Slotted Guitar Fretboard Blank Gabon Ebony USA Luthier Made Martin Std. Scale

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Slotted Guitar Fretboard Blank Gabon Ebony USA Luthier Made Martin Std. Scale

Guitar Fretboard Blank, Slotted 

Gabon Ebony

Martin Standard Scale 25.4" nominal (25.38" actual)

USA Luthier (ret.) Made

I’ve retired from lutherie, but still like to putter around in the shop.  So I've been making bridges, slotting fretboards and the like.  I make everything personally with ordinary woodworking machines.  No CNC, no automation, no employees.  And I do take pride in my craftsmanship.

This fretboard is made from Gabon Ebony.  It’s the real deal, although the totally black Ebony we used to get is probably a thing of the past.  Usually there are faint streaks of gray or brown, which I like to leave alone since they add to character.  Others may want to stain them out, which is easily done with dyes sold by both Stewmac and LMI. (Actually, these are nothing more or less than Fiebling's Black Leather dye which can be bought many places for about half of what the luthier suppliers charge.  So if you want to go that route…) There’s nothing quite so classy as real Ebony.  And it’s a great wood to work as well.  You can leave it matte or, with something like Micro Mesh you can put a mirror-like polish on it.  Either way it’s gorgeous.  But expensive.  Sorry.

The 20 slots are the standard .022 inches, set up for the Martin 25.4 scale length.   The width throughout is about 2 5/8"

If you're just starting out in lutherie, this will help get you through one of the tricky parts.  If you're an old hand you can free yourself up from a tedious job and spend more time on the creative side.  Either way, I think you’ll like it.  As always, if you do not, send it back to me and I’ll cheerfully refund your money.

Slotted Guitar Fretboard Blank Gabon Ebony USA Luthier Made Martin Std. Scale

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