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Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Brand new HD-28. Click to embiggen.

I feel certain that they are reacting to the Taylor/Crelicam dictates, since they control export rights to most African ebony and decided to stop the wastage of 9/10s of the ebony supply simply in order to keep it all black. That decision was reached because the world supply of West African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora Hiern) has been harvested and wasted to the edge of extinction.

Bob

Bob, Although it'll be decades before it's realized, Taylor's ebony planting efforts may bring back enough naturally blacker ebony for guitar usage. Then again, in the meantime, and although it's been used for years, I wonder if this will slake many a player's thirst for the dark side.

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tool...erboard-stain/