fretboard

So, I'm having a new bass built between now and early next year. The body is Honduran mahogany, and will be roughly RD style (see pic). Tell /...

Howdy - I purchased a made-in-Japan Squier jazz bass back way back in 1988ish. I was a doofus kid and shortly after purchasing, I "pulled the...

For those of you who play and prefer a bass with a 7.25" fretboard radius, is it due to a greater ease with reaching notes? I have smaller hands...

What woods work together well, and which don't? I'm a fan of unusual, so my particular interests are there. I'd love to see unusual and...

Hi guys, seen a guy selling this 4003 bass and from the photos, which might be done by a potato, seems I do not see any shine on the fretboard? Is...

...and it's been rough. I have the memory of a goldfish haha. I've played other instruments so I know bass clef already but mapping notes to each...

Hi, I recently purchased a bass at a local guitar show from a local builder and after taking it home to give it a set up, I discovered some...

Hi All, I'm doing a custom makeover on a P-Bass copy, and I'm routing for/installing EMG's "PA" Precision pick ups in the front position, and...

Offering this beautiful bass for sale, which I simply do not play. It needs to go to a home and a user that will enjoy it. And take care of it....

I am having hard time to memorize notes on fretboard. Right now I find next reference: what string I am on and what's the distance either to...

i saw a facebook post or two about this news, with most people (myself included) quite disappointed and unsatisfied with this decision. what’s...

Anyone have a theory about what type of wood this is? It's from a Korean Tobias #01017983. I have basses with Ebony, Rosewood, and Pao Ferro but...

So I have a 'Vintage Reissued VJ74' bass in metallic purple. No complaints, it looks and plays great. But... The fretboard is 'rose plywood'. It...

Howdy all, I've been making my own Fretless bass, (very slowly for about 9 years) and I'm at the stage of coating the fretboard, what should I...

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....

Hi so I joined a country band and a lot of the material requires a 5 string which I don’t have and am In The market for one. I’m settled on a...

Yesterday I shimmed the neck pocket of my de-fretted Squier VM TB with a Stew Mac .5 degree angled shim. The bridge was bottomed out and I wanted...

Do YOU really look on your fretboard while playing? Having nice fretboard-markers leads you astray. Because it's wrong doing that. I've noticed...

My blood pressure is raising as I write this. I wanted this particular luthier to de-fret a bass and epoxy the fingerboard so I could use...

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...

Hey has anybody used those roasted maple fretboards they sell on LMII? I'm looking for some "real world" samples. Just looking the images on the...

Hi. I purchased a used Squier Affinity 5 String Jazz Bass a few months back. The fretboard smells HORRIBLE. It smells like a cross between cat...

Hi all, just hoping to get some advice, if any of you have seen anything like this. Pictured, is my pride and joy, my Carvin LB20 in "blueburst"...

A longtime friend of mine recently told me that, Patchouli, of all oils, is an excellent fretboard conditioner. Now I love the smell of the stuff,...

I got my stingray special not even two months ago, I don't know if this crack has been there since I got it but I only noticed it today. I thought...

Okay more specifically... Not block inlays but the ones that just go all the way across the fret. Like a shallow dado (not totally set on ebony...

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 have a P with flats (which is extremely unusual and I'm the only bass player on TB that plays one of those). ;) Anyways, I love my Labellas but...

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...

Let me preface this by saying that this is only a good idea on rosewood, pau ferro or unfinished maple boards. As brought out in the video, it...

A few weeks ago, I was watching Gary Willis' video that he did with Scott Devine at Scott's Bass Lessons, and one of the things he showed, when...

Seriously ponder buying a Harley Benton Harley Benton JB-40FL, fretless jazz bass, as I want to be able to cope that classic fretless tone and...

Hey all! Doing a fretless conversion on an older Roadstar II and thought it might look nice with oval inlays like some of the higher-end SR...

Hey! So I’m defretting one of my basses. I’m not sure exactly as to what type of finish I should use. I’ve seen some people use marine epoxy (like...

Not sure if this post belongs in Lutherie or Setup and Repair, but here goes: I have couple '80s Peavey basses that need some fretboard work,...

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....

Hey Guys, Check out this video if you want a few pointers and secrets to get you flying around bass neck. I have at least seven more like this and...

Rick Beardly is building a bass for me. It's an 8 string so he had a tough time finding a wide enough piece of ebony. We went with African...