Streaks on fretboards, nature's beauty or fault ?

[Unwound G]

I received this neck last month and did not expect it to be as streaky on the fretboard.  I am not too particular about it but it got me thinking that if I string it, will the streaks appear unbalanced against the strings ?  Did Warmoth did it on purpose to show nature's beauty or left it to us to stain it with ebony dye ?

 

[m4rk0]

what what what? you ordered this as regular ebony??
I ordered macassar ebony years ago, and got a black fingerboard, with one little tiny lighter stripe on it... I would have paid an upcharge to get one like you!

 

[-CB-]

Yah, they did it on purpose, just to spite their competitors.  They do things like that...  :icon_biggrin: (kidding!)

 

[DangerousR6]

They may just grab the next board off the top, and yours just happened to be the lucky neck.... :dontknow:

 

[bbl4ck]

Yea, that is a beautiful fingerboard.  :glasses9:  You are the lucky one indeed...

 

[buckallred]

Very cool. I absolutely would NOT stain it. Beautiful! Never seen one like it!

 

[Dan025]

looks just like mine! which was ordered as macassar ebony. i wouldn't change it, some pay extra for that sort of thing.

only if i was doing a theme like a none more black sorta thing would i change it. for anything else i would welcome the uniqueness of all the pieces.

 

[Unwound G]

This neck is actually from Showcase and the pictures did not show up the streaks very well so it is just luck of the draw.

 

[SlingBass]

Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder.  Most of us do revel in the unique available woods at Warmoth - gorgeous neck  :glasses10:

 

[Orpheo]

man, that streaking is LOVELY!

 

[Crazy Dave]

Nature's beauty.  :glasses10:

 

[CrackedPepper]

It's a fault - horrible looking fingerboard and it *will* look wacky when you string it.  I'm sure that you don't want it.  But, today is your lucky day!  I am willing to take it off your hands (for a discount, of course) so that you won't have to look at it everytime you play.  PM me for details and shipping instructions ;-)

 

[mayfly]

I think it's beautiful.  Wish I had that on my boards.

 

[dbw]

Sweet fretboard!  Do you have those Showcase pics?  If you have the part number we can look up the photo

 

[line6man]

That's awesome!

Surely you're not serious about staining that board black? :sad:

 

[Soylent]

That's awesome!
Surely you're not serious about staining that board black? :sad:

+1 I'd have that neck any day of the week.  :headbang:

 

[Unwound G]

Sweet fretboard!  Do you have those Showcase pics?  If you have the part number we can look up the photo

The Showcase number is TN2499 and it only cost $261.50 after sale discount !!!

 

[Wyliee]

Just as a quick note, Warmoth does not dye their ebony fretboards.  They're left all natural.

 

[Lucky #7]

Stain that board and I will find you.

 

[DangerousR6]