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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:31 am ] |
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I want to use Macassar ebony for the fingerboard on my next project, but I want it to be black. How can I dye it black? Would it be better to have this done for me? |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:42 am ] |
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Why not just buy a gabon ebony fretboard? That's the obvious solution... |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:47 am ] |
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I agree, get a black ebony board and save the nice streaky one (if that's the issue) for a project where that's an appropriate aesthetic. |
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| Author: | hoosierukes [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:53 am ] |
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I dug through some stock the other night looking for a piece of black ebony to make a fingerboard exactly like one on a matching uke. I found it and slotted it. Later I looked at the first uke carefully and it had a macassar fingerboard that had turned very dark with play. It has a nice and subtly figure. I may not be as picky in the future. |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:06 am ] |
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I agree with leaving it as is, but the guy that wants to buy the guitar when done wants Macassar, but black. |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:00 am ] |
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[QUOTE=SteveS] I agree with leaving it as is, but the guy that wants to buy the guitar when done wants Macassar, but black. [/QUOTE] Then he's just a tad clueless... You shure he maybe just want ebony? It makes no sense whatsoever... |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:30 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Hesh1956] LMI has a black fret board dye that will cover any thing. Many factories use this same stuff with Huss & Dalton being one of them.[/QUOTE] Hesh, I have used that and it dose work well, but it has an artificial look to it. |
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| Author: | MSpencer [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:44 pm ] |
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If the customer wants black, black, then he probably has Macassar confused with the Gabon ebony. I have had a few that were dark, however very few to none that were black/black. I agree with Lance, the dye does look artificial The Macassar does get darker with play Good Luck! Mike White Oak, Texas |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:10 pm ] |
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Personally, I find Gaboon has a lot of color variation (in the lots I have bought). Some of it has a real mottled appearance. Not something I particularly care for. I am always careful to ask for BLACK boards when I buy Gaboon. IMHO, the really good stuff is the Madagascar ebony. That stuff is much blacker. It is a little more expensive, but in my mind it is worth it. |
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