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I'm reviving this zombie thread to ask simple question: How do you like indian rosewood neck shaft? I bet you can compare it to "traditional" wenge or maple one. I see there are still few IR neck on showcase, either with "standard" ebony or more extraordinary ziricote fretboard.

Hmmm, white with wenge/bloodwood neck might be pretty sick. I wonder how would white Gecko body look. This combination sounds more adequate for jazz basses or similar...

Hi, I don't know where to ask exactly, so general discussion might be the right place. What do you guys think would look good with this neck (maybe not this particular one, but same wood combo for sure): Initially I was thinking of ash with wenge top finished in clear satin (or so), but...

I'd say Pau Ferro's somewhere between the two. It really depends on the very piece of wood - like I've seen very dense and closed grain rosewood which was almost like ebony too. But generally Pau Ferro is definitely smoother and more closed than Rosewood.

Those Gecko necks are giving me hard GAS... Why does the wenge/bloodwood have the gecko omitted?

This looks almost exactly as my bubinga top. So I'd say it's bubinga :-)

I'd suggest to use piezo bridge... Great choice for fretless :-)

Ah, ok, thanks! I prefer satin / matte finish too.

Do I get it right that "too glossy = a lot of layers"? If this was true, I wouldn't be afraid of it :-) I'd like to keep it simple and easy (4-5 layers maybe, just a wild guess).

This is just wild fantasizing for this moment, but I'm gathering all the informations I can before I make the order. I'm thinking of swamp ash body with wenge top finished in tung oil. I'd rather avoid filler to keep "grain structure of wood" but I'm really not sure if it's wise idea. My...

This makes me use wenge as top wood myself. Looks really beautiful!

Wow, there are few very nice Gecko 5 medium necks at showcase. Must... resist... can't... spend... money... now...  :icon_scratch:

Wow, I love bloodwood and this one is really great! I bet it will be a monster.

Excellent piece of wenge here!

Tough decission! But I finally picked my favourite...