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Old 08-17-2010, 11:10 PM
JohnM JohnM is offline
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There is little doubt that Ebony does indeed wear better in the long run than most rosewoods (African blackwood being one exception in my opinion). No quibbles there. I still believe the imparted tone of the fingerboard on the guitar as a whole is negligible. Regardless of how the boards ring when examined individually as opposed to when viewed as a unit the way the end up on the neck the difference is, from what I've experienced via fingerboard swaps, not perceivable. But yes 60 years from now a rosewood board will look, more or less, worse for wear than it's more dense ebony counterpart. Perhaps that's a good enough reason to use ebony, and that is indeed a valid point of discussion I, however, still love the look of the Madagascar/Brazilian/African Blackwood fretboards.

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