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robelinda2
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I have both. The rosewood is pretty cool. Definitely not as bright as a standard ASS. Mine has MM90's and is hardtail. Slightly more muscular tone, but still has the MM90 ASS tone.
TNT
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Groove,
Out of curiosity, I'd like to see a comparison of rosewood and maple necks fretboards on two identical guitars/ amps etc. . . then blindfold a variety of
players as see who can discern a difference??
If they guess, they have 50% chance of guessing right LOL
I'm sure there is a difference, but how much???? Anyone know???
Out of curiosity, I'd like to see a comparison of rosewood and maple necks fretboards on two identical guitars/ amps etc. . . then blindfold a variety of
players as see who can discern a difference??
If they guess, they have 50% chance of guessing right LOL
I'm sure there is a difference, but how much???? Anyone know???
not sure about how the all rosewood neck compares to the all maple .... but there is a difference between rosewood and maple fretboards at least to my ears - when using the same model, different fretboards thru same amp set-up ....
cheers, eh
Joel
cheers, eh
Joel
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GuitarHack
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I have both the Axis and the Super Sport with hums. I had an MM90, but I sold it to Robelinda. No reflection on the MM90 in all-rosewood, I just had to decide which of my three MM90 ASSs I wanted to keep.
Fabulous guitars, all of them. Warmer, but with punch and zing in the attack. The ones with hums sound very piano-like to me on clean and low gain settings. Both the hums and the MM90s both seem to have excellent balance and separation of the strings...the notes come at you like six separate strings, even on high-gain settings, and a chord decays very evenly.
The feel of the neck is amazing.
My ASS hardtail with hums is among the best overall guitars I've ever had, and while it may not always be in the #1 slot, it's always in the Top 3.
If you can try one, do it. They are great.
GH
Fabulous guitars, all of them. Warmer, but with punch and zing in the attack. The ones with hums sound very piano-like to me on clean and low gain settings. Both the hums and the MM90s both seem to have excellent balance and separation of the strings...the notes come at you like six separate strings, even on high-gain settings, and a chord decays very evenly.
The feel of the neck is amazing.
My ASS hardtail with hums is among the best overall guitars I've ever had, and while it may not always be in the #1 slot, it's always in the Top 3.
If you can try one, do it. They are great.
GH
Dawg
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When i got mine, the feel of neck is what really sold me. Simply amazing. It's the only ASS that I have, so I can't compare the sound to other Axises/Axii, but overall the combo of the pups and the wood sound sweet and the sound is more versatile than either my LP or my Strat.
philiprst
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I had a rosewood axis ss and it was a very lovely guitar. I have a little different opinion about the sound but it may just be how each of us describe the same thing. The rosewood has a richer, more complex sound that a regular maple one and more clarity. I mention this because often people think that "warmer"=muddy. It has a lot of attack. I loved the sound but never really got along with the axis neck.
GrooveHT
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Phil, that actually answers the question I didn't ask. I'm looking for something a little more LPish in the spectrum than my "stock" Axis, which I love, but yet stay with EBMM. Let's be honest, I'm addicted to the necks now and I doubt could switch if I wanted to. I have a GC here, but no EBMMs in stock, which is why I'm soliciting opinions here. I appreciate everyones' input, if anyone has more words of wisdom, I'd love to hear it!
