When I shopped originally for my first electric, which ended up being a strat, it came down to between the 60th Ann. MIM with maple board that I ended up getting, and a Highway One series with a rosewood board. The Highway One sounded a bit darker and duskier to me, and the MIM seemed to have a bit more clarity and snap. At least that is what I thought I heard. It would be interesting to do over blindfolded.
I love my maple board strat, but think it would be fun to have a rosewood board one too, especially a fat or super strat, for that different sound.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson