An all maple bass will be snappier and more focused. More treble and bass, less blurry mids than a maho body. Maho sounds warmer, less attack and perhaps a bit more musical. With an all maple bass you will hear yourself and be heard even in less than optimal acoustic surroundings. An all maple bass can be too harsh for some (Rics are mostly maple) and a blessing for others. A maho body/maple neck combo is a classic "best of both worlds", warmth of maho, i.e. not too snappy, focus of maple, i.e. not too blurry. A rock player's bass who doesn't want to dominate, yet be heard. It's a combination many Asian basses of better quality have, but Gibson played with it in the seventies and eighties too (before returning to full maho on most of their basses).
