For the first post on The Guitar Exchange Blog we decided to tackle a common question we get from musicians interested in buying a guitar. “What is the difference between a rosewood and maple fretboard?” Now you may here varying answers to this question and this is not to dispute what you have been told. As a matter of fact, here are some of the answers to that very question from many guitar players new and old.
“I have only been playing the guitar since 1971. I pretty much for the most part have played about every thing that has appeared since the mid 70′s. I know that is nothing compared to the incredible amounts of intelligence most of todays 1nt4rw3b super geniuses have, but there it is.
Playability is not at all an objective measure, only you can determine whether or not a neck and/or fingerboard suits you. Sound? No difference at all in my experience. Play them both, pick the one you like the feel of, they’ll sound pretty much the same as they themselves can.” — RCT
“There won’t be a tremendous amount of difference in feel between the two, but a maple fingerboard will yield a slightly brighter sound.” — R. Whittington
