Is the name and $20 the only difference?

[jalbertochavez]

So I thinking up ideas for yet another Warmoth guitar while lookin' at Warmoth's neckwood and fretboard wood combinations & prices and then I saw something I hadn't noticed before. I saw that Warmoth sells regular Ebony fretboards and Jet Black Ebony fretboards ($20 more). I already have an Ebony fretboard on my Warmoth Strat (profile pic) and it's blacker than pitch. Does anyone know if there is a significant difference between regular Ebony and Jet Black ebony or is it just $20 and the name? Is a Jet Black Ebony fretboard blacker or have less streaks than regular Ebony? Let me know what up y'all.

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[Bill in SC]

Ebony can come streaked and brownish, or a combination of blacks, browns and streaks. Jet black is ALL black, no streaks, and no brown undertones.
BB in SC

 

[misplacedsanity]

You pay the extra $20 for the ability to ask your friends "It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black."

 

[-CB-]

You can dye the board like Gibson, Fender, Ovation, Ric, Taylor, etc etc do.
The dye works GREAT - is cheap, and after initial rub down tends to stay put (not come off on your fingers).  Its a ONE time application for the life of the wood too.

 

[tfarny]

Read on Stew Mac that 'really black' ebony boards are the result of staining. They sell the stain in a little ink bottle. I doubt you could stain it after the dots are added, though, so it makes sense for W to charge $20 for staining (or for picking out black boards, I don't know).

 

[simple]

Warmoth doesn't stain ebony so what you see is in its natural state.

 

[-CB-]

And worth the premium!~

But for mere mortals - yes you can stain it, and yes you can stain over the dots with minimal or no effect on them.

 

[ildar]

I like the brown streaks and spots and swirls in ebony. Why cover those up? FWIW, you can stain rosewood as well.

 

[rahimiiii]

I got a neck with ebony board and it looks pretty black to me... any more and I might be accused of being racist...

 

[dm251z]

I got a neck with ebony board and it looks pretty black to me... any more and I might be accused of being racist...

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