'ebony'

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

Ken - do you have good ebony in sizes for DB fingerboards that you'd sell, or is your stuff reserved for your own instruments?

I have a bit of Lumber in stock but replacing it is easier said than done. The last time I sold a chunk it was a barter with Mike Pecanic as I shipped him a board cut up in 3 pieces and he made me a TP I needed and kept the other two pcs in partial trade.

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.