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wmmnorthcutt
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Post subject: Fretboard  Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:26 pm |
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I have a 78 4001s (lefty), and the fretboard is a very reddish wood. Is this a type of rosewood or something else? 
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Post subject: Re: Fretboard Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:23 pm |
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It appears to be the typical bubinga, a type of rosewood. Most Rick basses have this type of wood. Sometimes you see very light versions of it, sometimes dark, but they are usually reddish. Current production basses have switched over to Caribbean rosewood which is browner but may have more "figuring" (fancy wood grain).
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iiipopes
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Post subject: Re: Fretboard Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:42 am |
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Bubinga is called "African Rosewood," but it is NOT a member of the dalbergia genus, as are Brazilian, Indian, Cocobolo, etc. Bubinga is Guibourtia demeusei of the family Leguminosae. Moreover, chechen, which RIC is now using, is Metopium brownei, also NOT a dalbergia genus rosewood.
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Ben
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Post subject: Re: Fretboard Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:34 am |
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Looks like bubinga to me.
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ricslinger
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Post subject: Re: Fretboard Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:58 pm |
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This type of Rosewood is native to the rain forest regions of sub-Sahara Africa....plant geography 101.
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wmmnorthcutt
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Post subject: Re: Fretboard Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:25 pm |
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Thanks, guys. I appreciate the responses. Mystery solved.
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