Let the Wood Be Wood: Fingerboard Wood and Color
Let the Wood Be Wood: Fingerboard Wood and Color
Let the Wood Be Wood: Fingerboard Wood and Color
When I started building these resonators I remembered some advice I got in guitar building school 10 years prior - "Save the good wood for later". Even though every bit of your rookie self wants to use the fancy stuff- "save the good wood for later."
So instead of paying $35 for the black ebony boards, I paid $15 for the streaky stuff. Thank goodness I did. Look at that selection! These were the first seven boards I picked off the pile. Beautiful. Unique. And in a world of finite quantities and arbitrary grading standards- responsible. Of course I had people say "yeah those beautiful, but guitar buyers want black boards."
In 240 guitars, I've probably had five people ask for dark boards. So.....
-Matt
