I use Brazilian, Madagaskar and Amazon rosewoods as equal fingerboard woods. All of them are hard, quite stable, good sounding and beautiful woods. To make sure that finished neck will be stable fingerboards must be well quartersawn and straight grained. Fingerboard woods must be carefully sasoned for several years before use.

When I prefer dark fingerboard I use Ebony or African Blackwood. (t.ex. FS or S) Ebony usually means trouble if not seasoned properly for five years at least. African Blackwood is blackish brown, very hard, polishes to high luster and has a terrific tap tone. It is more stable as Ebony but expensive and hard to get. African blackwood is my favourite wood for a dark fingerboard.

I use Pau Ferro for acoustic bass fingerboards. It's safe compared to Ebony and large good quality pieces are easily foud. Pau Ferro is very suitable for fingerboards. Colour is light brown with stripes.