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FDP Forum / Miscellaneous and Non-Fender Topics / Gibsons - how many are getting the baked maple boards now?
FDP Forum / Miscellaneous and Non-Fender Topics / Gibsons - how many are getting the baked maple boards now?
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reverend mikey
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Ark...Professionals built the Titanic Mar 28th, 2012 03:01 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Thought I might as well start a new thread with this question...
...does anyone know - is there any accurate info somewhere that tells which Gibsons are now coming with baked maple boards? Are some standards, like the SG Standard or Les Paul Standard? Or are they still reserving this for Specials, studios, etc.?
Their website still says, for example, that the SG Standard has a rosewood board. I just ordered one, and I'm wondering if it will be rosewood or baked maple? I won't send it back because of the bm board (that sounds bad...), but I'd rather get rosewood.
yellowrubberduck
Vancouver, CanadaMar 28th, 2012 03:16 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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very good question. from what i understood all the regular production stuff will use Baked Maple from now on.
i'm really wondering how it plays. i'm a rosewood man ;)
budg
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Home of the Goodyear blimpMar 28th, 2012 03:20 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have played a couple and they play fine to me.I also have a richlite board on mine and it plays fine and sounds fine. The fretboard importance as a tonewood is overated imo.
Riverside
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SoCalMar 28th, 2012 03:20 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I understand that they're shipping "Customs" with the BM boards now.
While I'm sure it's probably as good as anything else to make a fretboard out of, it seems to be a severe about-face from the old company line about the use of "the finest materials" constituting the old "only a _____ is good enough" nonsense.
If they said the guitar you ordered has a RW fretboard, it had better.
Peegoo
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is WRONG, baby.Mar 28th, 2012 04:43 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have a current production 339 and it's rosewood.
However, no need to be terrified of torrified because Fender's been using maple for a long time. Some folks like it =o)
Alderandash
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QLD AustraliaMar 28th, 2012 07:58 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Well, a lot of them are Obeche? It's supposed to be light in color but some are black?
Don't really understand it when Fender and Asian manufacturers still seem to use Indian Rosewood without a problem.
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Yeeeehaaaa!Mar 28th, 2012 08:11 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I prefer the fried ones ;^)
Peegoo
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is WRONG, baby.Mar 28th, 2012 09:17 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Mmmm crispybaconfretboards....
reverend mikey
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Ark...Professionals built the Titanic Mar 29th, 2012 11:48 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"If they said the guitar you ordered has a RW fretboard, it had better."
^^^This^^^
If they've changed their specs, they need to change the info on their website, otherwise my opinion of Gibson starts going back down again...
which is too bad, cuz I've seen a lot of nice Gibsons being built lately.
Paul L
USAMar 29th, 2012 12:09 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Here is some information from Gibson's web site, as well as some general info on Wikipedia, that may help shed light on this issue.
Paul L
USAMar 29th, 2012 12:10 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Scroll down to the bottom section, "Recent Criticism & Controversy"
telegib
CanadaMar 29th, 2012 06:55 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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It is sad that Gibson has to switch to baked maple just to keep guitars flowing through their plant.
I'm not saying that baked maple is bad and eventually a lot of guitar makers will use alternate woods. Martin has been trying to get customers into different types of woods over the past few years. But we all know why we are not seeing those beautiful thick rosewood fingerboards nowadays.
dmedlock
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Ex-wife for sale, take over payments...Mar 29th, 2012 07:19 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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My LP Classic Plus has a baked maple fretboard...nice and dark, you'd think it was rosewood from more than 3 feet away.
Plays sweet too. I wasn't a fan until I played one.
Dean
reverend mikey
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Ark...Professionals built the Titanic Mar 30th, 2012 09:44 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Hmmm... also "layered fingerboards"? First I've heard of this.
Anyway, my main concern is that their spec pages match reality. I checked several models, and some specs seem to be accurate. Interestingly, the 60's Tribute LP has a "baked maple" fingerboard, while a 60's Tribute SG has an "American Rosewood" fingerboard - layered, perhaps? Standard LP's and SG's still say "rosewood" fingerboard...hope this is the case, and again, are these layered?
guitarmoog
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I wouldn't say that's excessiveMar 31st, 2012 02:16 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I know it wasn't Mikey's question, but I must say that I've been pleasantly surprised by the baked Maple fingerboard on my '60s Tribute LP. I'm undecided about the effect on tone, but I really like the feel, which is smoother under the fingers. I think I prefer the feel when bending to rosewood, even though I was deeply suspicious of of the BM before I bought it.
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Ain't turned 60, but I got my blinker onMar 31st, 2012 01:15 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"Layered rosewood fingerboards."
I turned a cheap, Kay electric bass into a fretless around 1970. I took off the fingerboard, and replaced it with a piece of plywood, topped off with a sheet of white formica.
It looked great with black nylon wrapped strings.
I guess plywood is OK for fingerboards, since Gibson is using plywood for their guitars.
Alderandash
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QLD AustraliaMar 31st, 2012 02:14 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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" I took off the fingerboard, and replaced it with a piece of plywood, topped off with a sheet of white formica. "
Formica on Gibson is not far away the way things are going.
Granadillo!!!!....WTF.
Couldn't they call it Mexican Rosewood or something?
Obeche Granadillo makes me think of an over weight guard at Buckingham Palace.
Dave5150
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EVH Defender Returns...Apr 1st, 2012 10:13 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Ahh yes, Formica from the rarest of tonewood trees, the legendary Formicasia Tree. Found only at high elevation in the tropics and harvested only twice every decade by a lost tribe of people who worship the trees and only allow them to be used for things like musical instruments.... or toilet seats...
You see, it's all about the marketing ;)
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Tuned Strings and Tight LinesApr 1st, 2012 11:19 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I had no idea about the baked maple and rosewood laminate FBs from Gibson. I have several Gibson guitars and all are now officially unsustainable?
Sustainability: we don't really know what it means but it's fall the rage. As an engineer, my profession has been bombarded by the "green" and "sustainable" craze. Trouble is, nothing is really sustainable now is it? what does "green" really mean and does owning pre-sustainable era Gibsons make me "ungreen"?
Sheesh, I think I'll take a cold shower now.
Riverside
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SoCalApr 1st, 2012 12:54 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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There are enough used guitars in the world to last many. many decades.
Don't sweat it.
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