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Vintage v400mh mahogany topped dreadnought acoustic FS - £100
Ebony boards do often look better than the alternatives on none-more-black guitars. Personally I like cocobolo and ziricote best though.
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I had assumed that ebony was black, you know like all the little carved elephants you see in antiques shops.
I must admit it did look good on the black guitar body attached to it.
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I've wound up with ebony boards on two of my guitars, more by accident than insistance. It looks nice for sure, although it's hard for me to define the sound influence without comparing similar guitars with different boards.
btw, silly question time, is it still OK to use lemon oil to clean them?
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It is a bit harder to work but not enormously so. Wenge is much harder to work with, for instance, because it splinters at the slightest provocation.
I can feel the difference between rosewood, maple and ebony too. Pretty easily, it's pretty obvious. Maybe that's just the way I play, though >:D<
I thought this was a temporary arrangement after Gibson's timber 'difficulties'.... Seems like they've used the raid as an opportunity to permanently cheapen an iconic guitar....