ezbass Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Right, let's get this forum moving with some satiated GAS. Having tried this out last week, I pulled the trigger today and I'm ever so glad I waited, £60 off the advertised online price. I've taken off the horribly contrasting white pickguard and have set it up. Plays really nicely and those stock P90s sound great, especially the neck pickup. Minor gripes are that there a few sharpish fret ends (easily fixed) and that the pau ferro used for the fretboard has obviously been stained a bit and putting some lemon oil on the rather dry looking 'board, caused some stain to come off on my fingers. Still that's merely cosmetic and, again, easily fixable. Oh what's that I hear you say? Very well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I wonder why they stained it, pao ferro is a lovely looking wood, unless they were trying to make it look like ebony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, MoonBassAlpha said: I wonder why they stained it, pao ferro is a lovely looking wood, unless they were trying to make it look like ebony? This is my thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) For purely aesthetic reasons I'm not at all keen on pau ferro, to the point that there's a whole load of Fenders in the current range that I wouldn't even consider because of the colour the fretboards. Shallow, I know. Personally i think the dark stained board suits that particular guitar and colour better than an orangey natural pau ferro board would. And it is a very nice looking guitar. Edited August 31, 2018 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
