JKozy88
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- Mar 21, 2017
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Hey All,
Hoping for some "design" advice! I'm finalizing some details on a build and i'm torn on the final choice...fretboard wood.
Long story short, i'm looking at a spalted maple body and a flamed maple neck/headstock. I'm torn between traditional pitch black "gaboon" ebony for the board or spicing it up a bit with macassar ebony and hoping for some neat coloration / streaks.
My concern with the macassar is that the guitar could look "too busy" between the figured body and headstock...on top of a streaked fretboard. I have a solid black ebony board with abalone dots on my Taylor acoustic so I know that's a winning combo. I need to make the call between the "classy" solid black or going all out on a custom build with a real cool macassar grain.
I'd love to hear some takes from the crew here - Thanks!
Hoping for some "design" advice! I'm finalizing some details on a build and i'm torn on the final choice...fretboard wood.
Long story short, i'm looking at a spalted maple body and a flamed maple neck/headstock. I'm torn between traditional pitch black "gaboon" ebony for the board or spicing it up a bit with macassar ebony and hoping for some neat coloration / streaks.
My concern with the macassar is that the guitar could look "too busy" between the figured body and headstock...on top of a streaked fretboard. I have a solid black ebony board with abalone dots on my Taylor acoustic so I know that's a winning combo. I need to make the call between the "classy" solid black or going all out on a custom build with a real cool macassar grain.
I'd love to hear some takes from the crew here - Thanks!