Rosewood Streaks

[mynan]

I've been seeing a lot of streaks in the rosewood fretboards lately. I first noticed it on a lot of the 20th SR5s. Mine has some. Then I noticed it in the Stealth Bongo pics on the website. Ernie Ball® Music Man® Bongo 4 Bass Guitar

I've never see this before. Is it common?

 

[Ken Baker]

Oh, yeah; very common. Even within a given sub-species of rosewood you'll see a great deal of variation. The differences between the sub-species can be striking.

This link will give you an idea. You'll need to scroll down a little.

Ken...

 

[TNT]

Kinda like "gold veins"!!

Yeah, MM guitars and basses seem to be like a precious metal!

 

[Big Poppa]

thats a good thing...

 

[Kristopher]

I've always prefered them visually. It sort of underscores the fact that you're playing a tree. Plus they just plain look cool.

 

[GHWelles]

Yes, My Petrucci has dark and light streaks and one of the dark streaks shows a knot in the tree. Really cool, never seen it before.

 

[timmy5strings]

Yea, my Stealth has that going on too, it looks very cool. I just thought it was special

 

[bovinehost]

I have a couple of rosewood boards with fabulously nice color streaks.

 

[carpedebass]

I like it too.

 

[MingusBASS]

I dig it. The more color the better. I think I see the Virgin Mary in my Candy Red Bongo5 fretboard.

 

[GHWelles]

Monochrome boards look dyed. Maybe they are.

 

[INMT]

Next thing you know people will question the weird "quilty" looking tops and "birdeye"looking spots on instruments LOL

 

[the unrepentant]

I've been seeing a lot of streaks in the rosewood fretboards lately. I first noticed it on a lot of the 20th SR5s. Mine has some. Then I noticed it in the Stealth Bongo pics on the website. Ernie Ball® Music Man® Bongo 4 Bass Guitar

I've never see this before. Is it common?

My 2003 SUB has it, i don't like it much tbh, i prefer darker more consistant grains on my fretboards but whatever it's a nice bass.

 

[kdphysio]

All of my basses have rosewood boards & I like the variations. It makes each bass an 'individual' instument.

 

[TheStiffness]

Streaks on your fretboard = awesome

Streaks on your underwear = not awesome

 

[oli@bass]

I prefer rosewood boards to be evenly coloured.
But maple can go as wild as it wants... the wilder the better