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Old 05-25-2007, 12:36 PM
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Sorry, but there was no custom ordering available on the Burners at all. They were made and shipped as made, period. We supplied all the Fingerboard blanks to Japan for the Burner 6s in Morado/Pau-Ferro from the beginning to the end of the production and never used or offered any other wood choice for the Fingerboard.

Ken, can you tell me what fingerboard is on this Burner-6?
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Old 05-27-2007, 12:31 AM
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Ken, can you tell me what fingerboard is on this Burner-6?

Allot of red in this fingerboard, can you tell me what fingerboard wood is used on this Burner-6?
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Old 05-27-2007, 12:39 AM
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Again, ALL Burner 6-stringFBs were Morado. The color varies from light to dark and reddish to brownish and even a bit purplish on the real dark ones.. That's the species of the wood.
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