Gemm012 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) I'm just wondering if there are any suitable dark woods for fingerboards that are not from exotic forests or any of that stuff. I'd like to make a guitar out of non exotic woods (maple and walnut are what I'm thinking primarily) and I want a dark fingerboard wood and I don't think walnut is suitable for that and if I really need to I can use dyed maple or, more reasonably rosewood, cause I don't think hardrock maple would take a stain too well, but I'd prefer not to. Anyway, thanks for any help. Galen. Edited December 17, 2005 by Gemm012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Persimmon is a good hard American wood, they used to make the heads of golf clubs from it. But it is pretty hard to find, rare for reasons having nothing to do with rain forests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Persimmon is a good hard American wood, they used to make the heads of golf clubs from it. But it is pretty hard to find, rare for reasons having nothing to do with rain forests. ← Yep. Smallish trees, mostly, and it's actually an Ebony. It is quite ugly without staining, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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