Godin - Richlite Fretboards Stablize The Neck

When I became aware of the whole CITES thing I made it a point to acquire the guitars I wanted that traditionally utilized rosewood fretboards. Only one got away; a "Bass VI". I'll have to wait on one of them to show up on the used market and, no doubt, pay a premium for it.

I'm about to acquire the last of my acoustics and it too will have a rosewood fingerboard. It's a generational thing for me, perhaps. Rosewood, maple, and ebony are the fretboard materials my "guitar heroes" used (people I actually knew, not strangers on the radio). They didn't use pressboard of any type no matter how high tech.

I realize that rosewood will always be a "premium" choice for the well heeled but all my gits (as if I actually have that many), electric bass guitar, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar, fall into the category of "cheap guitars" for most of folks. However, nothing on my tonal palette costs over a Cleveland, only couple (as in "two") are over a McKinley, and the rest didn't stress the Benjamins. That will also never change.

I guess my point is that I will never own or record with a pressboard fretboard no matter high tech; ain't gonna ever happen. I simply won't do it and by the time "no one really cares about fretboard material" I'll be well into my dirt nap. There will come a time when folks don't have a choice. I still do.