striped ebony fretboard...porn

here are some indoor fretboard shots of the '81 F-100, micro and macro.
today would be a good day to "vote" whether this is a rosewood board or a natural ebony board with stripe/swirl.
thanks to Elwood for suggesting a new thread, i was getting tendonitis from scrolling.
close inspection also tells me someone put some clearcoat poly touch-up on the position marker side of the neck, there are little tongues of overlap on that side of the fretboard, also a little splatter higher up.

John, that is a beautiful guitar! I would vote for rosewood due to the grain pattern. -- Darwin

I vote Ebony. I'll have to look at some of my other guitars but here is a long shot of an Ebony FB with some cool red streaks. I don't have any close ups but I could take some.



Tom

here are some indoor fretboard shots of the '81 F-100, micro and macro.
today would be a good day to "vote" whether this is a rosewood board or a natural ebony board with stripe/swirl.
thanks to Elwood for suggesting a new thread,...close inspection also tells me someone put some clearcoat poly touch-up on the position marker side of the neck, there are little tongues of overlap on that side of the fretboard, also a little splatter higher up.

Thanks for getting the thread going. That sure is an interesting slab of wood. The stretch of figuring that
looks like spots might be filled in with something. I'd guess it might have been refretted, especially if an edge was touched up.
I'll have fun taking shots of a few figured fingerboards around here. Hopefully it'll be a good reference thread for future G&Lers.

i was getting tendonitis from scrolling.

In your user control panel, you can choose to have the newer posts at the top

Thx, I like the most recent posts at the top much better!
Still not sure of my fretboard wood. 1st impression was rosewood but haven't seen the diagonal light bands like that in a rosewood board before.
The original catalog from this website says for F-100: fretboard: maple or ebony

John, that is a beautiful guitar! I would vote for rosewood due to the grain pattern. -- Darwin

Thank you Darwin! These are really special guitars. Sounds like nothing in my closet. Love the tonal variations provided by the pickups themselves, the "coil splitter", and the out of phase switch. Very versatile.
I don't really have a good understanding of what the "coil tap" or "coil spltter" actually does in this circuit. Probably too simplistic to say it "turns off" one of the pickup's coils.

I vote Ebony. I'll have to look at some of my other guitars but here is a long shot of an Ebony FB with some cool red streaks. I don't have any close ups but I could take some.



Tom

Very interesting, Tom. Thanks for the example of the ebony board. Beautiful! Hopefully others will post examples as well.

Looks like Rosewood to me too, by the grain. I have an ebony neck with some coffee color, but the grain is MUCH tighter with nearly no pores.

John, that is a beautiful guitar! I would vote for rosewood due to the grain pattern. -- Darwin

Thank you Darwin! These are really special guitars. Sounds like nothing in my closet. Love the tonal variations provided by the pickups themselves, the "coil splitter", and the out of phase switch. Very versatile.
I don't really have a good understanding of what the "coil tap" or "coil spltter" actually does in this circuit. Probably too simplistic to say it "turns off" one of the pickup's coils.

See this in our Gallery: F-100 and F-100E Instructions.

Thanks, Craig, most helpful!

Tom's fretboard:



My fretboard:



??A specific characteristic of the wood (?ebony), or "splatter" of finish? I vote for the former.

I'm sure your right.
At first I thought if yours had been refretted maybe the tech did a little sanding and filling, but Tom's proto
has me convinced it is just the ebony figuring. It should be called Leopard Ebony
What is the date on your neck?

neck 10/8/81
or dalmatian ebony!

Even my Ebony board above has a couple spots on it so I would imagine its in the wood. I will be working on the prototype in the next couple days and I will scrutinize the FB in more detail.

Tom

Well it's not ebony but its stripped at least. I figure the thread is slowing down a bit so its safe.



My rosewood ASAT neck.