Thank you.
"Is there any difference in the Ebony?"
-Yes, there is.
"what your wood 'Inlay' is"?
-It's figured "Yanase Cedar" in Japan. It's not burl wood even it looks like it.
It's way denser and heavier than common cedar wood.
This individual is about the same density as sapele.
This one unique cedar grows only in a part in Japan.
And my mother grew there.
That's the reason why I decided to make this "Yanase Cedar Project."
"will they perhaps have a tendency in time, move, separately due to glue creep or humidity"?
-I don't think so. It's not like glueing plastic and wood.
As long as we use proper adhesive and do proper job on each glueing surfaces, glued pieces of wood is more durable and last longer than solid wood.
I used low viscosity epoxy, CA, and Titebond3 this time.
"are they similar in weight? Hardness"?
-This fingerboard is a bit lighter than solid ebony fingerboard. I weighed this one and some of ebony ones. This crazy fingerboard is about 93% of average ebony fingerboard in weight.
The hardness is about the same as ebony since where the fret tangs will be in is ebony and inlay wood sit nice and tight.
Weight : 182.3g(≒6.4~6.5oz)
Thickness : 7.1mm(≒3/10inches)
Ryo