is due to the wood densities one being less dense/more dense than the other.

This is of course based on the assumption that all other factors are constant : Amp/pickup/cable/ wad have you.

There are many reasons why people pick one wood over the other and it is correct to say personal preference as everything in the world is based on personal preference.

For me i prefer the tone of rosewood and its looks.

 

[LadyInTears]

i prefer the looks of maple, but then rosewood just does the tone for me

 

[Adawang]

i prefer the looks of maple, but then rosewood just does the tone for me

me too , I like the maple ones , brighter sounding but mine is rosewood

 

[stnicksgirl]

So all that's different is a brighter sounding tone from the maple fretboard?

 

[iwantdigimon]

Well the Smash is seriously good. Better than most Squiers I played less the JV series.

 

[DrDave]

So all that's different is a brighter sounding tone from the maple fretboard?

Don't forget that we are talking about electric guitars here. By the time you have stuck the signal through boxes and pedals and then through a 15W practice amp with a 10inch speaker (sorry for the assumption here), it wouldn't matter what type of wood the neck or any other part of the body is made of when in the hands of a novice.
Go back to basics and consider (not necessarily in this order) 1 the quality of construction and hence the playability, relative to what you can afford and 2 the look and feel. You will play better if you actually like the instrument.
Others have mentioned the subjective nature of what is a good guitar and they are right. Hit those shops, try out as many as you can for yourself and then make your choice.
Good luck.