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Old 08-19-2010, 01:01 AM
Aaron Smith Aaron Smith is offline
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Going back in my head through all the guitars I've owned in my life, I'd be hard-pressed to tell you which had ebony fretboards and which had rosewood fretboards. Obviously I know which wood is used on the guitars I currently own, but I can't say I have a preference either way- cosmetically or tonally. My 70 y.o. Gibson has a rosewood fretboard that had pitted at one point; a competent luthier can do a pretty good job of repairing them to be all but invisible. And even that I don't understand- when I play, my fingers almost never actually touch the fretboard. People must really mash the strings down to do that kind of damage.
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