question about types of woods (big poppa help out please :O)

[Ang3lus]

as my petrucci order draws near i need to ask a question i can't seem to find in the pics.
My teacher has a Tom Anderson from mid 90s and it has an amazing rosewood fretboard, it is never dry although he never oils it, i've yet to found a guitar that has such an amazing wood on it.

My question is what wood is used for fingerboard on the petrucci ? and are all the models have a birdseye maple neck back to them ?

 

[Dead-Eye]

I don't think we need Poppa for that.

The Petrucci has a rosewood board, and birdseye maple is too rare nowadays to be used on regular production guitars. (information subject to correction by people who know better of course )

 

[the24thfret]

BP has said birdseye is generally saved for signature models. My JP has a bit. It's luck of the draw as to what the neck is really like.

I also think you'll find the rosewood fretboard on the JP to be very "amazing."

Play your heart out when you get that thing!

 

[acwild]

I don't think we need Poppa for that.

The Petrucci has a rosewood board, and birdseye maple is too rare nowadays to be used on regular production guitars. (information subject to correction by people who know better of course )

I was wondering about that. My JP7 is highly figured, but I never gave it much thought. Then I recently went shopping for a JP6 and noticed that it's neck isn't nearly as figured. Not that it matters to me.

 

[jaxadam]

The rosewood fingerboard on my JP is actually amazing, and it's got hella birdseye on the back of the neck, but then again I got it a few years ago.

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with what you get.

 

[Larry]

I hope my Axis has some birdseye on it....the birdseye doesn't make me play better its ....it's just eye candy baby

 

[brasco68]

My Dargie has a generous peppering of birdseye....and it's not even a year old.

 

[Larry]

Mine too

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Larry, your LUKE has a ton of birdesye in the neck.


Regarding the rosewood & "dryness" I have noticed a lack of dryness on all of my EBMMs with rosewood boards. I'm a big rosewood fan and wouldn't have a maple fretboard in my arsenal if I had a choice. I've noticed that EBMMs are the most maintenance free rosewood boards at the store. These boards are great, and the JP is my favorite.

 

[pjc812]

Did someone say Birdseye?

 

[the24thfret]

oof, thats really some 'eye there...

 

[Big Poppa]

what they all said

 

[glockaxis]

My JP has a dark rosewood that almost looks like ebony. It does not look dry. On the other hand my Luke fretboard always looks thirsty even after wonderwiping it.

 

[Quarter]

I didn't get any birdseye at all on my ASS ... then again, there is no maple either
Rosewood necks are sooooo sexy