Polar White Strat with Maple neck or Pau Ferro neck

[nathanteal]

Pau ferro for contrast. Buy it from Sweetwater so you can specifically get one with a dark board of your own choosing, along with a good setup right out the box.

 

[RoCkstAr256]

Pau ferro for contrast. Buy it from Sweetwater so you can specifically get one with a dark board of your own choosing, along with a good setup right out the box.

I will be getting one soon in Guitar Center. They cost 650 USD here

 

[pcampbell]

Totally subjective. That having been said, maple.

 

[RoCkstAr256]

Totally subjective. That having been said, maple.

Votes heading maple !

 

[RoCkstAr256]

I would buy a used Olympic white strat with a rosewood board but if I had to choose I would go with the pao ferro if it was a nice shade. The one in Macrogats pic looks nice. A little darker board would be nicer.

I preffer Poalr white to olympic white mate

 

[Chunkocaster]

I preffer Poalr white to olympic white mate

Thay are similar, in 5 to 10 years the polar white will likely look like new Olympic white.

 

[Cysquatch]

Unlike most, I actually prefer Pao Ferro to a lot of other dark fretboard options. Just find the character more pleasing. And white guitars with maple fretboards are always kinda meh-at-best to me.

 

[RoCkstAr256]

Unlike most, I actually prefer Pao Ferro to a lot of other dark fretboard options. Just find the character more pleasing. And white guitars with maple fretboards are always kinda meh-at-best to me.

I kinda like both but preffer dark wood with bright colour

 

[Mr. Neutron]

Mine's a Partscaster I assembled (Warmoth Alder Body & Fender Classic Player 60's neck).

I voted for Pau Ferro, believe it or not......... But I like both.

 

[DonM]

 

[AAT65]

I voted Maple: if it’s a white guitar you either go contrasting (black or tort pickguard, either dark or light fretboard) or you go full pizza bianco (White, white and off white).

 

[DougM]

Not trying to start a debate, but having owned dozens of Strats over the course of the last 50 years, I like the slightly rounder and woodier tone that a rosewood/pf board has on the neck pickup, although I find the difference less audible on the other pickup positions.

 

[dinomike77]

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[DHart]

I'd buy the body and neck as separates (Fender take-offs from Stratosphere).

And for the neck, personally, I'd buy a Fender MIA Performer or Professional with a carefully selected rosewood neck. (You can see the actual photos of every neck that they sell.)

For the body, a Fender MIM body would be perfectly fine.

Then add specific pickups of your preference. In the end, you'll have a guitar that you are likely to have a special bond with because you designed it yourself!

 

[HWTele]

Maple.

Not a fan of PF, any chance Fender will revert back to rosewood in the MIM line? The lighter shade and striping just doesn’t look right to me on anything I’ve seen so far.

Imo CITES just gave Fender a chance/excuse to use a less expensive material and in short fatten their bottom line.

 

[DHart]

Not a fan of PF, any chance Fender will revert back to rosewood in the MIM line? The lighter shade and striping just doesn’t look right to me on anything I’ve seen so far.

Yeah... so many Fenders and Epiphone's are now coming with pale reddish Pau Ferro fretboards. Pau Ferro is an excellent quality wood, for fretboards (very dense and smooth like ebony) but most samples just look bu-tugly, to my taste anyway.

There are a few samples of Pau Ferro that I could live with, but not many. I bought a take-off Fender 60s Player Strat neck (Stratosphere) that has a Pau Ferro board that looks pretty good, but I picked from a lot of offerings to find this one.

Good case to be made for buying lightly-used guitars that were made when rosewood was the fretboard wood species. Or buy your body and neck separately and get a rosewood board (Fender American Special, Performer, or Professional neck, or other brand).

I do love the look of an Arctic White Fender with a dark rosewood board... one of my Teles, the body is a Fender MIM Tele "Standard" body, the neck is a Fender American Special, pickups are Cavalier Firebird neck pickup and Bootstrap "Original" bridge pickup.

 

[shupe13]

I like them all.

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[bo]

If I can't see it before I buy it I'd choose maple. If I can ensure it's dark pau ferro then fine.

 

[Si G X]

A Pau Ferro neck would be awesome, but I think we are just talking about fretboards right?