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I prefer to perform with a maple board because I can see the side dots easier. Otherwise it's mainly aesthetics, in my opinion. One is not going to notice any discernible difference at stage volume with drums and gui****s.
Some basses look better with rosewood, especially natural/blonde body and black pickguard.
Some basses look better with rosewood, especially natural/blonde body and black pickguard.
The fret markers on the sides of my rosewood and ebony boards are white, so they're easy to see.
I think maple is brighter.
I think maple is brighter.
That's because there is none. Yet people are on there insisting they can hear the difference. Must be nice to be blessed with canine hearing.
If anyone can guess the fretboard wood in the song mix and hit 10 out of 10, then I'll eat my shorts.
I do hear a little difference though I believe he says these are 2 different basses with identical specs other than the neck so other variables are possible. If you played these basses 5 minutes apart there's no way I could tell a difference. Back and forth like this I can tell only when there are no backing tracks. Just a little accompaniment and the difference disappears for me.
I've watched this video and several others, and have own instruments with both rosewood and maple fretboards. Imo, the difference in tone is very subtle.
i've had the same bass with two maple necks, with the 20 year old bi cut i had the darkest sounding bass tone i've ever had, while with the new quartersewn neck i got a snappy and bright piano type tone, i haven't put my rosewood neck on the bass to compare though, because i thought the variation in tone from the two maple necks was interesting enough to comment on