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Old February 26th, 2008, 02:27 PM   #51 (permalink)
rogerzilla
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Originally Posted by erikro View Post
Hi all,

This has probably been beat to death elsewhere. I am new to electric guitars. On my acoustics it has always been rosewwod or ebony. My question is, other than feel and appearance is there a difference?

Thanks,
Erik
It's harder to see the treble strings on a pale maple fretboard! Rosewood will look better in 10 years' time; maple looks better now. Fret levelling and crowning jobs are cheaper for a rosewood board because it needs less protection (no lacquer to damage, and a bit of lemon oil makes it as good as new).

I like both.
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