ATTENTION Guitar players. advice needed

MichaelMcKevin

I'm on the virge of purchasing an American Deluxe Telecaster.

What should be my deciding factors on whether or not I want a maple or rosewood fretboard?

cjb5790

Looks mainly...What feels better in your palm.

Novawind

Maple. Without a doubt.

Looks cleaner, slides easier than rosewood.

CanvasAdam

go rosewood, it plays faster to me.

samquigley

You'll get more of the traditional tele "twang" out of the maple board as it gives better treble response, putting back some of the highs you lose with those noiseless pickups.

nuthinsaidwhatawaste

Spend plenty of time playing both. Your fingers will tell You.
I personally like maple, but plenty of people prefer rosewood.

Pacomc79

looks,tone,feel maple/ebony are brighter in tone and harder to the touch.

Rosewood is softer and warmer. It's up to you to spend some time with both in an amp similar to what you play through and get a good feel for each. There is no real wrong choice.

moemoe6434

I have nothing but MAPLE on my Fenders, i simply love the sound and feeling of maple boards!

rude

Depending on the neck...there is a HUGE HUGE HUGE Variability between each and every Fender neck. Maple vs. rosewood....or even ebony must be held! Depending on the (1.) radius of the neck--how fat or thin is this thing and how does it feel in your size hand? Is the back of it shaped like a 'V' or a 'c' -- that matters a lot as well., (2.) the fret finish and width--will determine how the guitar plays, how easily you can note or bend each string, and the (3.) back of the neck.....satin finish or in some cases 'unfinished' or varnished and 'slick' but requiring some wax to keep it fast.



You should play as many as you can before you buy--you will know when you meet the right one. My own personal collection includes a Telecaster with a 9.5" radius maple neck. It is one amazing piece of work...I stuck a Tommy Iommi Gibson humbucker in the neck position and a great Bill Lawrence single coil at the bridge....add to that a 5-way splitter and you have some really intense tones coming from that 'swamp ash' body......(another decision is which material to use for the body...alder or ash) -- pick a winner --

Pacomc79

rude wrote:

Depending on the neck...there is a HUGE HUGE HUGE Variability between each and every Fender neck. Maple vs. rosewood....or even ebony must be held! Depending on the (1.) radius of the neck--how fat or thin is this thing and how does it feel in your size hand? Is the back of it shaped like a 'V' or a 'c' -- that matters a lot as well., (2.) the fret finish and width--will determine how the guitar plays, how easily you can note or bend each string, and the (3.) back of the neck.....satin finish or in some cases 'unfinished' or varnished and 'slick' but requiring some wax to keep it fast.



You should play as many as you can before you buy--you will know when you meet the right one. My own personal collection includes a Telecaster with a 9.5" radius maple neck. It is one amazing piece of work...I stuck a Tommy Iommi Gibson humbucker in the neck position and a great Bill Lawrence single coil at the bridge....add to that a 5-way splitter and you have some really intense tones coming from that 'swamp ash' body......(another decision is which material to use for the body...alder or ash) -- pick a winner --

yeah, that's my problem, I spent about 5 years playing EVERYTHING!! I wound up with a neck I'm quite happy with, but at the same time, I might very well order another neck too. I kind of want a 10" to go along with my 7.5" If I get some kind of hollowbody tele or something like that I'm going to go for some kind of tree trunk. But it'd be great to find a 335 with the fat 50's profile in some kind of reasonable price range.

rude

Pacomc79 wrote:

yeah, that's my problem, I spent about 5 years playing EVERYTHING!! I wound up with a neck I'm quite happy with, but at the same time, I might very well order another neck too. I kind of want a 10" to go along with my 7.5" If I get some kind of hollowbody tele or something like that I'm going to go for some kind of tree trunk. But it'd be great to find a 335 with the fat 50's profile in some kind of reasonable price range.

Dont'cha love having problems like that! Something about that fat 9.5 makes the guitar able to note really well, but when you come down on it Townsend style or in the vein of the harder/faster stuff...the chords have a lot of power. I love it. It is one ugly instrument though. I should post a pic. Does this place accept attachments?

moster78

rude wrote:

I should post a pic. Does this place accept attachments?

Unfortunately, no. We usually just upload them elsewhere and provide a link.

All Those Yesterdays

Pacomc79 wrote:

looks,tone,feel maple/ebony are brighter in tone and harder to the touch.

Rosewood is softer and warmer. It's up to you to spend some time with both in an amp similar to what you play through and get a good feel for each. There is no real wrong choice.

Paco, when you were trying those out, did you have any issues with the rosewood? When my buddy was trying out tele's for three days straight practically, and narrowed it down to the american deluxe, it seemd like the rosewood grains were actually seperating. And this was on every rosewood american deluxe that we could get our hands on at three different stores. He ended up going with the maple because of it (him and I are both huge rosewood fans too). Wonder if it was just a bad batch or something.

Just curious if you noticed it.

MichaelMcKevin

All Those Yesterdays wrote:

Paco, when you were trying those out, did you have any issues with the rosewood? When my buddy was trying out tele's for three days straight practically, and narrowed it down to the american deluxe, it seemd like the rosewood grains were actually seperating. And this was on every rosewood american deluxe that we could get our hands on at three different stores. He ended up going with the maple because of it (him and I are both huge rosewood fans too). Wonder if it was just a bad batch or something.

Just curious if you noticed it.

How does your buddy feel about his maple American Deluxe? Also... what color did he get it in?

harrisonmerwin

moemoe6434 wrote:

I have nothing but MAPLE on my Fenders, i simply love the sound and feeling of maple boards!

ditto

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