Help me decide on a neck for this guitar

[Snake Aces]

How do you like maple on an LP style guitar as far as tone goes? It looks gorgeous man!

[GoldenVulture]

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I haven't got that far yet . I've got to mount it yet which consists of doing a bit of body work and drilling new holes. The old one is also maple I think. The Framus body is semi hollow and quite light and resonant. It's acoustically quite loud and the old neck worked fine with it, it was the profile that didn't work for me. The neck prior to that had an Ebony fretboard and I liked the feel and resonance of that more than the Rosewood.I went for the Maple  because of the the body being unfinished and Blond basically.

[Snake Aces]

I can dig it, I like the way it looks.

[kinnikuman]

I recently got this/these as a replacement for my Framus LP. I had the neck replaced around ten years ago but I never really jelled with it. The new one is a different profile and has an Ebony fretboard. I got some Kluson tuners for it and I have a bone nut blank that I'll cut myself.






Did you get that from Anthony at GME

[GoldenVulture]

It's a Warmoth.I bought it online. It cost as much as the neck in exchange rates and postage.

[GoldenVulture]

Style: Regal
Construction: Warmoth Pro Angled Construction
Scale: 25-1/2"
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Ebony (Black)
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: 6150
Tuner Ream: Vintage Style (11/32")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Inlays: Pearloid Trapezoid
Side Dots: White Side Dots
String Nut: No Nut Install
Finish: No Finish

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[Snake Aces]

I have made a decision. I am ordering the all roasted maple neck. I just couldn't justify the extra $160+ to get the Indian rosewood with ebony fretboard (and that is not even a black ebony fretboard price) right now with all this chaos going on here right now. Plus, I have played the Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw Power from 2009 before and was impressed (it is a chambered maple body with an all maple neck). Having a solid swamp ash body with a roasted maple neck will be slightly more balanced in tone than the raw power but it should still be a little similar.

Most importantly, having a maple neck guitar will offer a nice and welcomed variety option to my wenge/ziricote board and all Indian rosewood necked guitars I primarily use these days.

Here is a video I found of the Gibson LP raw power. They are interesting guitars compared to the standard, warmer Les Pauls:

[kinnikuman]

Maple is the best!

[Agileguy]

I think that's going to be awesome. I always liked the look of the Raw Power series, I wish I had got to try one.

[CTN]

love playing on maple fretboards. the snap, thickness and articulation is so musically delicious