Question Is it really Ebony fretboard on my JPXI?

[centtang]

Is it really Ebony fretboard on my JPXI?
Please advise...

 

[ohdamnitsdevin]

Yup, thats ebony. It may not be the darkest ebony i've seen but it is. Try using some f-one oil on it to bring her back to her glory.

 

[centtang]

can I use other lemon oil such as fret doctor ??

 

[DrewH]

Ebony is actually rarely jet black. 10% or less of harvested ebony is. Ebony can actually be quite stunning with its brown streaking and color variations. Since the jet black stuff is rare and expensive, you are seeing more manufacturers using the streaky browner stuff. You can always tell a brown piece of ebony from a piece of rosewood by the size of the pores.

 

[matty76]

I've read a lot of companies dye their ebony boards, and that MM don't? My Dargie has a black as night ebony,and my Roasted Black Sugar has some very obvious grain showing, both play good, so that's all that matters

 

[DrKev]

+1 to what DrewH said. And that's a beautiful piece of ebony.

(By the way, Search YouTube for Bob Taylor's video about Ebony. Educational. Shocking even.)

 

[Metlupass2]

Looks like baked maple to me.











I kid.