Rosewood Fretless Fingerboard Coating

[adamg67]

I'm getting my 5 string de-fretted later in the year, the price seems pretty good and I know the guy does good work. He's not planning to coat the fretboard with anything, but it will have round wounds on it and it's not going to get played to death. Should I be worried about wear and tear to the fretboard?

Edited September 25, 2015 by adamg67

[brensabre79]

Usually not too much - depends how soft the rosewood is but my fretless is uncoated rosewood, every 5 years or so it gets a very light sanding to remove the small grooves left by roundwounds.

[hubrad]

If it's 'not going to get played to death' then i wouldn't worry about it.. see Brensabre79's comment.

[adamg67]

Cool, thanks, I do trust the guy doing it so that makes sens. I was allowing myself to be swayed by things I read a while ago on, let's say, another popular but a bit US dominated forum (which I don't bother with since I got into Basschat).

[brensabre79]

Cool. I hope your luthier is filling the gaps with something nice

[adamg67]

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To be decided, but as it's maple bodied some fake maple sounds like the thing to me.

[HowieBass]

Though it won't offer much protection against scratching you might try using linseed oil on the rosewood fingerboard as it does fill pores and hardens as it dries. You'll get a nice glossy surface after repeated applications - I use it on my fretless.

[BassBod]

Superglue...sounds ace, very tough but a right pain to work.