St.Vincent neck wood iterations?

**Yyzed** · 09-15-2018, 09:14 AM

Hey,
For some reason I caught the St. Vincent bug. Can someone explain the various neck wood changes over the years? Did they start out with maple and rosewood/ebony and then go to all rosewood, and now to roasted maple and rosewood or ebony? If that's correct, why? Hard to find one of these guitars in person, so I'm wondering if there are differences depending on the version of neck wood. I'm also very anti-neck dive, so would one neck version be more or less prone to dive?
Thanks all.
-J

**TrapperJ** · 09-15-2018, 09:33 AM

Wood history
1. All rosewood
2. 2017 BFRs - one was all Wenge, one was Roasted Maple and Rosewood board
3. The current offerings - all roasted maple with different boards as per specs on website (not sure if stealth one is roasted or not- it’s not clear on the website)

Move from all Rosewood likely reaction to CITES

Albert Lee HH still all Rpsewood but they sell less of them than St V

**mmmaslowski** · 09-17-2018, 11:19 PM

Hey,

It’s a great bug to have!

**tbonesullivan** · 09-18-2018, 07:42 AM

If only they had the S-S-S in blue dawn!

**Yyzed** · 10-07-2018, 09:55 PM

hey, so how about the Starry Night edition? I see a used one locally but seems to be going for much more than other used HHH models.

**GWDavis28** · 10-08-2018, 05:49 AM

Great package Starry Night is roasted maple neck with Ebony fret board. It makes sense it's selling for more as it was a limited quantity kind of thing.

Glenn |B)

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**Yyzed** · 10-10-2018, 09:26 AM

Come someone confirm whether this version has stainless steel frets?

**GWDavis28** · 10-10-2018, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Yyzed

Come someone confirm whether this version has stainless steel frets?

Google search:

Starry Night | Premier Dealer Network | Ernie Ball Music Man

And it does.

Glenn |B)

**St_G** · 11-29-2018, 12:22 PM

I miss the rosewood necks.

**GWDavis28** · 11-29-2018, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by St_G

I miss the rosewood necks.

Used man, that's the way you'll get an all rosewood neck these days, unless they do some special run.

Sorry, Glenn |B)

**tbonesullivan** · 11-29-2018, 07:00 PM

There have been updates in the CITES world lately, from what my friends in the industry tell me, so who knows what the future may bring. It currently looks to be musical instruments, and parts, so I don't know what effect that will have on raw materials.

The Committee will exempt “finished musical instruments”, “finished musical instrument parts” and “finished musical instrument accessories” from its licensing requirements, although the exact definition of those terms will be defined in a proposal document prepared in cooperation with the EU.

Breakthrough at Latest CITES Meeting << MMR Magazine

**St_G** · 12-03-2018, 10:04 AM

Huh. Well, there you go getting my hopes up.

Originally Posted by tbonesullivan

There have been updates in the CITES world lately, from what my friends in the industry tell me, so who knows what the future may bring. It currently looks to be musical instruments, and parts, so I don't know what effect that will have on raw materials.

Breakthrough at Latest CITES Meeting << MMR Magazine

**tbonesullivan** · 12-04-2018, 09:23 AM

Rosewood necks are definitely nice. However, so are the roasted maple necks. The "roasting" process increases the hardness and density significantly, so the difference is not nearly as much as with standard maple.

**St_G** · 12-10-2018, 08:34 AM

Could certainly be worse. Could be lacquered.

Originally Posted by tbonesullivan

Rosewood necks are definitely nice. However, so are the roasted maple necks. The "roasting" process increases the hardness and density significantly, so the difference is not nearly as much as with standard maple.