'ebony'
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while planing an e-bevel out of this board I discovered after the black dye was gone that that the wood was not a great specimen at all / it looks kind of like rosewood to me , but also could be ebony . Any advice on wether or not to change the board :confused:
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To me, this is the best and most stable Ebony I have found. I use pieces up to 6 inches wide with no cracking in storage or use. For the Indian and African ebony's I can't say the same. |
I think boards like that looks kind of nice - nobody will notice it from the audience anyway, so why not have a little character. Take the micromesh to it and get a mirror polish!
Few things irritate me more than playing a bass and coming away with black/purple fingers from a dyed fingerboard either - I just don't see the point in being vain about a jet black board! Ken - do you have good ebony in sizes for DB fingerboards that you'd sell, or is your stuff reserved for your own instruments? |
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If this stuff was readily available to me I might consider selling BUT, my big wide stock is what I use to make Ebony Tops. It's basically 'black gold' to me. The middle shelf over my left shoulder near the shop vac shows some ebony boards from 3-5ft in length x 6" wide. I have used 'some' of that so far and that lumber dates back to about 1993. In 1998-1999 or so I was able to get another load of it. I haven't seen any since. |
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