Look at this fretboard!! Is it Rosewood?

[hunter]

Check this fretboard guys. Isn't it gorgeous?

http://www.godlyd.no/default.asp?page=1&product=4707&p4707_v=1

[Twinfan]

Nice bit of Braz there  :)

[hunter]

Haha, yeah I could have as well read that spec sheet :O)

Was too focused on the board ... tsss tsss

[WezV]

nice example of what you can expect from current supplies of brazilian rosewood!

[gingataff]

nice example of what you can expect from current supplies of brazilian rosewood!

The grain is a bit on the wriggly side isn't it.

[WezV]

i was just gonna call it stumpwood but i am sure suhr are 1 step above that!!

[Philly Q]

Are all those squiggly bits regarded as "good", or would the ideal piece of Brazilian be straight-grained (as - I thought - it would be for Indian)?

[hunter]

Well I don't know what's better tone wise, but looks wise, wiggly does it for me!

[WezV]

yeah, traditionally a lot of the brazilian used on those instruments of old was straight grained but thats simply not availble now so most of what we see being used and fetching high prices is wigglier and often has more bug holes

[Lew]

Quite surprising too see that actually as John Suhr preaches about straight grained and non figured neck wood on the forums whenever it comes up and how anything else is poop. Bet it cost a friggin' mint

[dave_mc]

nice wood all-round, the mahogany looks sweet too

[gingataff]

I'd rather have a Tele.

[ericsabbath]

I prefer dark jacarandá (brazilian rosewood)
I had a les paul copy with a piece of jacarandá that looked just like ebony
I'm not into stained boards

[Dreichlift]

Quite surprising too see that actually as John Suhr preaches about straight grained and non figured neck wood on the forums whenever it comes up and how anything else is poop. Bet it cost a friggin' mint

I think it's the neck itself John Suhr is concerned about not the fingerboards. His argument that figured maple is more prone to warping/distorting when used in the neck makes sense but given the amount of manufacturers using figured wood for necks I suspect that distortion is less common than he maybe makes out. Although I have heard some manufacturers that have for a long time made used of birdseye for the necks (notably Peavey) are now switching to plain maple with figured boards so perhaps it took a while for people to notice.

[Sifu Ben]

The Suhr Modern makes me look thoughtfully at my credit card.........