Black tele- rosewood or maple fretboard?

[helmiriffs]

My black tele has rosewood, and i wouldn’t have it any other way!

 

[The Lisbon Plane]

Maple for me. It's like the patch above the back pocket of a pair of Levi jeans.

Levi jeans (rivets) have destroyed many guitars, caused the most worming and backrash than any other factors.

 

[lammie200]

I am pretty sure the offering for rosewood versus maple was primarily not (or intentionally at all) intended to be an aesthetic choice. Just sayin’. Not to say that cannot like both, however.

 

[fender4life]

I'd never even remotely consider which one based on looks ! To me it;s the #1 biggest tonal difference in a tele or strat. RW and maple sound very different and i like both. But if i'm choosing one the board will be chosen 100% on which sound i'm going for. I might choose a body color that goes well with the board if available in different colors tho.

 

[UPtele]

I like maple, and rosewood

And ebony

 

[UPtele]

Consider bird's-eye if you go with maple!

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I like birdseye rosewood even better
What?

 

[Warhol]

Definitely maple or ebony because rosewood is too close than black but not black, and I hate “ton sur ton” ..

 

[banditpanda]

Definitely maple or ebony because rosewood is too close than black but not black, and I hate “ton sur ton” ..

Hey, leave our ton tons out of this!!!

 

[banditpanda]

I like maple, and rosewood

And ebony

Ewwww... red knobs

 

[banditpanda]

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Levi jeans (rivets) have destroyed many guitars, caused the most worming and backrash than any other factors.

"Sue the bastards" said a sign in my bosses office.

 

[banditpanda]

For me, I see it this way: maple is harder to refret (if and one day that comes). Rosewood is much simpler generally with fewer potential problems.

Wood choice/availability/sustainability-wise.. Even though the flow of EIR has resumed (with the revision of CITES, and all..) for the most part, maple is still one of the most abundant hardwoods out there.

I can appreciate the looks of either -- I'm much more focused on how the guitar plays and sounds.

Soundwise... (no, I just won't go there!)


So, in the end, I am ok with either -- just depends on which way I view things in a given day.

"Soundwise... (no, I just won't go there!)" Thank you so much!

 

[eb0248]

I have a few friends who would disagree, but I think (other than very rare cases) that maple just seems to go with a Tele; but that's why they make chocolate and vanilla ice cream, I guess. Everyone's different.

 

[sixlicks]

Rosewood. Or ebony

 

[Supertwang]

maple. This would have been a good "poll" thread.

I do have two rosewood necks, I believe they are rosewood necks, they are Gretschs ... I don't think they even make a maple neck guitar, do they?

Off topic a bit and with that said has anyone ever seen a maple neck acoustic?

I’ve seen many maple neck acoustics,…usually with rosewood or Ebony fretboard

 

[Supertwang]

I am pretty sure the offering for rosewood versus maple was primarily not (or intentionally at all) intended to be an aesthetic choice. Just sayin’. Not to say that cannot like both, however.

The original Fender blue print was 1-piece maple neck with a skunk stripe to plug the routed truss rod channel. Leo spec’d them that way purely for economic reasons. Leo envisioned cheap enough replacement necks would replace the need for expensive extensive fret work.

 

[Supertwang]

I like the maple cosmetics but I really dislike the feel of a finish on a fretboard. I prefer the feel of oiled ebony or granadillo

 

[Twangandy_]

A very yellowish maple fretboard

 

[Painter644]

Rosewood all the way.

I can’t think of a combination where I would prefer the look of maple over rosewood.

Maybe a true natural maple finish body.

I can think of many colors that look better with maple: Surf Green, Sonic Blue, Aged White and on and on, but darker colors are a maybe, for me.

 

[Totally Bored]

Can't go wrong with either but I prefer Rosewood on a Black Tele

Looks great on Black Strats as well

 

[pachyderm]

I’ve seen many maple neck acoustics,…usually with rosewood or Ebony fretboard

I meant fretboard. Ever seen an acoustic with a maple fret/neck board...