Members fretless Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Bubinga Pau Ferro Preciosa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AxAxSxS Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 the win is strong in that post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Padauk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Granadillo, which I'm surprised hasn't been used more often except for the fact that it is a little pricier then rosewood (from my sources anyway). Looks fantastic, feels great. This gorgeous wood runs the color spectrum from violet to dark red to brown with frequent streaking and pronounced figure. Very hard, heavy, and dense with a tight grain and a fine texture. Weight 56 to 75 lbs. per cu. ft. Occasional light blonde sapwood contrasts beautifully with the heartwood. A medium-sized to large canopy tree, up to 100 feet in height in the natural rain forest, with trunk diameters of up to 3 feet, with a clear, straight, cylindrical bole to 60 feet above a buttress. Takes a high natural polish works easily, finishes smoothly, and responds well to hand tools. It glues, nails and screws well, and is rated highly durable. Frequently used for fine furniture and cabinetry, decorative veneers, flooring, musical instruments, turnery, joinery and specialty items such as violin bows and billiard cues Granadillo is an excellent substitute for Rosewood or Cocobolo. It smells like rosewood also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Paduk is pretty BUT IME it will turn black unless heavily UV blocked or only taken out in the dark, same with purple heart sadly... some of my favorite fingerboard woods are highly figured: snakewood and cocobola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Beauties ! keep in mind some woods are dangerous / toxic to the respiratory , skin and eyes and can make you very ill so be advised and informed whilst working exotic woods . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yah, cocobola is the oft referenced toxic dust species although it doesn't bother me (an asthmatic) at all... Its also difficult to glue due to surface oils, but LMII sells gorgeous slotted radiused boards for cheap http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/Secondproducthead.asp?CategoryName=Fingerboards and Gilmer sells snakewood ($$!!) ~$160 each! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Bubinga the fretboard on my '06 Ric 330 (also blueburst) is bubinga. apparently, they've now switched to "Caribbean Rosewood", which is darker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 the fretboard on my '06 Ric 330 (also blueburst) is bubinga. apparently, they've now switched to "Caribbean Rosewood", which is darker. Interesting ! I didn't know that , Thanks . and pics of your BBR ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 After careful analysis I think the ultimate fingerboard wood made by nature is African Blackwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yah, cocobola is the oft referenced toxic dust species although it doesn't bother me (an asthmatic) at all... Its also difficult to glue due to surface oils, but LMII sells gorgeous slotted radiused boards for cheap http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/Secondproducthead.asp?CategoryName=Fingerboards and Gilmer sells snakewood ($$!!) ~$160 each! Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nephilim-777 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Pau ferro is still my personal favorite. We don't need pictures of this stuff, do we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Interesting ! I didn't know that , Thanks . and pics of your BBR ! it was in the Ric factory tour vid done by Premier Guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 That is stunning ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I'm a ziricote fan. From Warmoth... This dark gray to brown to black wood is similar to ebony in weight and density. Some pieces have gorgeous striping and spider web grain patterns. The feel is buttery smooth and slick. The density translates to great sustain and the tone is considered to be much like Brazilian Rosewood. Limited availability and a bit expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 and cocobola ... is a Dalbergia (rosewood). Nice sample there, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 That is stunning ! thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sic666 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I heard that american musk wood can be a great fret board. Over here in Puerto Rico is called g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultimatum Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Ziricote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wartoxin Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 the ziricote does look nice.I have bloodwood on a fretless bassPurple heart also looks very good, but with such colored woods you need to kind of match it with the rest of the instrument. Check out Conklin basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I am quickly becoming a fan of carbon fiber as a "tonewood" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kashmir Oceania Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I like Wenge Usually it's darker than it is in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scott944 Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Granadillo, which I'm surprised hasn't been used more often except for the fact that it is a little pricier then rosewood (from my sources anyway). Looks fantastic, feels great...Takes a high natural polish works easily, finishes smoothly, and responds well to hand tools. It glues, nails and screws well, and is rated highly durable. Frequently used for fine furniture and cabinetry, decorative veneers, flooring, musical instruments, turnery, joinery and specialty items such as violin bows and billiard cues... Yep. Oboes, English horns and clarinets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taxerman Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Yeah, Rickenbacker has now made the switch from Bubinga to Caribbean Rosewood. Some stray Bubinga fretboards may still go out, but the new Rics will all be the Caribbean Rosewood. There was a very hot thread on the switch over at a Ric forum. Ric buyers are not too kind to any changes in the Rickenbacker ways. One thing about the new Caribbean Rosewood boards is the color is a dark brown, and most prefer the orangey color of the Bubinga. One great plus about the new Caribbean boards is that they definitely have more figuring in the wood. Some of them are really wild. I have a new Rickenbacker and it is one of the first with the new Caribbean Rosewood fretboard. It is definitely browner than my older Ric's board and it sure does have some wickedly nice wood figuring and detail. Not a great photo for the fretboard, but you can see some of the craziness in the wood: New to Rickenbacker guitars: Caribbean Rosewood fretboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted June 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 That new Ric wood looks damn good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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