The other day I saw a couple of giraffes in a race. I tried to see who won, but I just couldn't because they were neck and neck.
Hi, now we're going to talk about woods used for the neck of the guitar. The wood used to construct the neck will affect your sound. In general most necks are made from maple with or without a rosewood fretboard top or mahogany with a rosewood fretboard.
Maple: The most common neck wood, it's stable and strong and is affected by environmental changes less than other hardwoods. It can be light colored pale tan to yellowish. Focuses sound to the body and therefore has less impact on sound compared to the body wood. It can be topped by a fretboard of differing wood. (usually rosewood). When it has a rosewood fretboard it has a richer fundamental note as the rosewood absorbs some overtones. As just a solid maple fretboard, it promotes a large amount of higher overtones and reduced bass accentuates harmonics and variations of pick attack. In general, a maple fretboard is brighter and twangier.
Mahogany: Stable and a bit more responsive than a maple neck. It's a darkish reddish brown color. Absorbs more vibration and compresses the attack and highs a little. Considered warmer and richer sounding but maybe less articulate than maple.
Ebony: This wood is sometimes used as the fretboard layer instead of Rosewood. It adds brightness which can be desirable to some on a Mahogany neck.
O.K. thanks for stopping by and sorry about that giraffe joke I made up. Next time we'll talk about pickups.
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