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I've built a ukulele with padauk.
It's not much harder than mahogany, so fingernail divots will appear fairly fast. The colour fades to brown with daylight, so bear that in mind.
The sanding dust is bright pink and stains everything it contacts, so you'd want to complete all the shaping before you attach the board.
Also I seem to recall that unfinished padauk stained my fingers, at least until the surface oxidised, so the board might need a coat of finish to protect the player's hands.
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That's ann awesome looking banjo . I will be using Ricard tuners on mine as well.Thanks for the pic !
according to the hardness chart it should be substantially harder that Mahogony. That said, my last banjo has Mahogony for the fret board with stainless frets and it seems to be wearing quite well. ie not at all yet. I do keep the nails trimmed though. My plan is just an oil finish on everything so hopefully I won't have a problem.
I built a guitar from Padauk, sides, back, bridge, overlay, and fretboard. Padauk has a 1710 lb. janka hardness. About twice as hard as mahogany, maybe 20% harder than rock maple which is common on Fender fretboards. .
It was a pain to bend sides, 3 broke. The grain is very open and takes a lot to fill the pores, cracks/splits easily. It is certainly hard enough for a fretboard and is a beautiful wood.
If you want a harder red fretboard, look at bloodwood.
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