fingerboards

[jazzbasser4321]

Hi, I recently purchased a jazz bass but was so excited with just purchasing my own first bass that I didn't realize the mistake I'd made, I have always used maple necks and I wanted one for mine but i completely overlooked that and went straight ahead and bought one with a rosewood fingerboard...It has a maple neck but a rosewood fingerboard...Not what i wanted =/ So I'm planning to buy a new neck but I have been thinking...And i was wondering if it was possible to just buy a maple fingerboard and install it...What would i need? Is that possible? How much might it cost? Where would i find it?
Thanks everyone.

 

[odin70]

Whats wrong with rosewood for a change?

 

[jazzbasser4321]

i'm more used to it, and i liek the tone better.

 

[mimaz]

Just thinking out loud..........probably more cost effective to sell the unwanted neck (even if at a slight loss), and buy the neck you actually wanted.

 

[Jools4001]

Wait a minute....your own first bass, right?

That implies that you haven't been playing very long if you never owned you're own bass before? What were the basses you played that had a maple fingerboard, borrowed ones?

IMHO if it's really the first bass you've owned, the tone difference between a maple vs rosewoood fingerboard would make would be vanishingly small versus the tone improvements you could make with technique.

 

[XylemBassGuitar]

jazzbasser4321,

I must say I agree with Jools4001's statement about the very small difference the two fingerboards would make on the bass' tone. In my opinion and experience, with solid body instruments, technique is the number one contributor to tone, then comes scale length and pickups, then different woods. Again, just my opinion...

Replacing a fingerboard is a really involved process. You'd have to learn a lot and buy some tools to change out the fingerboard properly yourself. Also, it would probably be cheaper just to buy a new bass or switch out the whole neck than paying someone to change out the fretboards, just like mimaz says.

But, good luck on whatever you decide.

 

[tangerinedream]

Hi just get a new nick .one day you will say I had a V8 you never no whats down the line.keep Two Nicks you would relly have to no what your are do to put mapel back down flat