Maple Necks vs Roasted Maple Necks

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SpiderWars said:
I'm not crazy about the look but it's fine. Black dots on a Maple board don't look as good as before, if dark roasted white dots look better.
I think it feels better but that's typically not an issue once I'm playing. Non-roasted feels fine too.
I don't like the brittle-ness. I have cracks in a headstock on an otherwise killer roasted Warmoth and I've built a bunch and never had that happen.
I don't think I've compared enough to comment much on tone. Seems brighter.

Overall, I think I prefer regular Maple but it's close.
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I agree
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Purty as all hell but I never noticed anything 'different' about them from a playing or tuning standpoint.

Not worth the extra money imo unless you dig the look.
My last was a MM JP15.

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I dig the way they feel, unfinished. My Spector has a roasted neck/ebony board. Can’t say I’ve experienced anything that would tell me it’s sturdier than regular maple, but I keep my apartment at 55% humidity year-round so nothing really needs to get adjusted. Love the way some of them look, but not all.
 
I have finished and unfinished maple as well as unfinished roasted maple. Can't say I really have a preference. They are all great to play and I don't notice a tone difference that isn't explainable by different pickups, bridge etc. I do prefer the feel of unfinished or satin finished vs. a gloss finish on the back of the neck.
 
Geo said:
Oh boy, another genius.

I happen to live in an area that is neither to humid like Florida or very dry like Arizona. And I take good care of my guitars.

But if I were a gigging musician or lived in one of these areas, maybe, just maybe I might need the added protection of a roasted maple neck.

Maybe think before your hands start typing.
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oh ok so all those famous players who have travel the world with their maple/maple necks are having to replace them constantly right? Like I have said early I have never had any issues with maple/maple necks but I have had issues with Maple/rosewood necks..maybe they should start roasting rosewood:dunno:
 
sytharnia1560 said:
oh ok so all those famous players who have travel the world with their maple/maple necks are having to replace them constantly right?

:dunno:
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No but I bet they have to adjust the truss rod often.

sytharnia1560 said:
Like I have said early I have never had any issues with maple/maple necks but I have had issues with Maple/rosewood necks..maybe they should start roasting rosewood:dunno:
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So because you have had no problems, nobody else might.

The world revolves around your little world, don't it.
 
Geo said:
No but I bet they have to adjust the truss rod often.


So because you have had no problems, nobody else might.

The world revolves around your little world, don't it.
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yeah and guess what? adjusting the truss rods WORKS and the necks are just fine ... by your "logic" any one who lives in high humidity and "extreme" temperature climates will be throwing away the maple necks quite regularly because they are fucked...and the reality is that doesn't happen

Roasted maple is a GIMMICK
 
Who said anything about throwing necks out?

This is what I said:

'I have never had trouble with any of my maple necks but I would assume roasted would be better for stability."

Do you eat a lot of lead paint or something?
 
sytharnia1560 said:
yeah and guess what? adjusting the truss rods WORKS and the necks are just fine ... by your "logic" any one who lives in high humidity and "extreme" temperature climates will be throwing away the maple necks quite regularly because they are fucked...and the reality is that doesn't happen

Roasted maple is a GIMMICK
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Who said anything about throwing necks out?

This is what I said:

'I have never had trouble with any of my maple necks but I would assume roasted would be better for stability."

Do you eat a lot of lead paint or something?
 
I like roasted necks. I think how good they look depends on the overall guitar though. They can look killer on more modern looking instruments. Some of them can look particularly killer, especially if they've got some good figuring which the roasting tends to exaggerate.

I also like the extra stability. I've heard people compare them to toast vs regular bread. More rigidity and stability but slightly more brittle, however the break point is still high enough that you won't really need to worry about it.
 
got my first roasted maple neck a few months ago. don't like the look, haven't noticed any benefit vs maple.

Not a selling point for me. I'd rather have a non-roasted maple neck and fretboard like my Strat.

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Texsunburst59 said:
I have a custom made super Strat with a flamed roasted maple neck that’s AMAZING.


Probably the best neck on any guitar in my collection.

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For some reason, I had a hot flash of the broad’
climbing the swimming pool ladder in the legendary film
“Fast Times At Ridgemont High”

-that it one KILLER guitar.
Judging from this pic, I’d call it “Jaws”.
 
Mine looks awesome on the Chubtone!
 

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Dino 939 said:
For some reason, I had a hot flash of the broad’
climbing the swimming pool ladder in the legendary film
“Fast Times At Ridgemont High”

-that it one KILLER guitar.
Judging from this pic, I’d call it “Jaws”.
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Thanks Dino.

It really is an amazing guitar.
 
I’m a roasted maple fan. Mostly in part to not needing to finish them and I like the feel of that
 
Dino 939 said:
For some reason, I had a hot flash of the broad’
climbing the swimming pool ladder in the legendary film
“Fast Times At Ridgemont High”
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“you know I always thought you were cute, Brad?”
“Does anyone ever get any privacy around here?”
 
I love them .... but they need white or lighter colored fret markers / side dots... Black dots on roasted maple fucking disappear completely on a darkened stage. I’m going to replace the side dots on my dark neck with blue Luminlays.
 
scottosan said:
I've found that my quartersawn non roasted neck is more stable than my roasted flatsawn
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I came to say this

If it’s quartersawn maple with a modern truss rod you don’t want or need roasting - it’s strictly cosmetic even from a players feel. Anyone that says otherwise hasn’t played a properly oiled quartersawn neck before.

If it’s Birdseye or not quartersawn I’d get it roasted from a stability perspective.
 
Stradazone said:
If it's a birdseye maple neck you definitely want to have it roasted, birdseye is very unstable, I had a killer Suhr guitar with a unroasted birdseye neck that went bad, was such a bummer!
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I agree with this to an extent. My two Charvel’s with birdseye have little movement outside of the major weather changes, spring/summer and fall/winter…even then the most truss rod adjusting is 1/2 a turn. That said, I owned a killer sounding and playing Charvel that had a neck move with the sunrise. It was easy enough to adjust, but I got annoying.
 
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