All rosewood neck?

[Progman]

The Music Man Silhouette Special I am picking up next week has an all rosewood neck. Can someone tell me what it feels like compared to a maple neck with a rosewood board? I'm afraid it will feel weird. Any feedback is welcome!

 

[Rod]

I think solid rosewood feels great in the hand. I also like the fatter tone it has as compared to maple.

 

[Pickin4Jesus]

I recently put one on my Strat and I like it a lot. Feels great, sounds great. Sustains better than the maple/ rosewood I had. Fatter, it's a 59 carve from Warmoth. No way I would go back.
Here it is.

 

[jrjones]

I've never felt a neck as smooth as the rosewood neck on my prs.

 

[Kostas]

Ι had an Indian RW neck/Brazilian RW fretboard in an ash body strat. A RW neck does not need a finish and it's smooth in the beginning. If you play it a lot it will need an oil treatment like any RW fretboard. Mine after four years of use became sticky and needed oil. I sold it and replaced it with a maple/pau ferro neck. I liked the sound with the RW neck and I like it even more now. It's more open & sparkly and the satin nitro finish on the maple neck it's smoother than the no finish neck.

 

[p.j.]

I recently put one on my Strat and I like it a lot. Feels great, sounds great. Sustains better than the maple/ rosewood I had. Fatter, it's a 59 carve from Warmoth. No way I would go back.
Here it is.

That looks fantastic, especially w/ that pickguard.

PJ

 

[newswede]

REALLY cool looking guitar!

 

[SouthpawGuy]

The Music Man Silhouette Special I am picking up next week has an all rosewood neck. Can someone tell me what it feels like compared to a maple neck with a rosewood board? I'm afraid it will feel weird. Any feedback is welcome!

I have a couple of EBMMs with an all rosewood neck, an Axis SS and a Luke, the necks feel like nothing else, very very smoooooth. Almost kinky actually

 

[fossilfuel]

The neck on my AL HH is beautiful, silky smooth.

 

[VaughnC]

I've tried a few rosewood necked guitars and in every case the guitar's had a low mid emphesis that I didn't care for. Loved the feel of the raw wood on the neck though. You gotta go with what works best for you.

 

[mikeller]

Good choice!!!!

 

[MKB]

One of the best guitars I've ever played was an all rosewood neck PRS, it was indeed magnificent. OTOH a friend installed a Warmoth all rosewood neck on his Japanese Strat, and it was not at all worth the money. It did feel better than a film finish, but did not help the tone and playability at all. We liked the original maple much better. So I guess YMMV.

 

[serial]

Solid rosewood necks are fantastic-they look, feel and sound great. Here are a couple of mine:

 

[mikeller]

My newest...

 

[afterosmosis]

They feel *great*. The RW neck on my tele is silky smooth, plus it adds a touch of low end and smooths out the potentially sharp highs of this guitar.

 

[Flogger59]

Mine feels like any other poly finished neck, and this is by far my brightest guitar.

 

[guitrr]

I've got two PRS and a MusicMan with rosewood necks - my favorite neck wood, for sure. Great feel in the hand, with warm and resonant tone.

 

[small axe]

a solid rosewood neck on the right electric is butter