Rosewood neck BFR clips

[PeteDuBaldo]

Some people have been wondering what the tonal differences are between the regular maple neck with rosewood fretboard and the all-rosewood BFR neck. I ordered a rosewood neck JP for myself and promptly voided the warranty by removing it from the piezo Pearl Redburst body and swapping it onto my non-piezo Autumn Redrise and recording some quick before/after clips.

Obligatory pics for proof



I used fresh EB Slinkys along with the same exact amp, mic, and level settings for the clean clips.
Clean, with maple neck
http://andrapos.com/Clips/MC.mp3

Clean, with rosewood BFR neck
http://andrapos.com/Clips/RWC.mp3


While the EQ setting on the overdrive clip is different than that of the clean, both maple and rosewood used the same strings, amp, mic, and level settings.

Maple on left, Rosewood BFR on right (use your pan control)
http://andrapos.com/Clips/Riff.mp3


After 20 minutes with the rosewood neck on the guitar I won't be putting the maple neck back on it. It feels even better than I hoped, and I'm digging the way it sounds. If some of you missed the boat, we have a few rosewood models still available. Check the site! Incoming EB guitars and basses!

 

[Smellybum]

Rosewood = killer tone,
good job Pete....


And the firt clip is my favourite, I'm gonna have that as my ringtone!

 

[GWDavis28]

Pete very cool!! Are you going to leave it that way??

Glenn |B)

 

[banjoplayer]

great comparison, nice difference between the two necks. although I may like the maple more, but thanks !

 

[the24thfret]

Maybe I don't have the ears for this one... sounds the same to me!

 

[wolfbone07]

Either one sounds great on its own, but TOGETHER they sound unstoppable!

 

[phatduckk]

awesome. but what i really wanna know is: where's my AL???



nice clips

 

[Larry]

Beautiful.

 

[brokenvail]

Sounds great. I wish one of the lukes you had on ordered had a piezo in it! I can always dream

 

[ruso]

No pics of the headstock or back of the neck?

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

All I had at home was my camera phone! I'll be shooting it at the store tomorrow. It plays great

 

[ruso]

All I had at home was my camera phone! I'll be shooting it at the store tomorrow. It plays great

Schweet! Regular dot inlays with the BFR logo? Interesting.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I didn't want the shield/bullet inlays because I plan on doing some inlay work on this one. No sense paying for inlays twice...

 

[Nik_Left_RG]

I kinda like the mix of the two sounds .. Regardsless, great job Pete..

 

[Larry]

I'm listening to the clips again, the JP can really twang, I'm impressed.

Nice playing too!

 

[dwells]

little warmer hey

 

[Danserrano]

Nice mod pete. Sounds awesome....

 

[Astrofreq]

Which one LOOKS cooler? That's the real question.

 

[Dargin]

Nice Pete!

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Thanks Scott, I love this neck!

Updated the first post with these pics: