New poster- need advice bass neck

[ROSCOEdward]

Hi everyone. I am a huge admirer of warmoth, hoping to join the ranks.
I was gifted a jazz bass body (non warmoth) cocobolo topped, mahogany body. I have indian rosewood knobs and controlplate, they are gorgeous dark chocolate purple magic

Any advice on the neck/fretboard? it will be fretless.
I have my eye on an all rosewood fretless neck they have in the buynow section. PLEASE DONT BUY IT
also thinking ziricote board, for a stark contrast.

Dont need wood lectures, im more interested plainly in what you would DO, and aesthetic ideas

Thanks guys,  excited to hop aboard

ive attached a link to the body

 

[Tipperman]

I personally would go for a dark wood for the sake of contrast. Rosewood, wenge, etc. To me, when building, contrast makes a big difference. And roundwounds look great over a dark fretboard. Macassar Ebony if you can get it would look fantastic as well.

 

[line6man]

I would not go with Indian Rosewood, because that's too warm of a combo.

What does the back look like?
Perhaps a Bloodwood or dark Pau Ferro neck could work, with a jet black Ebony board.

 

[Updown]

Hi ROSCOEdward

Nice wood  :hello2:

Uuumm .... I have a Cocobolo top on this FireBird. That I just got, You might want to have a look.

Al thou it is a Mahogany neck ... But it has an Ebony fretboard on it.

Just to give you a visual of how that looks together.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=16723.msg246532#msg246532
I'm loving this combo  :icon_thumright:

Updown  :blob7:

 

[Mor Paul]

pau ferro and canary fretboard.

 

[line6man]

pau ferro and canary fretboard.

I don't know. Canary is a bit too soft for me, and you need a visual contrast.

 

[Wyliee]

How about:

Neck shaft/Fingerboard wood:
wenge/ebony
wenge/zircote
wenge/wenge
Maple/pau ferro or maple/rosewood is a bit more traditional
Canary/zircote

Of those choices, I would probably go canary/zircote if I wanted exotic or maple/pau ferro if I wanted a bit more traditional.

 

[bagman67]

I love my wenge/wenge (guitar) neck.  And it would contrast nicely, esp. if you get one without all that partridge grain - the top of that j-body deserves to be the focus.  Get a straight-grained fingerboard.

 

[line6man]

I love my wenge/wenge (guitar) neck.  And it would contrast nicely, esp. if you get one without all that partridge grain - the top of that j-body deserves to be the focus.  Get a straight-grained fingerboard.

I would think that if you orient it that way, the surface will be very uneven, and it wouldn't make a good fingerboard. A good fretless fingerboard should be hard and tight grained.

 

[tubby.twins]

Of those choices, I would probably go canary/zircote if I wanted exotic ...

I second this recommendation.  Warmoth does a great job with canary necks, and the ziricote is an ideal fretless fingerboard in terms of hardness and warmth.  It will contrast nicely.

 

[bagman67]

I love my wenge/wenge (guitar) neck.  And it would contrast nicely, esp. if you get one without all that partridge grain - the top of that j-body deserves to be the focus.  Get a straight-grained fingerboard.

I would think that if you orient it that way, the surface will be very uneven, and it wouldn't make a good fingerboard. A good fretless fingerboard should be hard and tight grained.

Good point - I missed the part about it being fretless.  Wenge/ebony, mayhap?

 

[ROSCOEdward]

thanks for the advice everyone

in response to all:
-the body is mahogany (unfinished as of now, maple-y color)
-i love pau ferro but not for this body- i think the rosewood-like grain and BROWNNNNN color would be too matchy/not matchy enough with the cocobolo. Like when you get a suit top and bottom dry-cleaned seperately  :icon_scratch:
- the big three are these for me
        -ziricote - a stark contrast of grain to the body, gorgeous depth of browns and the coupling between exotics cocobolo and ziricote the likes
          of which are seen only in celebrity's living rooms
      - rosewood/rosewood on warmoth buy now (match the rosewood accesories, slick like a black suit)
      - wenge/wenge- nice grain contrast and nicce dark color but with character

aside from if i do a 1-piece neck, i have mainly considered maple/b.e. maple.

someone convince me why another wood would be preferable for the neck, if you think so
ive read all warmoth's descriptions, but i'd love to hear what you guys think, im a fan of alot of your instruments
 

 

[Kostas]

For a fretless fretboard I would go with unfinished hard stiff woods because there are no frets to protect the wood from the strings. Maple and rosewood would be out of my list.