Hey guys what fretboard is on this BT5 string?

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Jon Greenwald

Take a look at this 1990 BT5...It looks like a Maurado fretboard but I havent seen many BT models that had anything other than Ebony...
Could it be a very light grain of Ebony?

Nope, based on the photo, definitely not ebony. That would be Pau-Ferro/(Morado). There are a few older Smith's with the Pau Ferro fingerboards out there. I personally have a couple of them.