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Old 12-06-2012, 12:43 PM
Dirk Hofman Dirk Hofman is offline
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I've noticed a difference in the tone of two guitar specs where the fretboard and bridge were made of brazilian rosewood instead of ebony.

• 2 Collings CJMh: I owned the braz versions and compared it to one ebony at purchase time
• 2 Santa Cruz Southerner Jumbos I played in-store for several minutes.

Now of course in both cases I had little time with at least one of the guitars, so my evaluation is limited in it's experience. In both cases I found the ebony version to have less overtones and quicker decay, with the brazilian correspondingly "better" IMO on both counts, though of course there are those who might prefer the quicker decay and more straight-ahead tone.

I would say probably, yes. I would GUESS that the bridge has a lot of effect on tone, being..the bridge and all. I don't know about the fretboard.
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