Smooooth neck

[NicosRebel]

Hello All

I plan to build another Warmoth Strat ; certainly an alder or black korina body.

After some research, for sure I want a "sex on a stick" type of neck... I hesitate between a full Pao Ferro neck or a Pao Ferro with ebony fingerboard.

Of course : Warmoth Pro construction, no finish and SS6105 frets.

Is there a lot of difference between these two combo ?

 

[Cagey]

Not that I've been able to hear. It'd be more of an appearance thing. If you do a solid finish Alder body, a Pau Ferro fretboard would compliment it nicely. If you do the Korina, an Ebony fretboard would probably look better. Either way, the Pau Ferro neck meat is a Fine Thing, especially if you burnish it.

 

[line6man]

An ebony board would certainly be smoother than a pau ferro board. Though both are nice.

 

[Cagey]

An ebony board would certainly be smoother than a pau ferro board. Though both are nice.

That's generally true, but it really depends on the chunk you get. I've had some very dense Pau Ferro come through here. For that matter, I still have a Rosewood fretboard that's surprisingly dense. I'm talking pieces that almost look like plastic, they're so smooth. Ebony can go in the other direction, too. You'll see open grain when you don't expect it. That's wood for you. Not as predictable as we'd like.

Stupid trees. Always trying to harsh our buzz...

 

[frown]

I've got both Pau Ferro / Pau Ferro and Pau Ferro / Ebony - both are sex on a stick! The main choice of fingerboard was for visual complement to what I had going on with the body and hardware. They both feel pretty much the same as both are very dense, finely grained woods.

You win either way!

 

[NicosRebel]

Thanks for your replies !

We will see for the new construction