Maple Necks: More Friction than Rosewood?

[Badronald]

Slows you down? The fretboard under the finger? Do you mean while bending?
When I fly over the fretboard I barely touch the thing. Wood comes into play during bending.
Also, most modern guitars have good size frets.
Guess I don’t understand.

 

[Junk Yard Dog]

Slows you down? The fretboard under the finger? Do you mean while bending?
When I fly over the fretboard I barely touch the thing. Wood comes into play during bending.
Also, most modern guitars have good size frets.
Guess I don’t understand.

Yes, mainly when bending.

 

[Badronald]

Slows you down? The fretboard under the finger? Do you mean while bending?
When I fly over the fretboard I barely touch the thing. Wood comes into play during bending.
Also, most modern guitars have good size frets.
Guess I don’t understand.

Yes, mainly when bending.

I don’t know man. I guess eat some steaks, lift some weights.
They’re just guitar strings.

 

[Shawn Lutz]

you guys must be pressing down pretty hard To me back of the neck is where the drag comes from. I like feel of unfinished maple necks, tung oil or boiled linseed oil. A real nasty dirty neck will drag but a few swoops with 600-800 grit and re-oil does the trick. For fretboards I don't notice a whole hell of a difference between maple (I prefer one piece necks so no fretboard really) Ebony or rosewood boards in terms of stickyness if the frets are fairly clean.

 

[PWE Amplification]

The problem with a thick finish is that you also lose fret height. As Steve and others have mentioned, an oiled maple fretboard is not sticky at all and will not take away any fret height.