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Originally Posted by Carlis Hsu
I've got my Ken Smith BSR5EG from Basscentral in August last year. The bass was built in 2009.
Today when I looked at the fingerboard I found there were many "grains" all over it:
The whole series of pictures is here, from frets 1 to 24: http://s1075.photobucket.com/albums/...20Fingerboard/
Is that normal/acceptable? I've checked some pictures of ebony board but none of them look like that... |
This is Macassar Ebony and it has open grain. Very normal. Some pieces have more and some have less. It is just the wood. NOT cracks.
http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpages/ebony.html