worn maple fretboard electric guitar frets strings finish

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Worn maple fretboard on electric guitar - frets, strings, finish Royalty Free Stock Photo
Blackandwhite closeup portrait of a classic vintage electric guitar with ample negative space Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
   
   
   
Worn maple fretboard on electric guitar - frets, strings, finish
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
While maple was originally chosen for the fretboard or fingerboard of electric guitars in the 1950s, cguitar players and manufacturers soon found out that the light colored wood displayed these divots or finger wear that was rather obvious. In the later 1950s, companies used the darker Rosewood to avoid this problem although it yielded a different tone, it was more cosmetically desirable


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