Why do I hate ebony finger boards?

[Ellery]

Get an ivory one.

 

[Mr.Ace]

I love an ebony fingerboard on a Gibson electric guitar. For a fender bass, it just doesn't seem right.

Very interesting, I started on guitar when I was around 14. Gibson SG with an ebony fingerboard. Also have a USA Taylor acoustic guitar with an ebony fingerboard that is quite nice. When I'm shopping for a bass if it has an Ebony board I just don't really consider it. Again I'm not really sure exactly why. Just not my cup of tea.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Broccoli is hated throughout the universe.....

<-- not the first to hate broccoli fretboards.

 

[Mr.Ace]

Hmmmm.... I have owned many basses and I think that the only one that had ebony was an Ex Factor. I loved that neck. With acoustic, ebony is my favorite. My dread, Les Paul, and factor are all ebony. My other basses are rosewood fretless and phenolic. My gigging acoustics are graphite and my strat is maple. I guess fingerboard wood isn't a deal breaker for me. I never thought about that until I read this.

That is a good thing. I love to start dialogue and always gleam new insights from an open discussion such as this one.

 

[Duanestuermer]

Some varied studio work I did with an ebony FB
She's Good For Me / Welcome To My Island CD
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Riding the tide by Oceans ( Mermaid Fantasy Edition ) Jazz Musician Warren Wiegratz on Saxaphone

 

[GwenOnBass]

I'm still wondering how @Fat Freddy knows the flavor of both wine and urine.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, I have a bass with a wenge fretboard and I like it.

Possibly because he's sampled Boone's Farm and/or MD 20-20 (Mad Dog)?

 

[Watchootognbout]

Get an ivory one.

You jest!
But it happened!1850's Ivory Fingerboard Stauffer Style Guitar

 

[Fat Freddy]

Some varied studio work I did with an ebony FB
She's Good For Me / Welcome To My Island CD
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Riding the tide by Oceans ( Mermaid Fantasy Edition ) Jazz Musician Warren Wiegratz on Saxaphone

I've got "No Tan Lines".....

 

[phillipkregg]

Everybody has their issues, I can't play maple fingerboards in public cause they make me feel dirty.

 

[cnltb]

I'm just wondering if I'm the only person to have such a strong aversion
to ebony fingerboards. On an upright or a fretless, not a fan otherwise.

I don't like them on a fretless either. To me it's mostly a feel thing.

 

[Fat Freddy]

I don't like them on a fretless either. To me it's mostly a feel thing.

I can't feel a damn thing through the callouses.....

 

[Jools4001]

My favourite fingerboards are black as black ebony, unbound, no markers, no lines (if fretless), side dots only.

 

[Freez]

I don't know; I find them pretty handy. For instance, a hangnail mid gig? No problem; just pull out the old emery board and seconds later, your nails are smooth and tidy! I've also used them to clean dirty jack contacts and sand callouses down, not to mention taking down a rough fret edge or... wait, did you say EBONY board? Oh, well that's different. Carry on!

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

I like ebony, broccoli, and carrots.

 

[saltydude]

Donne need no stinking dots

 

[MegaSwing]

I just love ebony as a material. It's incredibly dense and unlike anything else you ever held.

I'm not that picky about my fingerboards, as long as they look nice and sound good.

 

[scubaduba]

I like ebony... a lot. And also carrots (not cooked) and broccoli (cooked).

 

[Charlzm]

I'm just wondering if I'm the only person to have such a strong aversion
to ebony fingerboards. On an upright or a fretless, not a fan otherwise.

Why do I love ebony fingerboards? Don't know. But I do know I hate maple boards.

 

[MobileHolmes]

Beats me. I have 3- fretless bass, fretted bass, strat type partsocaster. It's probably my favorite

 

[Jack Butler]

I will mail you a crisp $20 bill if you can point out an example of me telling anyone what they should and shouldn't post.

You'd probably just tell me your approved ways I could spend it.