Interested in buying this Axis SS - any guidance?

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I've been offered another hardtail in natural gloss with a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck. Not sure how I feel about this.
Is a RW board considered a good or bad thing, or neither? Thanks!

 

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I've been offered another hardtail in natural gloss with a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck. Not sure how I feel about this.
Is a RW board considered a good or bad thing, or neither? Thanks!

Certainly it's a preference thing, but I found from my experiences with maple or rosewood I personally prefer rosewood. Easier to keep looking newer, longer and repairs nicer for things like when refretting, fretboard restoration, side marker replacement, etc. That may never matter to you, but for me it's always a consideration, especially for older instruments I may want to tinker with.

For playability or tone considerations I have never found a difference enough to matter.

 

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Certainly it's a preference thing, but I found from my experiences with maple or rosewood I personally prefer rosewood. Easier to keep looking newer, longer and repairs nicer for things like when refretting, fretboard restoration, side marker replacement, etc. That may never matter to you, but for me it's always a consideration, especially for older instruments I may want to tinker with.

For playability or tone considerations I have never found a difference enough to matter.

Thank you, my visual preference is for maple, but I can't be too fussy as a lefty.

Sadly though, I suspect I'm being scammed, as someone calling themselves Scott Harris Guitar Shop responded to one of my FB group wanted ads. I've just searched the shop and found them on FB, however during my search, I also discovered some other forum posts where the same name had been used and turned out to be a scam. the shop looks like an old school family run deal whithout a website or stock list, potentially making them an ideal target for scammers to impersonate.
To test this, I messaged the shop directly from their FB page and a new messenger window opened up with exactly the same avatoar and name etc, but it did not bring up our chat history so far, making me confident this is indeed a scam. I;ve asked the shop whether they have said guitar in stock and for sale and will await their response.
I'm not holding out much hope.

Be careful out there everyone.