MrNylon Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Any opinions on the Baked Maple boards replacing the Rosewood boards on the Gibson Basses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychbunny Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I have only had mine for a month but so far I like it. Gibson basses have a reputation of being muddy but my Flying V sounds pretty crisp and I wonder if the harder wood on the fret board makes the difference. It all smells like syrup, mmmmmmmm. I have a Godin with rosewood and a Martin stinger with a traditional maple neck and the gibson tone is somewhere in the middle. The V is still my favorite bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I have only had mine for a month but so far I like it. Gibson basses have a reputation of being muddy but my Flying V sounds pretty crisp and I wonder if the harder wood on the fret board makes the difference. It all smells like syrup, mmmmmmmm. I have a Godin with rosewood and a Martin stinger with a traditional maple neck and the gibson tone is somewhere in the middle. The V is still my favorite bass. I think Gibson stumbled on to something with the Baked Maple. I agree with you that the sound is very good. If and when they do go back to a solid Rosewood board, I'm staying with, and really liking the Baked Maple. The harder wood feels good pressing the Nylon strings down on it also. It's great, maple on a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I have four Gibson's with maple. Two 70's and the two limited editions V and Explorer basses. They as sound solid as the 70's basses i own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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