Maple fingerboard opinion poll

[Nek07]

AH! My bad eyes saw "Lausanne, OH" not "CH."

Yep, auf der schweizerisch

 

[Grinderman]

Wut?

 

[Luther]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think its perfect.

 

[OneNut]

Looks nice to me.

Maybe the people that are complaining about the fretboard can buy you a new bass with a fretboard they like.

 

[DWBass]

I love maple boards!

 

[Swerve]

I like roasted maple fretboards and old worn out looking ones like on George Porter Jr’s old Fender. But not a big fan of the pale variety. If I liked the bass enough it wouldn’t be a deal breaker at all though.

 

[Nek07]

Looks nice to me.

Maybe the people that are complaining about the fretboard can buy you a new bass with a fretboard they like.

Will ask!

 

[bylar13]

It is really an aestetic question, because I had sone very negative comment about it, just wanted to test the water.

Well, some people are dopes. That's not a problem you can solve. I think it looks fine and all the "figuring" in the world won't make it play or sound better.

 

[Clark Westfield]

If you can’t feel anything different with the woods texture, then that’s Mother Nature’s fault.

Blame her for growing the wood that way.

Just keep it.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I have a bass with Maple fingerboard, there is some wood...I do not even know if it is grain, but some people who have seen this bass said to me that if they had a bass like this one, they would not keep it. I am happy with it as I find that it is her "charm" and give her character, but as of simple curiosity, I would like to know how you would feel about a fingerboard looking like this:
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I started out playing acoustic guitar back in the early 1960’s 4 years before playing a bass. Most guitars then had rosewood necks and very few had maple necks. So dark necks have been ingrained in my brain.

All l of the basses I’ve owned have had rosewood fingerboard, with the exception of my Warwick which is a darker wenge I own a 1994 N series American Standard Stratocaster with a maple neck. I have finger grooves that look like trenches worn into the finger board, and I haven’t played it that much, and it’s not like I finger with a lot of force either. So, it’s the last instrument I’ll own with a maple finger board.

 

[jimmydean]

Prefer Rosewood , but that wasn't a choice .....was it ?

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I have a bass with Maple fingerboard, there is some wood...I do not even know if it is grain, but some people who have seen this bass said to me that if they had a bass like this one, they would not keep it. I am happy with it as I find that it is her "charm" and give her character, but as of simple curiosity, I would like to know how you would feel about a fingerboard looking like this:
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Looks a lot like the fingerboard on my USA Lakland. Subtle figuration. My other two are also maple. I love the look and the feel.

 

[bass12]

It wouldn't bother me. Besides, before long it would be covered in dirt/dead skin from my fingers so those minor patterns in the grain probably wouldn't even be visible. Ne t'inquiète pas.

 

[InhumanResource]

I have a bass with Maple fingerboard, there is some wood...I do not even know if it is grain, but some people who have seen this bass said to me that if they had a bass like this one, they would not keep it. I am happy with it as I find that it is her "charm" and give her character, but as of simple curiosity, I would like to know how you would feel about a fingerboard looking like this:
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I don’t see anything wrong with it.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

it's maple. that's what maple looks like, unless it's something really premium like a US Lakland which uses birds eye maple

 

[ShadowGroover]

Technically, the highest grade maple has no figure, tight grain, and no "character." Plain vanilla, which some prefer.

Personally, I prefer character, mineral streaks, grain, and figure. (Also, carbon fiber rods in the neck)

No wrong answers for what someone likes in a matter such as this

 

[micguy]

Nothing wrong with that. I’d rock it. It’s figured wood. It’s not quarter-sawn or torrified, both of which add cosmetic value only. There’s sone evidence that neither adds any resistance to warping or twisting, and in fact may be more prone to it.

You've been getting your info from some strange places. Torrefied wood was known to be more stable 1400 years ago - the Vikings used torrefied wood to build their ships out of, because they lasted longer. They weren't about appearance. It's used in construction for siding in Europe, because it's more stable.

I have a couple of necks that are entirely (both neck and fretboard) made out of torrefied maple. They are demonstrably more stable than other necks I've had - the winters I go through here, the only necks I've ever had that did NOT require a tweak to keep the action dead on (within a thousandth of an inch in terms of relief from winter to summer) are those ones.

 

[skycruiser]

I don't like pale maple myself but many people do. I don't mind odd grain, spots etc. at all.

But really, who cares what anyone else thinks? Unless you are worried the wood is rotted or damaged.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

Tell "some people" they can give me all the basses they would like to give away.

 

[Ellery]

To me that's nice figuring, I did it. Nice Yamaha BTW. BB434M?