Ziricote vs indian rosewood baritone tele build

[sol niger 333]

Anyone care to share their experiences with a comparison between these two woods as fretboard material? I am having built a warmoth 28.5 inch flame maple telecaster shaped neck to bolt on to a one piece swamp ash telecaster body. I'm wondering if I'll need to balance it out with the warmer indian rosewood fretboard? Or will Ziricote be a better option?

Any advice greatly appreciated

 

[AeonSolus]

Anyone care to share their experiences with a comparison between these two woods as fretboard material? I am having built a warmoth 28.5 inch flame maple telecaster shaped neck to bolt on to a one piece swamp ash telecaster body. I'm wondering if I'll need to balance it out with the warmer indian rosewood fretboard? Or will Ziricote be a better option?

Any advice greatly appreciated

Ziricote is kind of Brittle sounding and more so if the neck is maple, which would transpose as clarity on a baritone, although i think you wouldn't have a problem since the body is Swamp, I'd say Change the neck wood to something like mahogany or rosewood with a Ziricote fretboard that way you'll balance it a bit more

 

[BR10N]

I agree, Ziricote sounds great If you have it with the right woods.

 

[7 Strings of Hate]

for what its worth, in my baritone build, i decided against zircote because warmoths supply never has the white streaks that make it look great IMO