Question to the Luthiers - Closest Sounding Alternative to One Piece Maple Necks

[FELINEGUITARS]

For stability I would favour a three piece quarter-sawn neck with a separate maple fingerboard.

Tonally it will be similar, although it will be stiffer and in all likeliness have a faster response to transient notes - mainly through being quarter-sawn.

To be safe avoid flamed or quilted wood too, although it seems less of an issue when you have a 3 piece neck than a one piece flamed would be.

[darkbluemurder]

Jonathan,

Thank you very much for your input - I hoped you were going to chime in.

I guess you have used the 3-piece quartersawn maple with maple fretboard on your instruments. What would be the sonic difference if I went to a pau ferro or ebony board instead of maple?

Thanks, Stephan