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I can between rosewood and maple…could it be because of the usual lacquer on maple fingerboards? don’t Rics have lacquered rosewood fingerboards?…
When a Ric fingerboard looks kind of orange it's Bubinga.
I'll insert my experience for what it's worth. One L2k has rosewood and the other (below) ebony. The '81 is maple but is really warm sounding for a G&L. The below does have GHS flats on it, but prior to that it seemed to have a slightly more crispness to it than any rosewood. I would liken it to maple, possibly more crisp, but not glassy or harsh. But, given each bass can have it's own flavor, how much is the ebony is difficult to say. Most likely it would depend on the bass whether I would prefer it or not. But in general if you think maple I don't think would too far off.
My Ric did. I may be wrong, but seemed to recall it was something other than rosewood. Again, I may be wrong on that. Feel free to correct me on that.
That sounds right. Maybe this is Bubinga. It was weird looking rosewood if that's what it was.
nice Ric! love their look…
Yeah that's Bubinga. It's technically a type of Rosewood, but Bubinga sure looks different and smells different when sanded/cut.
My wife used to work for a food broker, basically a rep firm taking orders for food and sundries to the military commissaries. One of their lines was Reese's peanut butter cups. So, if they wanted to sell them special holiday versions, they had to show them samples a couple months in advance, which is when the production run actually was. You can't believe the difference in taste and texture of a fresh off the line Reese's vs one that is a few months old. The oil from the peanut butter hasn't soaked into the chocolate, firm chocolate and creamy peanut butter.
Documented science! I listened with my personally calibrated ears and the red sounded better every time. It’s on the internet (right here) so it has to be true!
Those smell the same from here.
I had two Rics in the past. A 1998 and a 2006. I thought the both had rosewood. They may have been bubinga. Both were lacquered.
Well, Bubinga is not actually a true Rosewood (genus Dalbergia). It's simply one of a fairly large number of woods that are often called "Rosewood"; more to fool people into thinking that it is, than anything else. The fingerboard on my Canadian '93 Fury Anthem lined fretless bass, is Pau Ferro. Which is also known as Bolivian or Santos Rosewood. But, it's not from the Dalbergia genus; so, not a "True" Rosewood... And, TBH, doesn't look much like the real thing, anyhow...
