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Old 01-06-2017, 12:15 AM
Don Lampson Don Lampson is offline
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Default Any Experience Staining Fretboards?

Maybe I'm just a fretboard snob of some kind, but I want black appointments on my acoustic guitars, and don't care if the ebony is dyed. I also have a beloved guitar with a rosewood bridge & fretboard, and cringe every time I look at her. Gaaaak! (The guitar is an Eastman AJ617 SB. Except for the RW board & bridge, she's my pride & joy...)

My tech tells me he can dye the board & bridge black as the ace of spades, and that only careful examination will reveal it to be rosewood. Have any of you had experience with this sort of appearance improvement? How long will the dye job last? Do you think I can pull this fashion risk off with panache, or will I just look like a phony, and be shunned throughout pickerdom for trying to present my box as something it's not?

Don
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