Fretboard Wood

[mm2002]

Re: Fretboard Wood

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The style of fret installation plays a big part in the tone as well. A compression fret job will add alot of resonance, clarity, and sustain to a dead neck. I believe one of the reasons a rosewood is so dark sounding is because the wood is soft and typically the fret tangs are often just slightly larger than the cut slot. If a large tang is inserted, it stiffens the neck which enhances the vibrations.

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Also, a compression fret job can be done to help straighten a badly warped neck when the truss rod will do no more. I know that doesn't have anything to do with tone but just thought I'd throw it in there.

[Jim Shine]

Re: Fretboard Wood

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The style of fret installation plays a big part in the tone as well. A compression fret job will add alot of resonance, clarity, and sustain to a dead neck. I believe one of the reasons a rosewood is so dark sounding is because the wood is soft and typically the fret tangs are often just slightly larger than the cut slot. If a large tang is inserted, it stiffens the neck which enhances the vibrations.

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Also, a compression fret job can be done to help straighten a badly warped neck when the truss rod will do no more. I know that doesn't have anything to do with tone but just thought I'd throw it in there.

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Yup. The technique was created to straighten out old Martin T bar non-adjustable truss rod necks. I have experienced the wonders a compression refret does for tone. On some really dead guitars you can actually hear the difference acoustically on a solibody after the compression refret. It increases volume and attack.