Why not Ash / Rosewood?

[Fernando Costa]

Fender, among other brands, has made and still makes basses with the Ash/Rosewood combination.

 

[jd56hawk]

Ash and rosewood...tone is second to none.

 

[drTSTingray]

No problem with either for me. The 5 has a ceramic pick up which is arguably warmer sounding but can get aggressive if wanted. The rosewood board tends to be slightly mellower.

How about ash/ebony - nearly as bright as ash/maple (always remembering that wood types make no difference to electric bass tone ref Talkbass and Basschat ad infinitum )

 

[dave64o]

Great collection of basses!

 

[mongo2]

I've had several older ash/rosewood Fender and EBMM basses and a couple with ash/maple. I definitely prefer rosewood.

 

[Zoot H Rollo]

better pic of my FSR

i've tried a few other bodies, but always go back to ash with this neck

stunning tone

 

[MtManiac]

I've always heard the combinations Ash/Maple, Alder/Rosewood, and the manfuacturers tend to follow suit. However, what is wrong with Ash/Rosewood?

I would imagine that the body wood is much more important to the tone than the fingerboard wood, but how were these combinations derived to become standards?

All American Deluxe Fender Dimensions were ash, some with map,e and some with Rosewood. They have made and still make many models with alder and maple, not to mention pine, and several manufacturers use mahogany. Maybe I don’t get the question.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

My paisley bass is swamp ash / Brazilian rosewood and it's a very sweet combo.

 

[Koshchei]

I've always heard the combinations Ash/Maple, Alder/Rosewood, and the manfuacturers tend to follow suit. However, what is wrong with Ash/Rosewood?

I would imagine that the body wood is much more important to the tone than the fingerboard wood, but how were these combinations derived to become standards?

Nothing is wrong with it. There are lots of sunbursts with swamp/ash bodies and rosewood fingerboards.

 

[ClassicJazz]

My ‘72 Fender Jazz doesn’t follow that convention. It’s Alder/Maple

 

[AkiraSpectrum]

Ibanez will often do Ash bodies in combination with Rosewood fretboards.

Even though I returned it due to horrific QC issues, the Ibanez SR605e I had was ash body and rosewood fretboard. Actually a lot of the more recent Ibanez SR600 series have been ash bodies with rosewood fretboards.