Wenge necks and FBs

[bass12]

If you are taliking about vintage thumbs (80's and early 90's), they all came with wenge fb's unless they were fretless. Ebony was not standard in fretted basses.

I think Warwick switched to using ebony on their NT Thumbs in the early 2000s. My 2002 Thumb had an ebony board.

 

[HaMMerHeD]

What about a multilaminate 5 piece neck with maple and wenge? What does that feel like? Seems to me it would feel weird, part of it being "normal" and the other part being wenge.

If the builder fills the pores before the clear coat goes over, there will be no texture difference between maple and wenge. It'll just feel like smooth plastic, regardless.

The wenge feel that people like so much is mostly from unfinished, or at least unfilled wood.

 

[KsPiNeSh]

If you are taliking about vintage thumbs (80's and early 90's), they all came with wenge fb's unless they were fretless. Ebony was not standard in fretted basses.

I think Warwick switched to using ebony on their NT Thumbs in the early 2000s. My 2002 Thumb had an ebony board.

This. I can't speak to the 80s or 90s, but all of them I've seen had ebony boards (probably newer than than the 90s) and my 2006 had ebony.

 

[Ian_Flash]

This. I can't speak to the 80s or 90s, but all of them I've seen had ebony boards (probably newer than than the 90s) and my 2006 had ebony.

I think if we look at 80's, 90's and beyond we will find examples of different wood combos... even if they were only short runs. Remember how many woods ended up on the Endangered Species list during that period, and respectable builders like Warwick were often forced to seek out alternative species that would NOT compromise build quality. I own 3 Warwicks and have played dozens. Never found one in 30 Years that didn't make me smile when played!

 

[JonKim]

Wenge is my favorite