blackjack Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 why do you put a fretboard over the neck? is it just to cover the truss rod, or for the feel? sorry if this is a stupid question, im just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 The Fretboard goes back to the dawn of civilisation, Sumerian culture, 2500 BC... While in modern times necks have been designed without them, they became popular again with manufacture's such as Fender towards the end of the late 50's early 60's with the advancement of the bolt on neck and new tools used to help high speed production. Today you can still get necks which do not have a fretboard attached, basically solid maple with a truss rod that has been either inserted through a hole drilled from the end or a slot which has been routed from the back then filled with typically a different type of wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 i beleive fender put them on because he noticed on tv that the maple necks looked dirty and rosewood would hide it..... but a side effect is that different finger/fret boards alter the sound of the guitar slightly.. maple being bright, and crisp, ebony being precise and so on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 and its a lot easier to make a neck with a seperate fretboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemical_ali Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 i beleive fender put them on because he noticed on tv that the maple necks looked dirty and rosewood would hide it..... but a side effect is that different finger/fret boards alter the sound of the guitar slightly.. maple being bright, and crisp, ebony being precise and so on.... yes! my mexican telecaster has a maple neck and fretboard all in one! i think they put it in through the back although i'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 wha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 wha? yes i have seen that done.they route the back of the neck and install a skunk stripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 i`d like to try that sometime, anyone know how its done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 i beleive fender put them on because he noticed on tv that the maple necks looked dirty and rosewood would hide it..... but a side effect is that different finger/fret boards alter the sound of the guitar slightly.. maple being bright, and crisp, ebony being precise and so on.... yes! my mexican telecaster has a maple neck and fretboard all in one! i think they put it in through the back although i'm not sure. no no.... i know i have a tele with the skunk stripe, but i have no idea how that relates to what i said... ? by "hide it" i meant the dirt on the fretboard when using a rosewood fingerboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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