A lot of the woods from the mesquite family, Texas Ebony, Desert Ironwood work well for fingerboard and bridges. I have a set of microcurl mesquite that I plan to use for back and sides in an all American build. The T. Ebony and D. Ironwood are dark brown and would be a pretty good background for inlay and I feel confident that they would hold frets nicely.
Nice Job Chris. The osage orange and walnut combination is quite creative. Looking forward to seeing this under finish.
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