Love them. My bass has a pao ferro fingerboard and I love it. It's sleaker than rosewood, but not as slippery as dyed maple. It sounds pretty good too, although I can't actually say I can hear the pao ferro make this bass a better sounding bass (it's the whole package that you hear ofcourse). I wouldn't go so far as to say I'd never buy a non-pau ferro fingerboarded bass, but it would definately be a plus if it did have one.