Are Exotic Guitar Necks Better Than Maple?
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2023
- Let's compare Rosewood, Canary, Goncalo Alves, and Wenge necks to good old Maple and find the answer!
Learn more about Warmoth's neck woods here: warmoth.com/guitar-neck-woods
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Here's a tip. Buy the one that you think looks/feels the best. Woods may make a difference in solid body electric guitars, but it's not something a guitar amp EQ can't balance.
Don't stress this stuff! Playing guitar is supposed to be fun!!
best comment here.
@ matt, I agree... I have a rosewood strat and when I checked out an 🇺🇸 professional 2 telecaster Miami Blue, which as maple, was awesome. Then I checked out an Ibanez AZS 2200 prestige and it has a roasted maple. So these will be my next 2 🎸 cause I love the necks on both 🎸
Yup, don't stress this stuff... if maple was good enough for Clapton, hendrix, srv, and evh, I'll bet it's good enough for you
yeah but nerding out over different configurations and types of woods is like 90% of the fun for a lot of us lol
In blind test I was wrong with roasted maple and wedge. So the differences are audible but not dramatic by any means. Roasted maple is imho the king: eco friendly, stable, nice looking and has that universally good sound. All the rest is just a matter of aesthetics, not the tone wood mambo-jumbo. Great vid, as always. You do a GREAT job with debunking all the myths.
I guess part of the "difference" comes from his playing. He won't be able to play each note 100% the same. The stroke will be slightly different resulting in a slightly different tone.
I dont know how the choice of different neck woods could affect the string vibrations which is what the pickups "pick up".
Very interesting test. Sound differences are negligible and would never be distinguishable to non-guitar players or in a mix (I'm listening on Genelec 8040 studio monitors). What would be really interesting to know is which is the strongest/most stable.
tonewood is a lie
Thanks for saying it.
Maybe not, but the slight differences have some effect on the harmonic range generated b4 an amp tone stack can change the tone, which affects harmonics down the line. Listeners may not know or care about any of that, but the brain does register the sound.
@@GCKelloch but those harmonic frequencies would be slight and compensated for by other instruments in a mix setting. Agreed it’s perceivable when playing alone, in a room, in front of an amp - But anything beyond that it would be washed over. The feel and strength however are far more important factors to consider.
I agree, soundwise it appears to be negigible. But maybe feeling-wise it could be very different. I much prefer a smooth finish over a grainy-oily finish so I find the video very useful.
Great neck shootout , thank you for taking the time to do all this !!!
The Goncalo Alves was fun to discover. The rosewood is beautiful. Great shootout, Aaron! Really appreciated this share!!!
Thanks Aaron, much appreciated topic, and a great presentation! Particularly appreciate the shortness of the demo clips (for my goldfish memory) and your own comments at the end.
I had a Goncalo Alves (+ pau ferro fingerboard) strat neck once, and loved it! It did have a sort of sweet top end (no ice-pick), but it was also super clear and articulate. Particularly the bass notes were amazing - clear like a grand piano. Playing it was like driving a sports car!
I could hear my two favorites in the blind test: Canary and Rosewood. But I could not guess the others.
That canary neck might be the most beautiful neck I've ever seen.
Another excellent video and test! Thank you.
I think I’m in love with that rosewood neck, I liked the tone and had no problem picking it out of the crowd. Keep up the good work with the videos!
These videos are awesome. I can't wait to watch all the Warmoth videos bc I'm sure I'll learn a lot
Again, highly educational.Thank you guys for this!
It's amazing how Goncalo Alves sounds like clean and driven... sounds big and wide clean, but not so much when driven... amazing... Thank you for ALL the great videos.. :D
Great video. Most of the differences are subtle. Good to get your feedback on the way each neck feels. Goncalo Alves was a revelation. I think this video might have sold a few of those...
Maybe you could do a part 2 with any of the woods you might have missed, Reg. Maple, maple/rosewood etc.
Excellent,all sound good,my pick was Rosewood,and Roasted Maple,kind of a snap to the note,but subtle,good to see Aaron again,always detailed,and informative
I've been playing a warmoth wenge neck with an ebony board with stainless steel frets on my jaguar for about 5 years. I absolutely love it. I chose it purely for the open grain feel. It's also beautiful. Also seems to be the most stable out of all my guitars tuning-wise.
Great comparison video, thanks! I couldn't hear any differences when you played 'em all, and my 2/5 "correct" score is probably just lucky guesses. I have a Warmoth canary strat replacement neck and two Ibanez wenge necks, and these are my favorites compared to many maple necks I have/had. I guess I like a bit of grainy/waxy feel. Really appreciate the weight comparison you included. I know necks don't vary nearly as much as bodies, but I've always wondered about the neck wood variance b/c that's not listed on showcase items.
Good demo! Thanks.
I envy your ability to maintain a consistent touch between the various samples.
In this video, these necks all sound very similar to me. I'm sure I could detect some differences if I could do my own live shootout. (maybe someday)
I love these videos so much!
I've got warmoth canary neck paired with the chambered korina strat body. This couple sounds brighter than SG, but bit darker than LP, and it's definitely in the Gibson tone zone with warm and punchy tone. Love it!
Super interesting. Thanks
I own a Warmoth Indian Rosewood neck and love it. I read a tip on the forum and burnished mine. Burnishing is sanding it in progressively finer grits (factory is I think 200 - I went up to 3k). I did it while watching a few B-grade movies. It looks finished, but is absolutely silky. Zero tackiness, even with sweaty hands.
Great comparison video. I had no idea there's that many different woods available for necks.
Warmoth has a whole laundry list of options on their website
Awesome shootout, Aaron! I have a Wenge baritone neck with an ebony fretboard arriving tomorrow. I'm so excited to get to work on this project. Then I can start on my next Warmoth guitar.
How is it? I'd imagine the dark tone of the wenge would eliminate the thinning out effect that baritone scale can have? Then the brightness of ebony would balance it out well?
@@rikosimmo Well, I'm still waiting to get it back from my luthier. I needed him to install the electronics and give it a setup. I'll let you know when I get it back.
I have a Gibson SG with similar pickups in it and an ebony fretboard. Bare knuckle alnico Nailbomb in the SG and Bare knuckle Silo in the baritone. So it will be interesting to hear whenever I get it back.
Thanks Aaron!
I don't know what I preferred, but every time I noticed a clear difference it was Goncalo Alves. When I bought my Yamaha acoustic, it had a rosewood neck, for the first time ever for me. It felt really nice, played nice and sounded nice. It was actually sort of sticky feeling, yet nothing stuck to fingers. Like touching honey that is phobic of any other material.
Love my rosewood Warmoth neck. The way it resonates in my hand lets me feel each note, something my finished necks really don’t do.
Great video! Although I don't know how you would measure it, I think that relative stiffness would be another factor that would be influencing tone.
So I chose the right wood for my last build: rosewood!
I just love the look and feel
The Canary was the nicest looking neck to, but I felt was also brighter than the roasted maple neck. I think I really liked the sound of the Wenge neck myself. Great shootout 👍
1:28 Test # 1 Roasted Maple
1:37 Test # 1 Canary
1:45 Test # 1 Wenge
1:53 Test # 1 Goncalo Alves
2:01 Test # 1 Rosewood
2:12 Test # 2 Roasted Maple
2:23 Test # 2 Canary
2:33 Test # 2 Wenge
2:43 Test # 2 Goncalo Alves
2:53 Test # 2 Rosewood
3:05 Test # 3 Roasted Maple
3:09 Test # 3 Canary
3:13 Test # 3 Wenge
3:17 Test # 3 Goncalo Alves
3:21 Test # 3 Rosewood
3:30 Test # 4 Roasted Maple
3:38 Test # 4 Canary
3:46 Test # 4 Wenge
3:54 Test # 4 Goncalo Alves
4:01 Test # 4 Rosewood
4:10 Test # 5 Mystery wood 1
4:22 Test # 5 Mystery wood 2
4:34 Test # 5 Mystery wood 3
4:47 Test # 5 Mystery wood 4
4:59 Test # 5 Mystery wood 5
Beautiful woods. On a whim I just bought a Warmoth Gibson-scale neck in Mahogany with 12 inch radius (maybe trying to channel my beloved Les Paul) and it too is beautiful. Clear satin nitro, and I just love the beautiful grain. Sounds amazing with 10 gauge strings. Couldn't be happier except maybe if I had that nice Goncalo.
Jake E Lee's personal Charvel guitars have mahogany necks, which his pricey and cool Signature models do not!
Wonder if I'd like a Strat Fender scale Mahogany neck with .009 gauge strings... chunky profile of course, not like these small necks which are really a strain to play.
In a blind test, the fourth sound was my favorite.
The runner-up is the second wood neck.
It was a very interesting test.
I have some of the Canary fretboards on mahogany necks, and I love the sound. The Goncolo really peaked my interest here. That one is next.
Loved the test. I didn't get one right but I will say that I could hear the differences. I was able to pick out the Goncalo Alves and Rosewood as they were very similar. In the sighted test, I kind of really preferred the Rosewood over the GA. All the necks sounded great. I have 3 roasted flame maple necks from Warmoth and they are absolutely superb. I may have to find a use for that Rosewood though. Again, nice test.
Yes, I think this is a very honest response. Thank-you! Back-to-back you can hear there are differences, but identifying them in a blind test is almost impossible with any accuracy. GA was the easiest, for sure!
I love my Goncalo Alves Warhead with Pau Ferro fretboard and stainless frets. Bolted to a Warmoth Tele hybrid made of black Korina with Lace Sensors- it absolutely screams. Yet, allows so much tonal variety when using dynamics and touch sensitivity. It's slick, fast, and buttery smooth. Out of all woods I've tried for necks, it is by far my favorite.
It's very oily/waxy. That adds weight, and also damps more highs. Indian RW is a close second. Wenge has the hardest fibers of the bunch, but is also waxy, and the numerous large pores allow more resonance damping. Sounds like a loss in the upper-mids, yet the attack is very strong.
Canary and wenge had the most noticeable tone difference to me... I got it and the wenge in the blind portion too. Really like that Canary.
First of all, excellent video, Aaron, and excellent playing! Second of all, I couldn’t tell the difference between any of them on my iPhone.
The differences in feel were greater than the differences in tone. The only one I think I could pick in a blind test with any accuracy is Goncalo Alves. In this group of five necks it sounded very different from the rest.
I love the look and feel of my Warmoth Rosewood neck.
Once again, I think the biggest difference has nothing to do with sound. It is about inspiration and "the muse". If one look/feel inspires you to pick up one guitar more than another, it is worth it. Because a guitar being played always sounds better than a guitar in the case.
Just got a solid rosewood neck from Warmoth. It’s going on a Candy Apple red Tele, so I got red jasper dots (with moon glow side dots). Awesome look.
Be sure to post pics!
Unfinished exotic woods make me sooooo happy as a guitarist. What was surprising to me is that the past few maple necks I've bought all needed significant fret leveling (all within Warmoth's standard specs/disclosures). My two padauk necks didn't need *any* leveling (ebony & pau Ferro boards). No clue if I got lucky with these two, but that's a major upside for these. PLEK jobs can cost as much as a neck!
Picked out two necks correctly, in the blind test. The Canary, Roasted Maple…they had the most distinctive tones. The others were all really close to each other?
I didn’t guess on those.
I have a quarter sawn Wenge/Wenge neck on a Tele Deluxe style guitar. I like it a lot.
How a guitar build all comes together is always interesting? Neck is more of a feel thing. Most of your Tone comes from the pickups, amp, speaker and string gauge choice.
I would never be worried used any warmoth neck, or replacing one for another. They’re all great!
I've always been curious about Gonçalo Alves. For starters because it is a light coloured wood that doesn't require finish but I was surprised it was the heaviest. Great job once again. Pity you left out Pau Ferro. I love it's caramel mocha hues. Always thought about making a Pau Ferro tele, like George Harrison's but Pau Ferro instead of Rosewood.
I have a Warmoth Gonçalo neck for my strat (kingwood fretboard), and I really love it. You feel the weight; the guitar wants to rest a little differently, but it doesn't dive down like an SG. I don't know if I'd go so far as calling it velvety, but it is the smoothest neck I've ever played (I want all satin necks now!)
I enjoyed the slightly brighter sound or both the canary wood and the rosewood, I recently did my first guitar build and my neck is a purple heart center strip with maple sides and a rosewood fretboard (which looks good with the body being a solid piece of purple heart), I still need to route out the spot for the Floyd rose tremolo system so that I can string it so that I can hear it, but I haven't gotten to that part yet.
Interesting test. The tonal differences were well within the range of my tone knob or any EQ to tone match. Thanks
I wasn't sure which I preferred until the mystery test where the rosewood was really a class apart.
While I enjoyed the video and appreciate the amount of work that goes into this shootout (and the editing that gets it down to a very nice short video), even with decent headphones, my 60+ year old ears didn't sense much of a difference. I would be deciding based upon my eyes and my wallet. Thanks for making this. Any neck that smelled like maple syrup wins. I hope we get a followup video of you with your rosewood neck.
Appreciate the massive effort, Aaron!
I wonder if a 100% Rosewood neck by itself will get you close to the sound of a fully-Rosewood Telecaster.
Thanks so much for doing this!
I am addicted to bare wood necks. I have 2 PRS Indian Rosewood necks & one with a Brazilian Rosewood neck. Back in the old days of the original PRS forum, we started calling them crackwood. 😊 Glad to hear the the Roasted Maple can be left bare.
I nailed the Canary & the Rosewood. I thought #5 was either Roasted Maple or Wenge.
This is very interesting video. I am always interested in each exotic wood sound but nowhere to find comparison! If you can, please compare exotic fingerboard next time. Thank you!
The differences are so subtle! Was better able to hear some in the blind shootout though I had no idea which wood was which. After you revealed the woods I though roasted maple had slightly more bottom and canary was slightly brighter. Aaron, you rock. That was a lot of work to put this out, thank you!
Goncalo is the only one I think I could pick out of a blind test with any accuracy. When you actually play them, though....the differences are much more pronounced.
First, thanks for doing this review it was very helpful. All of the necks look very beautiful and I'm attracted to each one of them for different reasons. Also, thank you for weighing them cuz that was one of my first questions. As to tone, they all sounded the same to me. But my ears must be clogged because I expected a big difference especially between the roasted maple and the Rosewood. I'll have to listen to the recordings again. Lastly, there is no way that we will believe you spent 25 years in a different job. If I had to guess I would have thought you are in your forties so unless you were working in your family's business as a child there's no way that you're that old. Thanks again for the review I'm in the market for a new neck and this really opened up some new possibilities for me.
LOL. I'm a grandpa. 55 years old. Eligible for the senior discount at Denny's.
10:31 Maybe ask Phil X if he needs a fast string changing tech? Good tone test Aaron, thanx for all the work this video created.
For mine, using the Roast Maple as the baseline, I found the Canary close in tone in clean tones to that. To me the Rosewood sounded the darkest, but Goncalo Alves was very close in tone to Rosewood. I found Wenge had a different set of midrange tone set to the others. CAVEAT: I have damaged hearing and I wasn't wearing my hearing aids, so YMMV.
I've met and talked w/ Phil X a few times. Super nice and talented guy with an intensity and enthusiasm that is contagious. I'd change string for him, but only if he gives me a Phil X action figure for the neck pickup cavity of my guitar.
Hey I think it would be great if you compare a bad heavy maple neck with an old, light and cortison maple neck for example. Thank you, your reviews are the best
Excellent job playing and editing, as always! I could, at no point, hear an appreciable difference... So I guess buy the wood you think it prettiest or has a nice feel.
You are correct. That's what someone who can't tell the difference should do.
This. Sonically they are incredibly similar. Aesthetically they are what you like to look at and feel.
@@richsackett3423cringe
Another Tone deaf guitarist? How surprised I am.
Guitars made with exotic wood is the guitarist's prized rolex. Thanks for a great video!🤙
Love the hardtail strat
Didn't realize the Wenge was so figured until you flipped it over to weigh it. Wow ...
I would like to try out a canary wood neck.
Although the differences were subtle, I liked the rosewood the best in the tests. I didn’t try to identify the different woods in the mystery test, just listened for the best tone. When the rosewood was played, I picked it as the best sounding… again to my ears.
I didn't manage to hear substantial differences, listening with good headphones on my laptop. On the contrary, it was on distorted sounds that some minute differences seemed audible to me, but not to the point of linking them to a specific wood. I didn't even bother to associate sounds with woods in the blind test. My point is: I'll accept any of them, if you send them for free. They are equally compelling to me.
The wenge had an acoustic quality to the clean tone. I love my wenge necked warmoth bass.
even on my laptop's crappy little pancake speakers, the goncalo neck was pretty distinct. i only managed to pick that one and the canary neck correctly in the blind test. now i just really want to try one out to see what that "velvety" feel is all about!
1.28 lbs ... roasted maple ... feels smooth, almost dry, has bright tone of maple
1.28 lbs ... canary ... feels grainy & waxy, brighter than roasted maple
1.35 lbs ... rosewood ... waxy, not grainy, brightness between canary and wenge/goncalo alves
1.40 lbs ... wenge ... more grainy & waxy than canary, feels stiff/rigid, sounds darker/rounder
1.49 lbs ... goncalo alves ... feels smooth/velvety and solid, very round tone
My preferences ... canary for the beautiful color, and goncalo alves for the velvety feel.
It does change the tone. cool!
I’ve only played Les Pauls so mahogany necks simply for the tone but I love how rosewood looks. I wonder how much of a tonal difference it would make. I’m planning on building a Warmoth telecaster in the very near future
Indeed it is interesting. The quality of the Warmoth product is really good too, having purchased last year. If only the Warmoth staff would answer emails, they may secure a whole lot more sales.
I didn't do the blind test. They do sound very similar to each others. I think the difference would be more apparent to you (as the player) than us the audiences.
Appreciate the experiment, very interesting.
I think I've seen a neck made with Mango wood before, might be mistaken. I'm thinking that it could replace maple in making guitar in the SEA area given that it can be sourced locally (rather than import it from the America like Maple). Probably sales might not be so good until someone call it an exotic wood or something.
Oh and I think someone made guitars using Jack Fruit wood or Durian before. Now I'm starting to get hungry!
My ears definetly heard that rosewood. I guessed canary right but I wasn't super sure it was really a lucky guess.
Wengé has a very distinct tonal quality that makes clear why Warwick uses it for their basses.
Wow I've never heard of some of these woods. I think I like Canary, Goncalo Alves, Rosewood, Wenge In this order.
In an electric guitar only pickup height,pickups and the player determine tone. Nothing else matters one iota.
I understand why companies like Warmoth and PRS insist it makes a difference but it simply doesn't. This has been proven beyond a doubt by others who know far more than I.
The only 2: necks I heard about is roasted maple and rosewood but rosewood is not available as it was before. What guitars are the other necks come on stock ❓
I liked the rosewood tone the best and guessed it correctly as Mystery neck #4. It has a more full tone to me
The differences is minute. Best way to measure the difference in these is with an oscilloscope. Then you would see how small the actual difference is between these necks. My last project I used a Wenge neck, love the look and I will buy another for sure.
@warmoth Is it possible to order 1 piece necks?
I'd love a 1 piece roasted maple or 1 piece pau ferro neck.
I thought the audible differences were quite subtle, but as you stated: the feel of unfinished wood can vary dramatically.
Goncalo Alvez FTW!
awesome video yet again :) seems to me, changing the neck changes the transient and attack of the note more than the overall tone, could not hear a lof difference there
I've never heard a music fan at a concert shout out. I like how the canary wood tele neck sounds. But Ive definitely had people stare at my flame maple fretboard and neck. So there ya go...
Surprising! I can always hear differences and I couldn't really tell except on the single note playing, where there were subtle diffs in sustain and maybe a tiny bit of color (canary was a tad brighter, the wenge a tiny bit drier?). Forget the individual wood choice, the entire spectrum just isn't that wide, at least for these 5 woods.
Color is good description. What do you mean by the spectrum isn't that wide?
@@GCKelloch the total variance between those choices was low, so its harder to separate each choice. Could just be neck wood doesn't matter that much, in general (nut to neck to body to pickup is just too big a set of jumps). But maybe flat sawn unroasted maple or walnut vs koa vs mahogany would widen out the perceivable gaps. Maybe not.
Goncalo stuck out as most "different", maybe a bit more definition? Wasn't any better (IMO) just different. But, like you said, how it feels in your hands is a huge benefit. I want something that feels like a Music Man neck. But, I digress.. The ONLY way I could've picked that out is via this kind of comparison. I remember the maple vs rosewood fretboard comparison, and how it made absolutely no difference whatsoever (IMO). So, I'm going for price, and appearance on my build. I do LOVE the look of 5A flame maple, or 5A Birdseye for a neck/fretboard. Short of that, these comparison videos are absolutely priceless. It could be Can't thank you enough for doing these videos.
My favorite tonal necks were Roasted Maple and Rosewood....even blindfolded! My least preferred wood is Canary, this sounded hollow and thin.
Great video. I didn’t get any right 😅
My main guitar have a roasted neck shaft with a wenge fretboard. Sounds great. But so does other Warmoth guitars I have that are equipped with necks made of roasted maple with roasted maple fretbords and ebony fretboards.
The only one I think I could pick out with any consistency in a blind test is Goncalo Alves.
Goncalo and canary were my favorites. Please do this for bass necks
Yes on bass necks I agree!
Love the Goncalo on my fretless jazz bass. Grain looks great too
Here's another vote for bass necks!
The roasted maple is a versatile beast. I liked the Wenge and Rosewood on some parts. Paduak is closer to roasted maple typically. For me mahogany necks just sound right.
Another great video Aaron! Sure, it’s mostly subtle differences… but subtle differences tend to add up!
Wow, to me during the blind test the Canary and Rosewood sounded the brightest, I preferred the Rosewood
Interesting my take away was gancolo and canary seemed brighter or louder not really a tonal thing as much as a volume difference. Rosewood is beautiful but I think I’d go with goncolo. That said my personal experience is scetchy with roasted maple I’ve played good necks but I’ve played several that just seemed dead and lifeless. I personally don’t think you know a guitar or by extension a neck without some real volume. The sweet spot is when the amp is really moving air and you feel the vibration under your fingers I call it the loop. Sound flowing out of the speakers hitting the guitar, feedback without the squeal. Some guitars just don’t vibrate well, others too much. You can have six maple necks built the same and one is gonna be the sweet spot. Unfortunately really great guitar are kinda like unicorns, there’s lots of good ones but definitely some unicorns it’s kinda of a crap shoot that’s what makes it fun.
im guessing right no 4 mystery wood rosewood.. but kind of impress with canary no 2.
Got the canary and maple right. They were the most different (maple => more lows, canary => thinner). The other 3 I thought were broadly similar in that they had more mid range.
nonsense. in a blind test you will not pick them out better than by chance. tone wood is not a thing on electric guitars.
@@louiscyfer6944 there's no reason to be a butthole about it. to this guy at least. save it for the real headcases.
Thanks for doing these videos. I get so sick of hearing about rosewood having a “dark” tone, because it’s just not how it goes. Guitarists hear too much with their eyes. Anyways, the subtly of the differences just shows that we all need to stop nerding out about wood, and just build a guitar that kicks butt for us as individuals. Love what you guys do, and my Warmoth soloist is my number one for gigging!
Players also nerd out about pickups that have very slight differences, and pay exorbitant prices for something they may assume sounds better, yet can't describe what about the sound is "better", and then justify their choice because they paid more. The damping characteristics of a particular wood combination is almost impossible to predict, but can often be in the ball park. Complex damping response can be emulated with some type of ducking eq, but players like the way certain guitars naturally damp.
@@GCKelloch Yeah, I mean I don’t really care what people do or how much money they spend. It’s more a matter of there being a certain amount of placebo with all of this stuff. At the end of the day I do spend the money on the pickups and wood that I want, but it’s not because they have any magical tone properties. Good stuff is good stuff.
I heard that you should only pair alder wood body with a certain type of wood neck. So as not to match high frequency tones. Or same for ash wood body. Which is considered a lower frequency tone wood. With a low frequency tone wood neck.
Do you have any recommendations for woods for necks matched to bodies?
To me, The Canary has more character with Rosewood coming a close second. For me, its the 'personality' of the sound rather than sharpness and volume. But thats my preference. But then im looking at what I would want to play and hear over what an audience would need.
No difference in sound on my studio monitors. On an acoustic, the minor differences will come out a bit, and MAYBE on hyper-clean low-output pickups on a jazzbox. But definitely nothing looking hard at your EQ wouldn't affect just as much once you put even moderate of output on your pickups and absolutely nothing once you put some drive to your amp. It's all about aesthetics and ergonomics (looks, grain feel, stability). I'm partial to oiled maple/walnut laminate necks because I love the feel.
I think it comes down to asthetics in this regard. Differences are too minimal to make a difference. I've had a rosewood neck before and it was great. I have a roasted maple neck now and it's also great. I'd like to mirror what another guy asked. Which one would be the most stable? I would think the rosewood.
I think the roasted Maple would be the most stable because it's roasted
Is it same wood on the fretboards?
I'm fine with maple, although I do own a Warwick bass with an ovangkol neck and I like that, too. Wenge feels nice in the hand. I don't really choose neck wood based on tone, as they all sound similar enough to please my ears. I base it on structural/mechanical properties, aesthetic properties, and tactile properties. I don't want an unfinished neck.
Other than one time with the rosewood sounding a bit more forward, I didn't notice a very discernible difference; at least through RUclips.
Thank you for this video, I'm sure it takes serious effort to make it. Unfortunately, it's easy to see you were strumming at different parts of the strings and this has a significant impact on the sound (especially in test 1), therefore it's hard to tell from the video whether the difference came from the strumming or from the neck. I tend to think it's from the strumming.
Better? What's better? Different I'll agree. But what's better actually depends on each individual. I got a maple neck Strat and a ebony fretboard L Paul. Pretty much on purpose. That's what I wanted and it worked out.