fingerboard

Hi, everybody. I recently purchased my first fender bass guitar! It's a MIM Precision. Just what I wanted. You can imagine my happiness. Then I...

Hi! A TB challenge - I wanna see your best examples of flame maple necks, fingerboards, head plates, anything including really a tiger-like,...

Hi all, Lurker first post, but I found some advice from the site and wanted to give some back. I recently purchased a cheap fretless and despite...

Looking for some tunes that play well (better than on half position) on the middle section of the bass (above the D on G string, across all four...

Hey guys, i was wondering if there are any comprehensive studies to really efficiently learn the fingerboard, i have been practicing my scales and...

Hi everyone, was hoping someone could have some insight on this. I'm receiving a fretless neck in the coming months from a Warmoth build. The...

Looking at pics online, just want to verify: Are the last two frets on a fingerboard extension? Debating getting one for a mod project to add a...

Hi All- I have an Ibanez GWB1 that I really like, but it has a buzz at the G string when playing the 6 and 7 positions. I think that the board is...

About a year ago, I sourced some parts for a beautiful fretless bass and had my luthier assemble it. Here are the specs, starting with the...

Greetings everyone, I am very new to the bass. I started during the pandemic since I had so much time on my hands. So, I found this forum...

I have an old Peavey Fury (my first instrument so it has a special place in my heart). It is currently a project bass that I want to make...

Greetings fellow TB'ers. Over the last few years I've gotten pretty serious about fretless and have been looking for another one for a while. The...

Looking for the best fingerboard work in the NY area. Any recommendations?? Looking for a luthier that does high-end work...

I am a self-confessed gear whore and have been looking at or bought some new basses recently. It seems that a lot of the newer basses out there in...

Hi all, The jatoba fingerboard on my Ibanez SR675 has started to split (see picture). It used to be a faint hairline crack at the edge of the...

Hi there, Luthier changed my problematic bridge and the new one is adjustable for height. I like to set string height in the low side, ideally 6...

I'm looking for a lightweight 5-string, and I've almost settled on a custom Frog from Maruszczyk. One of the options for the fretboard is olive....

My 30yr old Fender Jazz fretless needs a fretboard leveling, so I brought it to my luthier today. After analyzing it, he concluded that previous...

Came upon a curious problem the other day and was wondering if it may just be a wonky string or something in my set-up. When I bow the open...

Show me some hard earned fretboard wear on your fretted or fretless bass.

Okay so I know most of you who have seen my older posts have noticed that I’m a bit obsessed with Queen and John Deacon. I currently have a Squier...

Hi Everyone, I thought I would share a short video I made for a bass student on improving finger movement. Thanks Darren. [MEDIA]

Hello there, I recently switched from my 3/4reghin(Hora) to a new 4/4strunal double bass. The strunal came new from Thomann, with a bevel...

Hi I have a ibanez bass (SR300EB | SR | ELECTRIC BASSES | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars) with fingerboard made out of Jatoba wood. I read that lemon...

I have an MTD 535-24 with wenge fingerboard for 8 years. At various frets, where the fret meets the fingerboard, there is a whitish substance...

I'm thinking of using masking tape to cover the entire square behind each fret (only those already with inlays). Or, in other words, wherever an...

I’m doing a bit of amateur repair this weekend to get my old Kay to make it through a show next month. I’m going to sand down some buzzing areas...

Usually the recommended kerf for cutting fret slots is 0.023". I got a flier from Woodcraft advertising a sale price of $19.99 on this saw (see...

This new 3/4 bass did fine for 9 months here, but coming back to it, there's a huge warp that makes the G unplayable. It rubs against the...

Hi, I've recently received the bass, I really love this instrument, but it seems it has some issue with the fingerboard. So I'm attaching a few...

This is just something I'm curious about. I don't have any instruments with a laurel fretboard - visually I prefer darker rosewood or even ebony....

See poll. Just curious as to the reception here. Going to withhold my opinion. Fender American Elite Jazz as seen on an online retailer. Ebony...

I've recently developed an appreciation for how awesome mahogany is for a bass body. My bass is paired with an ebony fingerboard and I don't think...