Desopolis Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 I was reading on LMI that standard ebony is going to become harder to get and more expensive. Also Stew-Macs preslotted board seamed more expensive to me. anyone know if there is alot of truth to this? I like using the solid black boards and according to LMI I'll have to start using dye in the board, and that I dont really want to do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 It's true; ebony, true, properly black ebony, is getting harder and harder to source, and the prices keep going up. Some of the spanish places still do great wood at great prices (14 dollars for a top-grade ebony board), but it's pretty darn green, and none of it is stuff I would want to use within the next year or two at least (ebony is about the least stable wood I've used for fingerboards). It's still available, but the prices are rising. I'm almost tempted to buy some blocks and resaw myself, but it's very, very expensive wood, there will always be a good amount of waste, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted January 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Im thinking the same thing.. When I lived in Indy I could buy a large block that after resawing I would have uite a few boards of solid black. Ive heard that the dye used to make them solid black can rub off onto your hands while playing, and thats really what im wanting to avoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 i prefer them with the gray streaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 <pulls a board from the trash and writes wes's name on it> Ive got just the piece for you my friend the dye doesnt come off in your hands, otherwise Gibson, Jackson, ESP, and any other major manufacturer would have bad reports going around the internerd about it. EVERY manufacturer uses dye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 i am serious though...i do like gray streaks...i think they look cool you know...there is a such a thing as too much gray...but a board that is perfectly fine except would normally be dyed before use i would use in a heartbeat...without the dye. but yeah...i got a dyed board from lmii for my beast and nothing has ever rubbed off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 grey? witch kind of ebony are you guys using? the stuff Im getting has brown streaks if any... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 grey? witch kind of ebony are you guys using? the stuff Im getting has brown streaks if any... the same one they make broomsticks from generally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I like streaky ebony too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 straight black ebony is boring imo the grey (ghosts i like to call em) and the mac is what makes ebony at all interestng on another note; iwas told that black (true black) hardware is becoming extinct? something about an ingredient in the dye that has really bad emissions or something? theyre will be lots around for quite a while but supposedly they'll be the new gold; the black is being replaced by a gun barrel type of black; prolly unnoticable from a few feet away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Yeah, I think there's some truth to that. If you look at some of the black hardware at Stew-Mac, there are shipping restrictions to EU market countries because those pieces of hardware are not RoHS-compliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Let the wood speak for itself, I say if it has streaks then so be it. That's the wood and let it be . if you can enhance it's character through color without taking away the basis of it's self then you've added artistic value. Just my 2 cents. MK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 OK, that black hardware thing is absolutely absurd. Damn EU regs! (not that I use much black hardware, but if I did, it would likely be Gotoh, which is the stuff affected! Hopefully other webstores/local sources aren't quite as up on shipping regs...ahem. As for ebony, 'real' black ebony has grey streaks. Macassar has brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 "gaboon" ebony i think is what we are talking about,right? i am not really up on my differnt ebonies...i just order whatever is available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I also prefer my ebony with a little grey streaking, mind you my favorite is ziracote and thats almost completely grey/brown with black streaks. The ebony darkens off after a while anyway. I like mac ebony but have real problems with the dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I've been resawing my own ebony for the past couple of years now, it is more economical. Used to be I could find quite a few places with gabon ebony at around $35/bf nice and black too, and I still find it that cheap occasionally, but now its almost double that for gabon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campylobacter Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Yeah, I noticed this too. Here the price has doubled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Macassar is still relatively affordable, Gabon or Madagascar (often even blacker than Gabon) ebony? Forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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