Jake Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Yea.. its just that soft maple is cheap.. and easier to get for me than hard maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 By the way.. are you getting hard maple mixed with soft maple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 No,everyone replying in this thread is familiar with both types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 With any maple you are finishing it so I dont see the point of compairing soft to hard maple since you will be playing on the finish and not the maple. Most people cannot tell the difference, and may be using soft maple thinking its hard maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko_slash Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 With any maple you are finishing it so I dont see the point of compairing soft to hard maple since you will be playing on the finish and not the maple. Most people cannot tell the difference, and may be using soft maple thinking its hard maple. What is the main difference? I mean visually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mors Phagist Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 I was always under the impression soft maple wouldn't work well for a fretboard. But now it seems it wouldn't hurt to make a few Practice/Real fretboards out of some decent soft maple... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 The soft maple everyone likes to use is quilted,which makes it unstable because of the wild grain.straight grained is damn hard...I made a body of it once and I thought I was going to die while sanding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 With any maple you are finishing it so I dont see the point of compairing soft to hard maple since you will be playing on the finish and not the maple. Most people cannot tell the difference, and may be using soft maple thinking its hard maple. What is the main difference? I mean visually? There really isnt a difference... Ive compared them at the lumberyard side by side... A lot of the time the soft maple is whiter than Rock. But thats about it. Identical grain patterns, and everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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