please help me decide on a neck

[fred dons]

I'm currently completing my superstrat (the paint is dry but I haven't buffed it out yet)
now for the problem; I can't decide on a maple /ebony neck or a all maple neck
the maple neck makes the guitar look more eighties (which I prefer) but the ebony looks classier
here some picks with both necks and a close up
http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...1b0bfce84f3722
http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...9b4cf46a9cdb11
close up

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7879dfdb97e4a6
help [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

I like maple boards but definitely go with the ebony on this one.

[GodOfRhythm]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Ebony. Without a doubt. Looks much nicer.

[jjw]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

i think maple looks better,but if you go for an ebony neck make sure there are no fret markers..very classy looking

[Chuckracer]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Ebony.

[sully]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

ebony.

if it didn't have the graphic, i'd say maple, but you want to draw the eye to the body of the guitar. a maple board will draw the eye that way b/c of the color contrast.

beautiful job, by the way.

sully

[mulder1966]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

I am a 100% maple guy, but in this case, and since I won't own it, I have to go with ebony. (both look great!) [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

[BLOOD SPLATTER]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Nice!!& I agree ebony,looks great & the maple seems to draw the eye away from the body!!Cool axe!!

[toejam]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Yeah, what Sully said. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[RR05xx]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Its a close call, but I would say ebony. But if you could live with a black headstock, then I might say maple (BTW - nice touch on the abolone dots/maple - I have one comin' from GMW like that soon).

Either way, classic guitar!

[442w30]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Wow, I've never seen an Anna Nicole guitar before, that's awesome!

OK I'm kidding, that is one of the Marilyn best paint jobs I've seen. I've got to say ebony even though the Maple/Abalone neck rules.

Ebony with no dots would be really cool too.

That guitar is screamin for a painted headstock either way.

[ApeDosMil]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

anna nicole?

isn't it marylin (sp) monroe (sp) ?

[fred dons]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

he was joking, it is a marilyn monroe [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

yesterday evening I installed the maple neck and put the guitar on a guitar stand so that I could look at it for a while and maybe get used to the maple neck but I'm afraid you are right (the ebony neck was originally intended for another body so I will have to get another one [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] )
Before I started I was so convinced that maple would look better (I use an old quilted maple ESP strathead neck as a paint stick and that one looked great on this body, I guess the maplecolour is to light on this one)
Thanks for the tip on painting the headstock as well, it would make it make it even more classier to go with an all black theme

[Zerberus]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

Ebony, Maple distracts too much from the Grafix [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[AfterForever]

Re: please help me decide on a neck

I'm a huge maple fan.. bit in this case I also say ebony, looks much better with the graphic