smee Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 which ebony is the kind that people use for fretboards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 The two main types of ebonies used for fretboards are Gaboon and Macassar. Gaboon is the blackest of the ebonies while Macassar is lighter with chocolate brown striping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smee Posted December 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 is there any difference between them besides prices though? will i feel or hear it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Doubtfully. I'm not an expert on ebony, but I know that they are both very dense and very close grained. I would just get the macassar and the black stain the Stewmac sells if you want the look of gaboon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 (edited) nice gaboon is pure black, expensive as crap. macassar is striped ebony, cheaper but still expensive. *most* people oil their fretboards heavily or use the stewmac fingerboard dye, which turns it pure black anyways. sooo i dont know if you want to pay the extra $ and not be able to see a difference when you finish it. i got the 24 fret board from stewmac. part number 4655 i think. and its pretty dark to begin with, and thats 400 roughed out. edit: im using macassar on a neck/body back, check out my thread in 'in progress' if you want to see what the color of it looks like. however, my fingerboard from stewmac looks way diff, as you can see there. Edited December 11, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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