Fretboard colour

Adey

Or in a takeaway mug?

Adey

Or even with your name written on it?

MattNovak

tony99 said:

I like my fretboards like I like my coffee

Me too - ground into dust and kept in the fridge.

RaymondLin

Adey said:

Or even with your name written on it?

Most places can't spell my name.

Adey

Ah... Starbucks fretboards.... look like fret boards, but don't really have much fretboard in them. Generally a bit on the "thin" side.

PhilKing

Staining has been going on for over a century that I can show.  I have a 1917 Washburn parlour guitar that has Brazilian rodewood back and sides and what looks like an ebony bridge.  About 20 years ago, the bridge split and I took it to a luthier to have it repaired.  When he removed it he found that it was stained rosewood.  He re carved an ebony bridge to replace it.  It is a great guitar and record and plays excellently (unless you don't like triangular neck profiles).

TeleMaster

Yea, as silly as it sounds darker maple and darker rosewood just looks better. But I wouldn't not buy a guitar because of it, I'd just stain the board. 

ICBM

I like a lot of different colours and grain patterns, but I’m least keen on pale brown or orangey colours - just don’t like the colours, nothing more. And I really dislike dry or rough boards irrespective of colour.

Sassafras

I've been painting all my fretboards white after Billy Corgan 
pronounced that white guitars sounded best.

richardhomer

I suspect vintage folklore has a lot to do with this - people thinking that all vintage guitars have dark rosewood boards.

They definitely don’t....

HAL9000

tony99 said:

I like my fretboards like I like my coffee

What? Frothy?

crunchman

Is this dark enough?