Posted by Fat Rich on 08-11-2011 01:10
#8
I've a Series 1 6 string fretless with a phenolic board which has lots of mwah but sounds a little clicky and plasticy particularly, on the bridge pickup so I specified a rosewood fingerboard on my S2 Classic 5:
This has resulted in a darker woodier tone but with the note definition and clarity you'd expect from a Status without any clickyness. With flats and groundwound / halfwound strings it's almost too dark sounding, with fresh D'Addario halfwounds (the brightest halfwounds I could find) it sounds stunning, sounds great with roundwounds too but I tend not to use them to protect the finger board.
The rosewood board cost a little extra but it's resulted in the best fretless bass I've ever played.