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Originally Posted by David Hilyard
... So to whet my appetite and keep my spirits from dampening, I went with a different material on the baritone Matt Mustapick made for me. He had this gorgeous fingerboard blank of cocobolo and a bridge blank to match. I love the look and often stare at the fingerboard in between tunes to keep my love for guitar from dampening.
And my Mustapick cocobolo fingerboard and bridge:
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It was pictures of David's guitar that made me go for a Cocobolo fretboard on my current Mustapick Baritone build (see below). I really couldn't convince myself that going to a more non-traditional fretboard material would be worse than ebony. I love seeing the wood grain on the Cocobolo over boring black of ebony! Other people will have their own preferences.
I have guitars with both ebony and rosewood fretboards and the differences I perceive in the guitars are dominated by features other than the fretboard. Regarding longevity, I have to agree with other posts that I won't be around long enough to worry about it!
