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In order to alleviate a good amount of bass face, may I suggest an overstuffed cushion to sit on, or looser fitting shoes?
There’s no need to oil a maple fingerboard as it already has a finish applied to it.
I suppose it could be a well worn maple fretboard, with little finish left...?
With any maple fingerboard I treat it the same way I do the back of the neck. Clean it when I'm cleaning the bass and thats about it. It will inevitably start to show wear over the years as the finish wears off. Thats the whole reason that Leo Fender started using rosewood in the first place, he felt that the worn in maple looked bad on TV. Now that "ugly" wear is seen as a badge of honor.
That’s some interesting trivia didn’t know that!
I love a good worn maple board personally.
I thought the use of rosewood had more to do with installing truss rods. Went from the solid neck with skunk strip rosewood to installing from the front and overlaying with rosewood fretboard. Maybe both?
nope, they didn't discontinue maple when they started working with rosewood. besides, clearly, they can shave maple just like they can shave rosewood, so construction can be the same with maple if they so desire. non-issue.
nah, even when you wear the finish off the surface, the wood itself is still sealed/protected by the part of the finish that's absorbed into the wood fiber. just with the fiber exposed, it traps dirt more, but it's still sealed/protected. just clean it off if you so desire. no need for additional treatments/oils.
NO...only use our Everyday Polish on maple boards.
Thanks. So far I have been unable to find any stockists in the U.K. Perhaps GuitarGuitar could be encouraged to stock Sadowsky cleaning products.
Hey Vic. I was thinking it had to do with the solid neck/fretboard and going into the back to install the truss rod and then install the rosewood 'skunk strip' to close it up. Then instead changing the process and installing from the front and using rosewood to cover the front truss rod installation. Or somebody led me astray on one of them forums
I prefer 'dirty' dark boards, like a vintage rosewood.
Luckily for me, ebony is readily available these days (not the 100% black stuff, that's naughty) which is even dirtier.
I've owned basses for 50 years and that F-One just melted into my boards like nothing else.
I have a half-empty Dunlop bottle here now.
Forget the fruit juice rubbish, just this from now on (and luckily I can get it in Australia very easily, not like most stuff).
Yeah, all I know is, a RW board means you can't have a one-piece neck, whereas with maple, you can clearly go either way. Since they've always offered both, I don't think a desire to change neck construction was the reason for the RW board. That's all I'm saying.Hey Vic. I was thinking it had to do with the solid neck/fretboard and going into the back to install the truss rod and then install the rosewood 'skunk strip' to close it up. Then instead changing the process and installing from the front and using rosewood to cover the front truss rod installation. Or somebody led me astray on one of them forums
FWIW.
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