“There are people who think it makes a big difference to the sound. Stevie always sounded the same whether it was rosewood or maple”: Jimmie Vaughan says your fretboard choice doesn’t matter – and SRV is his proof

American singer, songwriter and Texas blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother, American blues-rock guitarist, singer and founder of The Fabulous Thunderbirds Jimmie Vaughan, pose backstage at the Royal Oak Music Theater during the "Soul to Soul" world tour, on February 14, 1986, in Royal Oak, Michigan.

The difference that the choice of fretboard material actually makes is a hotly contested debate among guitar circles. While it's widely accepted that rosewood is softer and maple is snappier, there are others who believe the difference is negligible.

Jimmie Vaughan sits firmly in the latter camp, and in a new interview with Guitar World, the blues guitar ace claims that your choice of fingerboard material makes no difference whatsoever because they all sound the same.