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In 1947 the materials used for the guitar changed to maple back and sides. Gibson changed the name to the J-200 in 1955. Due to the weak post-depression economy and wartime austerity, demand for this high-end guitar was very limited and production quantities were small. Early models made from rosewood are highly prized by collectors.
RR5: RR5 has a maple through-body neck with alder wings and rosewood fretboard. The main difference between RR5 and RR3 is a neck-through and a fixed bridge for RR5 vs a bolt-on neck and a floating bridge for RR3. RR5 also features gold hardware, Seymour Duncan TB4 and SH4 humbucker pickups, and a string-through body.
On inexpensive guitars, it is increasingly common to use a product called "Roseacer" for the fretboard, which mimics Rosewood, but is actually a thermally-modified Maple. "Roasted" Maple necks are increasingly popular as manufacturers claim increased stiffness and stability in changing conditions (heat and humidity).
Neck/fretboard. 1954–1959, one piece maple necks (including fretboard); 1959–1962, thick Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) fretboard known as a "slab-board"; 1962–1966, thin Brazilian rosewood fretboard known as a "veneer-board"; 1966–1969, Indian rosewood or optional separate laminated "maple cap" fretboards; Pickup selector
The DK2s are made from alder with a maple bolt-on neck. The fingerboard is Rosewood with 24 frets. The DK2 model has three Seymour Duncan pickups; two are single-coil, the third (the bridge) is a humbucker. Variants include: DK2L: The left-handed version of the DK2; DK2M: A DK2 with a maple fingerboard and unpainted maple headstock. This uses ...
The ES-335, 345 and 355, all came with a semi-hollow body: the wood of the top and back was maple and there was a maple center block inside the guitars which ran the length of the body all the way to the mahogany neck, with a rosewood fingerboard. [2] The neck of the guitar has double-parallelogram fretboard inlays. The guitar also featured a ...
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