Fingerboard.....

[itu]

https://www.wood-database.com/redheart/

The bass is Modulus Genesis 5.

[Guest]

Wenge for the incredible grain. I’ve swallowed my principles and picked up a German Sadowsky Metroline (astonishing - build quality is easily NYC-level or Fender custom shop) and the Pau Ferro board is incredible - very 3D. I’ve always found plain ebony boards to be incredibly dull - and I’m no fan of coffee table basses anymore, but I spend a reasonable time looking at the fretboard so it’s nice if it looks interesting

 

[nilorius]

13 minutes ago, itu said:

https://www.wood-database.com/redheart/

The bass is Modulus Genesis 5.

Reads like it is a super wood, availaible 1/1000000. Seams like it's very special and specific. Your choice, seems like You don't miss.

Edited May 30, 2022 by nilorius

[Dad3353]

22 minutes ago, nilorius said:

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

 

It's not black..! 

 

Savage woods ...

[itu]

10 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

It's not black..! 

Dark. To be more specific. Sans fretboard markers, another thing I do like.

 

Maple and dots - no way!

[nilorius]

Any way, pau ferro is good, too. It's not black, but it's durable and good sounding.

[Boodang]

I used to prefer an ebony or resin board for fretless but now I've gone back to rosewood as my favourite.

My latest custom bass has a slab rosewood board which is extended up to the neck pickup as a finger ramp. It could be just auto-suggestion but the TI flats feel more 'buttery' to play on the rosewood compared to my resin and ebony fitted basses.

[fretmeister]

Depends on the body colour of the bass.

As long as it is not covered in lacquer I’m not that fussy. 

[adamg67]

I'm another ebony board lover, I've got two with ebony boards, one with rosewood ('62 AVRI P so fair enough) and one with Padouk, the Maruszczyk Hellwood, so that's allowed not to be black (but most of the rest of the bass is though).

[Bolo]

All maple was great on my MM Sr5.

Partial maple on the Cellar V neckthrough reinforced with carbon rods.

Rosewood on the Spector, looks good.

[Belka]

I used to like rosewood and ebony, and still do like ebony for fretless, but for fretted I seem to favour harder rosewoods (Amazon, Brazilian), and maple and pau ferro. To me they just seem to give the sound more grit and cut through a bit better.