I know there is a very hard wood that starts with the letter "A" sorry brain fade I can't remember what it is. Are there any "blond" woods that are near as hard as Bubinga, Ipe, bloodwood or Ebony? It will be used for fretless basses.........t

No "A" woods or very hard blond woods come to my mind. Persimmon and sugar maple are reasonably hard, but not in the range of the woods you listed.

I think this is it Aningre, an African Hardwood. I have seen it spelled several ways. ANIEGRE is another spelling. http://wwww.cirad.fr/activites/bois/en/syst/africa/aningre.pdf

I don't know what it is on the "hardness scale" Does anybody have a link to that?.......Thanks ......tom

contact www.galleryhardwoods.com

They can "Stabilize" any wood to be as hard enough for a fingerboard.... my fretless bird's eye maple board feels harder than any ebony I've ever played.

Good idea. I was looking for some naturaly hard wood at the moment. I have a credit with a wood seller and was looking to use that for some fingerboards......t

If the aniegre you're talking about is genus aningeria (which is likely), then you're looking at a wood that is on average about 20% less dense than sugar (rock) maple.

How about Avenbok?

Very blond, about as hard as rosewood (facts taken from the top of my head - which sometimes seems removed :eyebrow: )

Anyway, it great for fingerboards, I use it frequently. :o

Is that the same thing as Hornbeam?

As far as I know: yup!