Fingerboard.....

[nilorius]

What fingerboard wood or material would You preffer on 5 or 4 string fretted and fretless bass ? My choice, fretted - rosewood, fretless - ebony.

Edited May 30, 2022 by nilorius

[neepheid]

Ebony for both.

[Dad3353]

Not fussed. It makes no difference to me (I have fretted and fretless, but couldn't say what woods they are...). I just play 'em. 

[Sibob]

Rosewood or Ebony for fretted.

Ebony for fretless.

 

Si

[BigRedX]

Whatever looks good and goes well with the look of the rest of the bass. Probably something very dark (or painted black).

[BlueMoon]

My personal preference in all cases is ebony. 

[Random Guitarist]

Ebony is a favorite for me, but I am finishing up a fretless kit with Rosewood which may change that. While I've been setting up and playing acoustically the rosewood board has felt very good. Once the lacquer cures and I get to final assembly I will know for sure.

[Reggaebass]

My Sandberg had a lovely ebony board, that’s probably a favourite but I also like the dark rosewood, really don’t like the light wood ones 

[neepheid]

Classy AF.

[nilorius]

7 minutes ago, neepheid said:

Classy AF.

Sorry for my english, but what is AF?

Edited May 30, 2022 by nilorius

[nilorius]

Common people, get up and smell the slime !!!!!!!!!!!!

[ezbass]

18 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Sorry for my english, but what is AF?

As f**k

[nilorius]

Just now, ezbass said:

As f**k

So what does "classy f**k" mean ?

[ezbass]

Just now, nilorius said:

So what does "classy as f**k" mean ?

Classy as a very, very classy thing - extremely tasteful.

[Reggaebass]

2 minutes ago, nilorius said:

So what does "classy f**k" mean ?

It means, very nice 👌 

[nilorius]

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

It means, very nice 👌 

Aha, NOW i understand . . . . . . . !!!!. . . . . .  . ???????

[neepheid]

4 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Aha, NOW i understand . . . . . . . !!!!. . . . . .  . ???????

 

Crucial small word got missed in the explaining - "as".

 

When a noun is described as

 

adjective AF, AF = "as f**k"

 

which indeed means "very much so, in the strongest terms"

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Richlite - looks like ebony, feels like ebony, not affected by seasonal heat & humidity changes.

[binky_bass]

Acrylic Impregnated Birdseye Maple. 

[nilorius]

7 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

Acrylic Impregnated Birdseye Maple. 

You are special !

[fleabag]

28 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Richlite - looks like ebony, feels like ebony, not affected by seasonal heat & humidity changes.

 

Saves hacking down Ebony trees.  As it happens, i'm getting a Richlite fingerboard neck built in the Build forum by Andy

 

https://www.richlite.com/collections/fretboards

 

 

[nilorius]

58 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Richlite - looks like ebony, feels like ebony, not affected by seasonal heat & humidity changes.

Ebonol also feels and looks like ebony. Gary Willis in some instagram chat said that he prefers to play gwb1005 with ebonol fingerboard. 

Edited May 30, 2022 by nilorius

[ezbass]

I had an ebanol board on a GWB35, perfectly serviceable and also shiny like a lacquered board. 

[itu]

At the moment:

fretted 4 - phenolic resin

fretless 4 - blackwood (Mad Inter)

fretted 5 - chakte kok

fretless 5 - rosewood

EUB 5 - ebony

This clearly shows that my favourite is black.

 

[nilorius]

4 minutes ago, itu said:

At the moment:

fretted 4 - phenolic resin

fretless 4 - blackwood (Mad Inter)

fretted 5 - chakte kok

fretless 5 - rosewood

EUB 5 - ebony

This clearly shows that my favourite is black.

 

Just a moment, i have never heard of chakte kok. What's so special in it ?