Need a Fingerboard Source

Carl Johnson · #1 12-15-2009, 02:43 PM

Need a new 3/4 fingerboard. Called Lemur and their currently out of stock. Can somebody recommend a source for a good grade ebony FB?

Thanks,
CJ

arnoldschnitzer · #2 12-15-2009, 04:13 PM

Metropolitan Music in Stowe, VT.

wayne holmes · #3 12-15-2009, 10:04 PM

International Violin
Howard Core
Karl Klier-Germany
Barrie Kolstein might have one
exotic woods - if you want to make your own
Any Luthier shops might have one to sell

Carl Johnson · #4 12-17-2009, 05:39 PM

Thanks guys that's great

rusag2 · #5 12-18-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl Johnson

Need a new 3/4 fingerboard. Called Lemur and their currently out of stock. Can somebody recommend a source for a good grade ebony FB?

Thanks,
CJ

Upton sells fingerboards. Have never bought from them, but everything I've read about them suggests a top-quality operation.
http://www.uptonbass.com/BEST-Ebony-...A-Grade-Round/

moles · #6 12-18-2009, 04:00 PM

Damn, these prices are cheap.
I went to a luthier a couple of months ago to inquire about getting a new fingerboard. I was quoted $800 *just for the wood*. At that point I figured it wasn't worth the bread for this bass...maybe I should keep looking...

Jake deVilliers · #7 12-18-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by moles

Damn, these prices are cheap.
I went to a luthier a couple of months ago to inquire about getting a new fingerboard. I was quoted $800 *just for the wood*. At that point I figured it wasn't worth the bread for this bass...maybe I should keep looking...

Boy that's expensive.

Sounds like I should move to Winterpeg!

moles · #8 12-19-2009, 12:45 AM

Maybe I should just drive me and Kitty out to BC to get her a new 'board.

Probably would be cheaper in the end. And I'd get a holiday out of it.

They have beer where you live, right?

Jake deVilliers · #9 12-19-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by moles

Maybe I should just drive me and Kitty out to BC to get her a new 'board.

Probably would be cheaper in the end. And I'd get a holiday out of it.

They have beer where you live, right?

We have beer, wine, mountains, rain, beaches and a perplexing hockey team...though when they play like they did last night, all's right with the world.

I had a guy from Winnipeg bring me his bass last winter. I love the prairie dweller's sense of 'driving distance'!