fingerboard

SSI 6 fingerboard (repair) Hello, I recently purchased from a US store a 2009 SSI 6 in natural finish, and the bass came with a small damage of the fingerboard!!!!:evil: the ding on FB its small enough that I dont feel it when playing, nor it affects playability of the bass, but its there and...

So ive been noticing that my fingerboard has been getting pretty nasty and gunky. Will traditional methods like steel wool/Dunlop formula 1/2 be ok for it? Im just wondering because its a Wenge board, and i dont know whether its going to hurt it or not

I am sure this has been answered before but I could not find it. What is the preferred method of fretless fingerboard care? Oiling? Waxing? Lemon oil? Thanks for any input. S

This is my first post, so I'd like first of all to say hi to everybody, and to tell you that I've been following your forum allready for a while even if I had never posted before, and that I find it very useful and interesting. :d Now here is my problem: I own a 1990 5 string thumb nt, to...

I'm wondering how best to adjust the balance on the bass I will hopefully be building soon. Its most likely going to be swamp ash with, ebony fingerboard, and wenge neck. I'm a little paranoid about neck dive so how can I counteract this? I've thought about putting the screw on the bridge...

Does anyone know about the tonal qualities of Jatoba, Purpleheart, Persimmon or Ipe being used as fingerboard woods on a fretless electric bass with a maple body?? Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated.

Hello again ...I was wondering which would make for a better sound as far as sustain and attack are concerned? Ebony or wenge? And does the Thumb BO suffer in tone due to a 2 band EQ?

I have a 5 string Katana. It appears that the finish on the fingerboard is different that Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard. It is not solid black or even dark for that matter. I bought it for some else. Is it posssible to remove the ebony finish. Here is the serial number C 123517 06. Can you tell...

Hey guys, another P-Nut problem. the fingerboard starts to come off the neck:-( There is a gap betwen the 2nd and 5th fret. I will send in, the bass asap. I had wood lamination problem with my P-Nut 1 (at the body then) as well:-( It really is a bit annoying that basses in that...

I've just bought a fretless thumb with a beautiful ebony fingerboard, and am looking for tips about keeping the ebony in prime condition. Does it need some kind of oil like the body or does it not need any special treatment? Sorry if this has topic has been covered before - I have searched...

I love the grooves in my wenge fingerboard, but after 5 months as a workhorse, my vette has a skin encrusted fingerboard, and that lovely bell brass is starting to tarnish. Anyone with experience in removing the filth on fingerboards, could you name any products that will help me get rid of it...

I'm thinking about getting a fretless warwick (bubinga corvette perhaps). Do the strings eat the fingerboard up? I've had a couple of self-defretted basses, but each time I covered fingerboards with hard laquer. What about the tigerstripe ebony boards? Do they need any protective layer? I use...

I have a corvette $$ and its fretboard has been curved a bit and tension has got higher. its getting really hard to play. I need to adjust the truss rod. can anyone give me some suggetions how to adjust the truss rod?

i hear and read people discussing this constantly, which one produces he best sound, it seems that most people think that only a wenge fingerboard (not full wenge neck) takes away what low end the thumb does have ..... just looking for any thoughts.... thanks, mike p

Checked out both american and european rockbass websites and no fingerboard radius is specified. I'm gonna send my streamer in for a defret and i need to specify what radiused sanding block the guy should use. Anyone help? is it the same as the regular Warwick ones? 20" for 4 string?

Say, Florin, Gregory, Could one get a color oil finish on a maple fingerboard? My imagination is brewing something... :twisted:

hello, how can i clean the wenge-fingerboard of my vette? any advice? so far i didn´t get proper results...

Well, the last one ended in a draw between Wenge and Ebony... What is it gonna be? Wenge or Ebony?

Hey chaps... It's all in the thread's title. If you look in the Custom Shop price list, you can read on the first page "it's better to have a finish on the maple fingerboard, to prevent the wood from an early"... Yeah but an early what ? The sentence is not complete ! So does (flamed)...

we've gotten an Ash-bodied, wenge-necked, 5-string Thumb NT, what shall the fingerboard be? 3 days on this one, so I have the time to do pickup configuration mockups...