Wenge is my favorite wood. I remember when I first saw it on a MTD and thought it was some kind of composite designed to look like real wood. Young and dumb.
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Wenge fretboard cracks?? PICS
- Thread starter ArturoOsito
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Just played with it for the first time at band practice. A fantastic instrument (corvette standard). Any remedies for a sticky volume pot?
Radio Shack sells contact cleaner. It's in a can and you attach a very thin straw that's included to the spray button. This allows you to direct a strong blast right where you want it. A shot of contact cleaner to the back of the pot (from the inside) will generally dislodge years of lint or dust, or whatever (if it's been that long since it's been done). For starters, I might just do the outside/underneath of the pot first and see if that gets it.
The weight difference between a wenge fretboard and most other species isn't significant because there's not a lot of material. If it was a whole neck made from wenge, it would be a different story. I still have my EKO guitar from the mid-60s and I always thought the fretboard looked like some kind of weird wood and the more I looked at it, the more I liked it. I got this when I was 9 so, what did I know? I eventually found out what it is and have seen some incredible grain patterns.
That fretboard has never split, flaked or done anything other than sit there and look pretty.
This is a wenge fingerboard crack:
They do occur on rare occasion but are relatively easy to repair with wenge dust (careful!), thin CA, and a little elbow grease.
Riis
They do occur on rare occasion but are relatively easy to repair with wenge dust (careful!), thin CA, and a little elbow grease.
Riis
Those are not cracks. Here is my wenge fingerboard:So I just got this used german warwick and I was stoked on it...but the fretboard has tons of cracks!
The pic is a closeup, but it looks like that pretty much all over the fretboard. Is it just dryness? Is this common with wenge?
I've already applied two coats of fastfret oil and put it into the case with a humidifier (though it's just a soft gigbag, it's what it came with). Does this look serviceable, or should I return it?
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and here is the bass (2002 warwick streamer lx6, made in germany):
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Actually I have 2 wenge/wenge necks, and my wondering was how much heavier it would be if the grain was filled in and sanded smooth to feel like other woods. I wouldn't, but some folks are put off by open grains.
So I just got this used german warwick and I was stoked on it...but the fretboard has tons of cracks!
The pic is a closeup, but it looks like that pretty much all over the fretboard. Is it just dryness? Is this common with wenge?
I've already applied two coats of fastfret oil and put it into the case with a humidifier (though it's just a soft gigbag, it's what it came with). Does this look serviceable, or should I return it?
Hey, what's that on the upper left just behind the neck?
I've owned several wenge necked/fingerboarded basses (two Warwicks and three MTDs). My latest MTD has a wenge neck and it is super smooth to the touch - it almost feels like a composite material. I asked Mike about this and he laughingly said that he'd finally figured out how to properly finish wenge.
Oh, and it's possibly the lightest 535 I've owned.
No one has mentioned this, but since you're new to wenge - NEVER clean it with steel wool. It will never come out and your fingers will bleed until you wear it down.
Some great advice: go to the Warwick website, join (free), and go to their forum. It's like TB but mainly for Warwick and Framus. Ask there and you shall receive!
Some great advice: go to the Warwick website, join (free), and go to their forum. It's like TB but mainly for Warwick and Framus. Ask there and you shall receive!
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Hey, what's that on the upper left just behind the neck?
I think that's a special option.
What say ye that it gets passed around for our inspection?
