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Yay - poll time! Sid: maple or rosewood


Clarky
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If I've got to be serious, then Maple.
The rosewood on Paul Simenon's seems to 'fit' better as it's got the black headstock. Just my opinion of course, and what do I know I play an Ibanez :) and it's bright red and I don't like bright red basses. Oh bl00dy hell! :rolleyes: :lol:


Hope that helps.

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[quote name='alanbass1' post='856069' date='Jun 3 2010, 01:32 PM']I prefer the look of the maple but if you are going to call it Sid then surely it needs to be rosewood?[/quote]
Well, it started out as a Pistols-alike bass, hence "Sid" (might even have been jonthebass who named it), but has since turned into a Paul Simenon tribute (hence cream DiMarzio p/u). Simenon played with both maple and rosewood necks, hence my prevaricating here.

But I don't think anyone would want to call their bass "Paul" do you? :)

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[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='856093' date='Jun 3 2010, 01:53 PM']Nope, it's definitely a "Sid" so get that maple abomination off and restore the "Sid"! :)[/quote]
I am erring that way. Had the maple neck been amber'd/yellow'd with age and varnished (like a good ol' 70s Precision) it would have been a tough call, but the more I look at it, the more this maple neck looks a bit too pale and new to me.

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[quote name='RhysP' post='856318' date='Jun 3 2010, 05:27 PM']Has to be maple.
All Fenders look sh*t with rosewood boards, basses & guitars.
If my only musical instrument option was a Fender with a rosewood board it would make me so unhappy I would give up playing.[/quote]
Best not click on the links to my other basses in my sig then!

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i dont know if anyones mentioned this already do im sorry if they have but i think it really depends on the bass....... For me; 5 string-maple, musicman stingray- maple, fender jazz and p basses - rosewood .... Dont know why but thats just the way it has to be :)

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OK, thanks everyone for contributing. I think I am going to go back to the original rosewood neck, which is the clear majority view.

As I said earlier, would have been a tougher call if the maple board had a vintage vibe but it just looks a bit pale and new to me next to the aged and battered body (the bass, not mine)

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