Warwick Fretless Fingerboard...Wenge or Ebony?

[Malachi71]

I have my eye on a Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless. I'd prefer to have an ebony fingerboard. I've noticed many of these basses that have sold on Talkbass and Craigslist have claimed to have either wenge or ebony.

Now here's the confusing part, Warwick's website only mentions wenge for the fingerboard of the Corvette Standard fretless. So how do I determine if I'm buying one with ebony when ebony doesn't seem to exist?

[Mayers]

Costum shop Warwick offert ebony. If not ... well I think wenge is the standart for Warwick

[jpfbass]

Yea wenge is the stock fingerboard wood for the Corvette std, I'm pretty sure they don't offer a model with an ebony board unless you want to go the custom shop route.

[Kael]

Funny. Every fretless 'wick I've ever seen/touched (quite a few) has had an ebony board.

[Overdrive777]

For Warwick basses that was made fretless from the beginning has tigerstriped ebony fretboard. Basses with frets has the wenge fretboard.

[Shmone]

Assuming we are talking about a stock Corvette, a fretted comes with Wenge fretboard and a fretless comes with a tigerstripe ebony fingerboard.

[Headless Llama]

Mine is a normal stock Wick fretless Corvette... it has an ebony board on it. I have never seen a fretless wick with anything but an ebony board.

[Malachi71]

I've included some links that show what I'm talking about when it comes to determining whether a Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless has a wenge or ebony fingerboard.

In this link, CheBass88 is selling the above mentioned bass. He indicates that it has an ebony fingerboard.

FS 1998 Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless (with goodies)


In this link, cheezewiz is selling one with a wenge fingerboard. To me it looks the same as the above link that supposedly has an ebony board.

Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless, priced to move!


So are these both ebony or wenge or one of each? I've run into the same problem with wood fingerboard identification on Craigslist. Someone will say their's has ebony and another will say their's has wenge on the fretless. Oh man

[StereoPlayer]

my "W" manual/book says fretless basses have ebony fretboards.

[SurrenderMonkey]

Every warwick fretless have ebony, sometimes tigerstripe ebony (not completely black).

Unless you get a defretted warwick that is.

[Malachi71]

Thanks for all the responses! This helps clear things up for me.

[Human Bass]

I would go with wenge, just to be different.

[Gastón]

Mine(Thumb BO VI) its ebony, highly recommended.

[kayakbass]

Originally Posted by Kael

Funny. Every fretless 'wick I've ever seen/touched (quite a few) has had an ebony board.

Same here!

[Infidelity]

Even though wenge is nice I guess ebony would be ideal since its harder..

[kayakbass]

Originally Posted by Malachi71

I've included some links that show what I'm talking about when it comes to determining whether a Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless has a wenge or ebony fingerboard.

In this link, CheBass88 is selling the above mentioned bass. He indicates that it has an ebony fingerboard.

FS 1998 Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless (with goodies)


In this link, cheezewiz is selling one with a wenge fingerboard. To me it looks the same as the above link that supposedly has an ebony board.

Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless, priced to move!


So are these both ebony or wenge or one of each? I've run into the same problem with wood fingerboard identification on Craigslist. Someone will say their's has ebony and another will say their's has wenge on the fretless. Oh man

Both look to Ebony to me!

[Shmone]

Originally Posted by kayakbass

Both look to Ebony to me!

+1.

[FunkMetalBass]

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