They are Back! - Ibanez Maple Fingerboard

[ShredCow]

Apparently, some of them Jap Ibanez guitars with the MIJ TRS trem, where actually pretty decent!

 

[neuro182]

not that im privileged enuff to try.. haix.. hey cow, u still selling ur 7-stringer?

 

[ShredCow]

Unfortunately.... I can't sell my RG7621 as yet. Stan's sending prototypes of the Viper7 (YES! HELL YEAH) and a tweaked DropZone7 over to me... so...

The main issue with my RG7621 is that the pups aren;t working like how I would want them to be... Its always, too tight sounding, but great for the lo B, or too loose/flabby for the lo B but great sounding for other higher voiced chords.

But shall see... with the Viper7 ... it might just change EVERYTHING. Or at else the tone of the RG7621 lah. :wink:

 

[neuro182]

oic no problem . . . man, im cant wait to see the maple neck incarnation of the RG350DX/EX :lol:

 

[pr0n]

sorry to side track abit.

are there any maple boy or rosewood body guitars made? how would those sound?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

theres rosewood tele..

 

[subversion]

there's a Jap Rosewood Tele @ Davis. it's mentioned in Gear News before.

 

[shreddedsweeper]

isnt that just a basswood with rosewood top? Or that body si entirely rosewood?

 

[ciel]

if its entirely rosewood its freking ass heavy. george harrison used to have one.

 

[almondx]

Some dudes like John Suhr and Malcolm say that Maple fretboards aren't brighter than Rosewood, its the other way round. Pretty interesting!

I asked Malcolm before, he said that the perception of brightness was due to strats with quite a thick layer of lacquer on the maple board. The brightness actually comes from the lacquer and not the maple.

That means, lightly finished maple boards eg. tung/linseed oil should actually sound very warm! 8O

 

[subversion]

i hear more 'brightness' coming from a maple fretboard when playing in the neck pickup, as oppossed to rosewoods.

 

[Guest]

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/options/options_bodywoods.cfm

just to share a link about wood, tone, weight, looks.
yah, in general, maple is often described as the bright-sounding wood.

 

[johnny_be_goode]

Harder wood is brighter, maple is harder than rosewood.

Try striking your finger on the fingerboard and get a feel of the hardness and sound it produce. The harder one is brighter.

 

[subversion]

despite the properties, some of us fail to hear the difference.

 

[ShredCow]

http://www.suhrguitars.com/wood.aspx#neck

John Suhr describes Pau Ferro & Indian Rosewood fretboards (on maple neck) to have more sparkle/sizzle than their 1 piece maple necks/fretboard...

 

[Satrionic]

hmm.. talking about maple ibanez... how i wish ibanez would make an SA series guitar with a maple fretboard, preferably a 1 piece maple neck and fretboard... all their SA series are rosewood...

 

[ShredCow]

Dude, go to www.ibanezrules.com see the pics for 2006 NAMM

There IS an SA with a maple fretboard. 8)

I SO want that.

 

[Satrionic]

eh bro cow... i look and look... i cannot find leh the maple fretboard SA... where is it??? can enlighten me...

 

[Satrionic]

eh br ocow.. no need already... i found it... hmmm. its nice man... but how i wish the body is white, headstock white... that would be nice.... match my strat....

 

[ShredCow]

Strip the finish off!

DAMN man! That SA with the maple fretboard has a H S S config... I want that!

No wait... it needs and edge trem... hmmm...