GWB35 Serial Number

[beobass]

Some wear under the low B. But the bass is pretty minty for being 8 years old.

 

[FunkHead]

Some wear under the low B. But the bass is pretty minty for being 8 years old. View attachment 4100737

It is a beaut. I hope you get it playing how you want it.

 

[Turnaround]

Ebonol, or ebonal" is layers of paper soaked in resin. It does not have a grain pattern or pores. From the pic in post #12 I am convinced that the board is not ebonol. It looks like ebony but could also be another black-dyed wood. My bet is ebony.

 

[beobass]

Thanks for your comments Turnaround. I have to agree. The only other wood used for fingerboards on the sig model was ebony. So it must be ebony.

 

[Flaked Beans]

Definitely not ebonol.

Thanks for your comments Turnaround. I have to agree. The only other wood used for fingerboards on the sig model was ebony. So it must be ebony.

Yup, ebony it is.

 

[Turnaround]

Wide (lateral) marks on the fingerboard suggest to me that the player is using guitar-style vibrato. The fretless bass lends itself to violin-style vibrato which does not scratch the string across the fingerboard leaving the marks shown in post #21. You can compare the two here:

and here:

(skip to the 1:20 mark)
Even if you prefer guitar-style vibrato, on a fretless instrument it's worth learning the violin technique.

 

[beobass]

@Turnaround I completely agree. I studied upright in college a bit and always vibrato horizontally.

 

[Jogobass]

Wide (lateral) marks on the fingerboard suggest to me that the player is using guitar-style vibrato. The fretless bass lends itself to violin-style vibrato which does not scratch the string across the fingerboard leaving the marks shown in post #21. You can compare the two here:

and here:

(skip to the 1:20 mark)
Even if you prefer guitar-style vibrato, on a fretless instrument it's worth learning the violin technique.

Sorry for bumping up an old thread. These lateral marks are the same as on my bass and I definitely don't use guitar style bending or vibrato. I'm pretty sure they are present on the lower strings due to the wide vibration those low frequency notes give to the string.