![]() ![]() Rubbing that on the wood causes a chemical reaction to the tannins in the wood turning. The method calls to soak/dissolve the steel wool in vinegar for 24 hours, some people do it a week or more. It uses vinegar and any iron/steel material, usually steel wool. Unless their appearance distracts from the overall appearance of the guitar, I usually leave them. Ive been looking a LOT into that method for ebonizing. Like Mike I have cut into many old fingerboards only to have streaks and marks mysteriously appear. Personally, I don't consider striped ebony a downgrade, just different in appearance. Some models such as the D-35 and D-28 (the standard one only I think) have gone back and forth from black ebony/striped ebony as black ebony became available/unavailable/available and so forth. Striped ebony is never dyed black by Martin as far as I know. 49 Reaction score 12 1 I am staining a fretboard and i tried my best to mask everything off tightly but i think some of the ink seeped through the sides of the tape and i can see it on the side of the neck through the tape. it has much more of the streaks and marks in it, with brown/yellow/off-white streaks often running from one end to the other. I don't know when Martin first began to dye black ebony (it's probably been a long, long time ago), but the streaks and marks are why they did it.ĭyed black ebony should not be confused with "striped ebony" which is a different species of ebony altogether. Oh yea, he installed new MOP inlays in it. Im leaving it as is now and enjoying it for what it is. ![]() It looked good after I got it back each time (2 times) But the dye will eventually come off on your fingertips. Although it has always been common to find streaks in it, it has become much more common these days. I had my luthier dye a Gibson LP gold top rosewood fingerboard to look like ebony. It is true that it is quite rare these days. Honestly, what I would recommend is to go back over lightly with 0000 steel wool then once over each fret lightly with a dampened rag. I heard a long time ago that completely black ebony has become quite a rare commodity and that is when Martin began to dye the fingerboards black. ![]()
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