Ibanez TMB30, now poplar body and jatoba fretboard

[parker 71]

This bass gain popularity beeing a decent shortscale, great for the price and for some great, period. Now it seems that we have next generation, made of poplar body (instead of mahogany) and jatoba fretboard (instead of rosewood). Everything else seems to be same as old ones. Ofcourse, we talking of woods in cheap guitar but there must be some differences. What do you guys think of it? Better, worst or different?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_tmb30_bk_talman_short_scale.htm

 

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More CITES friendly, not a bad thing overall.

 

[mrmxyzptlk]

Three days ago I received in the mail a new TMB30 that I had ordered online. Having previously seen photos of this bass only with a rosewood fingerboard, I was mildly shocked at the appearance of the jatoba. It's lighter in color than rosewood, somewhere between rosewood and maple in hue. It's a departure from the traditional appearance of a guitar or bass fingerboard, but I quickly adjusted to it. My only complaint about it is that the dot markers are not quite as visible as they would be against a rosewood fingerboard.

According to the Janka hardness test, jatoba is a harder wood than rosewood, but softer than ebony.

Janka hardness test - Wikipedia

 

[BruceWane]

Three days ago I received in the mail a new TMB30 that I had ordered online. Having previously seen photos of this bass only with a rosewood fingerboard, I was mildly shocked at the appearance of the jatoba. It's lighter in color than rosewood, somewhere between rosewood and maple in hue. It's a departure from the traditional appearance of a guitar or bass fingerboard, but I quickly adjusted to it. My only complaint about it is that the dot markers are not quite as visible as they would be against a rosewood fingerboard.

According to the Janka hardness test, jatoba is a harder wood than rosewood, but softer than ebony.

Janka hardness test - Wikipedia

Yeah, I was gonna say the bass pictured at the link in the first post doesn't look like it has a jatoba fretboard to me. Jatoba I've seen has a lot more red in it, often lighter overall, but sometimes a fairly deep color.

But it is a fine wood for instrument building, just not necessarily what we're used to seeing.