Show us your all rosewood neck Teles

Iamnobody

Let’s see yours!

I used to think I didn’t like them. Then I saw this:




I don’t like relics much either, but it all just works for me on this particular model. I think it’s the absence of the shitty relicing that you’d see on a maple board, and the colour of those dots! 

Epsilon

I love all rosewood necks. My problem with Fender doing them is they emboss the logo into the wood but don't usually colour in the logo, so it looks like a partscaster from a distance. I like that one above specifically because the Fender logo is actually visible.

This is what I'm talking about:




Anyone who hasn't tried an all rosewood neck owes it to themselves to give it a go.

TTony

There's this one ...





Or there's this one ...

Iamnobody

@TTony is it safe to assume your a fan then? What do you like most, is it purely the aesthetics or something else? Are they GSP builds?

TTony

I just love the feel of rosewood.

I prefer natural wood anyway, rather than something that's been suffocated in plastic, and always oil-finish my own-build necks through choice.

My favourite used to be mahogany,  Sort of warm and soft feeling (whereas maple always felt harder) and smooth to play - though that's always helped by a simple oil finish.     But then I tried rosewood, which - to my hands - just felt nicer still.  Plus, I prefer the look, grain pattern and colouring of rosewood.

The one with the skunk strip is a Warmoth custom job.  It was pricey, but the £/$ rate was a whole lot better at the time.

The top one was made out of an old piece of Rosewood that I stumbled across at David Dyke's many years ago.  I sat on it (not literally) thinking that one day I'd trust myself enough to make a neck out of it.  But GSP makes far better necks than I ever will, so I ended up sending it to him.

I've got others, but you asked for *Telecasters*

fretfinder

Iamnobody said:

Let’s see yours!

I used to think I didn’t like them. Then I saw this:




I don’t like relics much either, but it all just works for me on this particular model. I think it’s the absence of the shitty relicing that you’d see on a maple board, and the colour of those dots! 

I had one exactly like that but didn’t really like it. The feel of the back of the neck was lovely and smooth and satin-like. But the board was lacquered like a maple neck and that just felt wrong to me. Plus it had the typical Relic finger wear marks through the lacquer in the board like you get on a maple neck Relic, and that seemed odd too. And I thought the dark almost black look of the neck front and back just didn’t look right on a Tele. The idea of it really appealed to me and that’s why I bought one but I just didn’t really like it in the flesh. I tried to sell mine on here and couldn’t shift it, so it went to VnR in Bath and after a fair old while they sold it for me.

chris78

I had that model too. It sounded sublime. I ended up selling it because fender had lacquered the neck and the nitro was really sticky. I regret letting it go though.

Iamnobody

Good to hear the forums experience. I’m surprised they tried to relic the fingerboard. It sounds like the fingerboard is like a Ric. Also quite telling that 2 former owners no longer have theirs.

@ttony - yes only interested in Teles thanks although I’m sure they look equally good on Stratalikes and probably others.

paulnb57

A Rosewood neck is sublime

Lebarque

Do rosewood necks make guitars sound even warmer than those with mahogany necks?

TTony

Iamnobody said:

Good to hear the forums experience. I’m surprised they tried to relic the fingerboard. It sounds like the fingerboard is like a Ric. Also quite telling that 2 former owners no longer have theirs.

@ttony - yes only interested in Teles thanks although I’m sure they look equally good on Stratalikes and probably others.

To be fair, I think @chris78 has probably sold more guitars than most people will ever own, so don’t draw any conclusions from him having sold his


Although anyone who lacquers a Rosewood neck needs something painful doing to them, even if their name if Fender.  Rosewood necks are meant to be felt and enjoyed “au naturel”.

chris78

TTony said:

To be fair, I think @chris78 has probably sold more guitars than most people will ever own, so don’t draw any conclusions from him having sold his


Although anyone who lacquers a Rosewood neck needs something painful doing to them, even if their name if Fender.  Rosewood necks are meant to be felt and enjoyed “au naturel”.

Guilty as charged. There's plenty I regret too. That rosewood necked tele is definitely one though. All 3 positions were lovely, but as on any good tele, the bridge was one of the best sounding I've ever played. 

smudge_lad

 Here's mine. I used to dislike Rosewood neck's on Tele's as well, but not now! Love them, and much prefer their look over a maple neck

Lebarque

smudge_lad said:

 Here's mine. I used to dislike Rosewood neck's on Tele's as well, but not now! Love them, and much prefer their look over a maple neck

This thread is talking about rosewood necks, not maple necks with rosewood fingerboards.

smudge_lad

Lebarque said:

smudge_lad said:

 Here's mine. I used to dislike Rosewood neck's on Tele's as well, but not now! Love them, and much prefer their look over a maple neck

This thread is talking about rosewood necks, not maple necks with rosewood fingerboards.

Ah. My bad!

Iamnobody

smudge_lad said:

Lebarque said:

smudge_lad said:

 Here's mine. I used to dislike Rosewood neck's on Tele's as well, but not now! Love them, and much prefer their look over a maple neck

This thread is talking about rosewood necks, not maple necks with rosewood fingerboards.

Ah. My bad!

It looks good though. I was always a fan of maple boards but I’m being turned. I think it was more a contrast with most Gibson’s. I liked that my Fender’s were completely different.

axisus

OK, I guess I'm stretching the Tele tag a bit here, but this is my self-built powerhouse guitar 'Angel'. I didn't actually have a pic of the back of the neck so I just whipped out and took one.

I LOVE rosewood necks!

benmurray85

axisus said:

OK, I guess I'm stretching the Tele tag a bit here, but this is my self-built powerhouse guitar 'Angel'. I didn't actually have a pic of the back of the neck so I just whipped out and took one.

I LOVE rosewood necks!

I bloody love that!

SteveF

That one is very cool 

TTony

Always good to see Angel again!

paulnb57

TTony said

Although anyone who lacquers a Rosewood neck needs something painful doing to them, even if their name if Fender.  Rosewood necks are meant to be felt and enjoyed “au naturel”.

Wisdom!