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05-02-2021, 01:14 PM
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Weird spot on Richlite fretboard
Hi, I'm new to the forum and just wanted to say that I really love this place!
Last week I bought a brand new Martin D-13e and I absolutely LOVE IT. It came perfectly set up and it sounds beautiful, it surpassed my expectations by far. But, today while changing strings I noticed a weird spot/shade at the 12fret of the richlite fretboard and honestly got really worried about it being a fungus of something of that nature that can expand throughout the fingerboard in the future... should I be concerned about it? I don't have any previous experience with richlite. FWIW I have very good higiene and never play any of my guitars with dirty hands or let anybody do so.  Cheers, 
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#4
05-02-2021, 01:53 PM
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Some Richlite fingerboards just have
"Photobucket" printed on them But it's usually custom order!
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#5
05-02-2021, 01:56 PM
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At next string change just clean it with a damp towel and maybe run steel wood over the entire board and then see what it looks like? I don't think mold or fungus would take too well to a paper/resin compound. Very dense material.
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#7
05-02-2021, 03:13 PM
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If it really bothers you and you still can, then return it. Since you didn't notice it until you had the string off, I'd say that it's not so bad and you don't notice it when you're playing.
Those Road Series D-13's and D-12's really do sound good though, don't they?!
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#8
05-02-2021, 04:10 PM
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I might be able to return it but it just sounds and feel so good that I don't want to change it! I really don't care about it looking like a minor smudge, I'm just still concerned about it being something thant can become a problem in the future. Again, I don't know if these spots are a common thing on richlite.
And yes, Martin knocked it out of the park with the road series!! I'm telling you, this D-13e is not very far from my beloved D-28. Quote:
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#9
05-02-2021, 04:12 PM
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Right! I totally forgot about them [emoji28]
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#10
05-02-2021, 04:14 PM
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Pablo, I can’t see the smudge you’re talking about, not in the photo you provided.
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#11
05-02-2021, 04:15 PM
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Thanks for the tip and info! I didn't know anything about richlite until now. Still wondering what it might be tho...
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#12
05-02-2021, 04:25 PM
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Thanks gibpicker!
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#13
05-02-2021, 04:26 PM
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NGL it was way out of my budget but it was totally worth it..
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#14
05-03-2021, 05:42 AM
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A fungus??
Never heard of such a thing on a guitar fretboard unless the guitar sat in a case for fifty years or something.
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#15
05-03-2021, 08:29 AM
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Very difficult to see in the photo, but it's probably a result of the leveling / polishing process for the fretboard. Richlite could react differently to the process of installing and leveling the markers than a ebony surface. The Richlite product contains binding agents that are not present in ebony, rosewood, or other natural solid wood fretboards.
You might try polishing the overall area with 0000 steel wool or white 3m pad (use light pressure only in the same direction as the length of the neck, not "cross-ways") to see if it blends in or disappears. My guess is it will disappear with a very light buffing with the 0000 steel wool.
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