Koa top - what neck / fretboard wood to pair with it

[ascheetz]

https://imgur.com/a/mBxHJL4

I have a koa top w/ mahogany thinline tele body and am debating what to do for the neck / fretboard wood(s). Any thoughts? Would love to do something interesting but also don’t want to compete with the koa top. Debating whether to go lighter (like maple) or darker (roasted maple, rosewood or ebony fretboard) or whether something that’s a similar color would work.

 

[teleme01]

Rosewood or wenge... my vote
I don't know what fretboard, maybe macassar ebony or kingwood

 

[ctownsend]

Below is Koa with a Pau Ferro (unique choice) fretboard and roasted maple neck:

 

[TBurst Std]

go solid rosewood or pao ferro

 

[Strat Avenger]

Roasted maple neck with pau ferro fretboard.

 

[stratamania]

Pau ferro neck, black ebony fretboard.

 

[PFDarkside]

I’d do mahogany with ebony board and koa headstock veneer. Match the back finish for the neck (clear, vintage tint, etc) and match the headstock finish to the top (I assume clear).

 

[rockandroller]

Roasted flame maple neck with figured Ziricote fretboard

 

[Bob Hoover Ross]

I had a defretted Peavey Unity bass many years ago that was Koa body wings on a neck-thru Koa neck, but with
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Purple Heart stringers

The Rosewood was kinda meh, so I'd probably prefer an ebony fingerboard...but the Purple Heart looked so stunning I almost wished there was more of it...like, maybe a Purple Heart fingerboard? But then again, that might compete with the Koa body.