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Rustylee - Posted - 07/11/2007: 18:47:32
I see a lot of instruments that have an ebony overlay on their fingerboard. Guitars, Banjos, violins and on and on. I was wondering if the ebony actually serves any purpose except for appearance?
I have a Deering Goodtime banjo with no ebony and it plays and sounds lust fine.
Thanks,
Rusty <><
Edited by - Rustylee on 07/11/2007 18:48:02
BanjoBrad - Posted - 07/11/2007: 19:52:36
Ebony, like the maple used on the Goodtime, is an extremely hard wood and stands up well to use.
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Bill Rogers - Posted - 07/12/2007: 00:17:46
Exactly. Those Goodtimes, like the maple-fingerboard Fedner guitars, will pit and wear out a lot sooner than ones with ebony, rosewood or other extra hrd & dense woods for the fingerboards. I worked briefly in a violin shop and periodically we'd see an old really cheap fiddle with a died maple fingerboard just worn to a frazzle over the years.
Bill
Renaissance_Woman - Posted - 07/12/2007: 01:39:20
Too true! Especially when the fiddler forgot to trim his nails.
(Sorry, I've only slept 11 hours in the past 4 days. Pretty punchy right about now.)
Suze
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