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Sexy Black and White Ebony FBs
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Author:  LanceK [ Wed May 28, 2008 9:01 pm ]
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Man Chris that is a great find!
[:Y:]
Author:  Heath Blair [ Wed May 28, 2008 9:54 pm ]
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es too sexy! but i must!

those are way cool man. maybe you should dye them jet black because thats what everyone wants in a fretboard right?
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Wed May 28, 2008 10:39 pm ]
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Chris, if you have enough width, you could use the leftovers for peghead overlays. If you could bookmatch those, that would be fantastic.
Or slice 'em into rosette tiles and pull off something outrageous.
Cool looking material for sure.

Steve
Author:  RobE [ Wed May 28, 2008 11:15 pm ]
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That ebony is definately sexy. What a find. The ebony that I am using for my first had some white in in, but it looked horrible, so I just dyed it. This white thought looks awesome. I wish I had some of this when I was thinking about using ebony. Where did you find these billets, if you don't mind me asking?
Author:  Mike Kroening [ Thu May 29, 2008 12:26 am ]
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verhoevenc wrote:
Well the problem with white in MOST ebonies is that it's sapwood... in black/white ebony, the white is hardwood as well and just as hard as the black. That's what makes this special. It's also known as pale moon ebony. It can be found on the 'bay every now and again. The other side of the blanks are pure white, so I'll get two fretboards with that pattern, and two dull white ones which could be VERY interesting!
Chris
Chris, Definitely a very nice find. :) I have so little left of the one I found a few years ago from Gilmer wood. It polishes up so nicely though.:) I have a damaged fretboard,( my fault ) that will someday become inlays or something as I won't waste wood like it. Still have to finish the 335 clone that I have some of the striped ebony on as a fretboard as well. Enjoy the great wood you found.

BTW even the small cutoffs can be made into some nice dangly earrings for your girl as well. Just some food for thought on that. My wife loved hers!! :)

Mike aka MiKro
Author:  Jonas [ Thu May 29, 2008 5:06 pm ]
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Whoa! Are you sure you can handle the two of them? Mabye you should consider.....idk? mabye "outsourcing" them to your fellow forum members laughing6-hehe

great find
Author:  Andy Zimmerman [ Fri May 30, 2008 4:42 pm ]
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That is great stuff. I used some of that for an L-OO guitar.
I love it. It has a odd smell when you work with it
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