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Originally Posted by Tim McKnight
Thanks for your post @JoeYouDon't and I am happy to see how effective it was to revive your much loved FB. Is your guitar a vintage one or a modern reproduction? I wonder if your FB is perhaps dyed maple or another hardwood instead of ebony? I have not ever seen ebony with such strong cross grain silking before which leads me to question its species.
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It's a vintage 1939, so should be brazillian rosewood, but Gibson wasn't exactly precise or consistent with building materials - possible it's stained maple, I guess. Whatever it is, it looks and feels better now!