Is my fingerboard coated ?

[SeBass LoBoss]

Hi ! Ive got this "holes" that I got in my tigerstripe ebony fingerboard, in my 7 months old warwick rockbass fretless streamer, as you can see in the pictures, in an act of dum curiosity I even kinda scratched it a llitle to see if it would larger the hole and it did , well I have daddarios nickel wound on em and I thinks that could be the reason, I also have chromes But I am waiting I little more to put em cuz I like the bright sound, thou I will eventually change em because of reading posts ddaddario chromes have a lot of rep . any way any help? is it coated ? should I just leave it alone and change to flatwound ? Thanks

 

[joel406]

Need better pictures

 

[Thomas Kievit]

Pictures arae not good. Can you make some better ones?

 

[jamro217]

Ebony is prone to cracking. There are coatings available to help. Try posting this in TB's luthier's corner for more suggestions.

 

[SeBass LoBoss]

ok will do, but I dont think I can take better pics with my phone. will continue on luthier corner. thanks for the responses. see ya

 

[bholder]

I would guess it's epoxied or otherwise coated, though it might be some other sort of finish or filler. Roundwounds will always end up chewing up fretless boards unless they're somehow artificially enhanced (epoxy, various impregnated woods, etc.) If you don't want scratches, switch to flats or tapes or ground / pressure wounds. If you want the bright rounds sound, get used to scratches or be prepared to re-epoxy it.

 

[SeBass LoBoss]

I would guess it's epoxied or otherwise coated, though it might be some other sort of finish or filler. Roundwounds will always end up chewing up fretless boards unless they're somehow artificially enhanced (epoxy, various impregnated woods, etc.) If you don't want scratches, switch to flats or tapes or ground / pressure wounds. If you want the bright rounds sound, get used to scratches or be prepared to re-epoxy it.

Thanks ! I thought so, no biggie I guess. I still posted this on luthiers corner thou,
On changing strings I have a theory: If I CHew the fingerboard with the roundwounds leaving those paralel lines, then I switch to flatwounds, the chewing on the fingerboard will have a similar effect on the sound. (not overdoing it of course) you see what I mean? as the wood would do the effect roundwounds would do. So I will leave em on for a while and then switch to chromes flats, for sure there will be a difference in sound and this theory of mine is surely to end up in thrash, just thought I would leave it out there see if someone else had the same Iluminating revelation!

 

[bholder]

Thanks ! I thought so, no biggie I guess. I still posted this on luthiers corner thou,
On changing strings I have a theory: If I CHew the fingerboard with the roundwounds leaving those paralel lines, then I switch to flatwounds, the chewing on the fingerboard will have a similar effect on the sound. (not overdoing it of course) you see what I mean? as the wood would do the effect roundwounds would do. So I will leave em on for a while and then switch to chromes flats, for sure there will be a difference in sound and this theory of mine is surely to end up in thrash, just thought I would leave it out there see if someone else had the same Iluminating revelation!

I'm not sure I follow your theory, but keep us updated on what you find.