Maple or Rosewood Fretboard on this Strat?

dean2371

Just bought this body from DrBob. There were some comments about it being an odd colour, but I think its great. Anyway, which neck should I fit? it will have a white scratchplate (not this one though), chrome hardware and a nice set of Oil City pickups I bought from a fellow forumite recently. The body is a tad lighter that it looks in the pics

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l512/dean2371/photo2_zps92e483e2.jpg

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l512/dean2371/photo1_zpsa2f4da35.jpg

GuitarMonkey

The rosewood looks better to me.

Lixarto

Maple.

steamabacus

Either - with a black scratchplate.

stickyfiddle

Rosewood, because that's always the right answer for Strats, but not that rosewood. The dots are wrong (yes, I'm that guy..) and it has too many frets.

cpcompany

I always have a preference for a Maple fretboard. Feels nicer in your hand and look cooler as they age.

Andyjr1515

I generally lean towards Maple but in the photos above the Rosewood looks better to me

ICBM

It looks OK either way.

Do you need the 22nd fret? If so fit the rosewood neck. But round the end of the extended bit off, it looks wrong square like that. Also the maple neck looks like it has a Tele end, so it will need rounding to fit a Strat pocket.

The choice of pickguard is important too - single-ply goes with maple, three-ply goes with rosewood. It's in the rules.

meltedbuzzbox

Andyjr1515 said:

I generally lean towards Maple but in the photos above the Rosewood looks better to me

same here.

dean2371

Lots of views here! You're right ICBM, it is a Tele neck. My maple strat neck is in the process of being finished.

I might start with the maple and see how it looks. The other will go on a green wudtone finished Tele body with Strat routings. I can't decide whether it is a think of beauty or an abomination though. I'll post some pics when it's finished