Question for big poppa RE rosewood necks

[steevo]

Ive owned my silhouette special for a week now and on looking at it in close detail ive noticed the fretboard appears to be cut from a different piece of wood and not like the maple necks where the top is took off and used for the fretboard.
Are they of a different construction type to the maple necks?

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[sanderhermans]

Both my rosewood necks seem to have this too. Seperate piece of wood used for fretboard.

 

[DrKev]

Yeah, I believe that's standard for the all-rosewood necks, don't know why.

 

[Sweat]

Yep all mine had that, guessing it is so they can place the trusted in easily.

 

[steevo]

I was just curious.
Obviously with such a dark wood its barely noticeable but i thought the same principal would apply as to with the maple necks.
The grain on mine goes in the opposite direction to the rest of the neck so thought it may be to add strength?
What a neck though, feels like no other ive played.

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[Flash Gordon]

They don't use a separate piece of wood... They cut the top off to place the truss rod, then glue it back down. If you watch the tour of EBMM on YouTube... BP explains this.

Here's a link:

 

[Johnny Alien]

I believe that is exactly what he is talking about. Since the all maple necks are done that way, the expectation is that the all rosewood necks would be as well but they are not.

 

[sanderhermans]

I believe that is exactly what he is talking about. Since the all maple necks are done that way, the expectation is that the all rosewood necks would be as well but they are not.

Exactly. My best guess is that finding rosewood neck blanks, large enough to cut a complete neck out, arent as common. Finding large pieces of maple is not really a issue so the extra inch for the fretboard is no problem.

 

[John C]

Exactly. My best guess is that finding rosewood neck blanks, large enough to cut a complete neck out, arent as common. Finding large pieces of maple is not really a issue so the extra inch for the fretboard is no problem.

I was thinking that as well, plus they would have to have a stock of rosewood ready for use on maple necks, so they likely just used their pre-cut rosewood fingerboard stock on the all-rosewood necks instead of using the same method as the maple fingerboard necks.

 

[Flash Gordon]

Interesting. I went and checked my all Rosewood necks (Axis and LIII) and sure enough... The patterns aren't even close! Interesting!

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I'm not answering for Big Poppa and I can't find a copy of the original announcement flyer from EBMM but iirc it said something along the lines of

"one-piece solid rosewood neck with separate rosewood fingerboard cap"

 

[Big Poppa]

separate cap due to size

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

super google to the rescue


"one piece solid Indian Rosewood neck with separate rosewood cap"


It's just how they do it.

 

[steevo]

Thank you. Beautiful necks and mine sustains like nothing else ive ever played.

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[QuietSpike]

super google to the rescue


"one piece solid Indian Rosewood neck with separate rosewood cap"


It's just how they do it.

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Darn you Pete for posting that pic with that ***EPIC*** rosewood neck....

Now I'm gassing for a RW neck anything...


wifey is going to kill me.

 

[MJM]

My rosewood neck bfr's (6 and 7) are my favorite sounding Petrucci's... love them! My green quilt bfr 7 string from that original run is by far my favorite 7 string...

 

[Stratty316]

Darn you Pete for posting that pic with that ***EPIC*** rosewood neck....

Now I'm gassing for a RW neck anything...


wifey is going to kill me.

I highly recommend the HHAL.

 

[sanderhermans]

I highly recommend the HHAL.

Totally agree!

 

[varjao]

I like a rosewood fretboard but I don't like the looks of a rosewood neck.

Speaking on fretboards, why the choice of Indian rosewood? I always thought Brazilian Rosewood was "the" rosewood. I live in Brazil, we call Rosewood by the name Jacarandá down here. I have guitars made by some top notch custom shops from Sao Paulo (N Zaganin and Music Maker) that uses brazilian rosewood fretboards that are absolutely delicious to play. I can't speak for the Indian version, both my MM have ebony fretboards. The eye test just gives me the impression that the color is different, it's lighter. Suhr also uses Indian Rosewood.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Short version is that Brazilian rosewood is effectively banned from import into the USA.