There is so much discussion on guitar forums re: fretboard wood.
While ebony is way more slippery and feels different than rosewood when bending strings, and some wood is more durable than others, I doubt there is any perceptible difference in the tone of a guitar based on the fretboard wood.
One way fretboard wood is definitely important is in figuring which model a guitar is. Tokai would often specify fretboard wood which can be one way to differentiate say an LC60 and an LC100.
So figuring out the fretboard wood helps me in trying to figure out what model a guitar might be, which then can give me clues as to how a guitar, that is across the planet, might sound.
A Brazilian rosewood fretboard won’t make a guitar sound better, but it may give us a clue as to what care was used in building it and what is under the hood.
My two cents. 8)
While ebony is way more slippery and feels different than rosewood when bending strings, and some wood is more durable than others, I doubt there is any perceptible difference in the tone of a guitar based on the fretboard wood.
One way fretboard wood is definitely important is in figuring which model a guitar is. Tokai would often specify fretboard wood which can be one way to differentiate say an LC60 and an LC100.
So figuring out the fretboard wood helps me in trying to figure out what model a guitar might be, which then can give me clues as to how a guitar, that is across the planet, might sound.
A Brazilian rosewood fretboard won’t make a guitar sound better, but it may give us a clue as to what care was used in building it and what is under the hood.
My two cents. 8)