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| Author: | profchris [ Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard colour |
Aesthetic advice please! I have an interesting looking piece of oak which I'm thinking of using as a fretboard on a mahogany neck, for a tenor guitar. It's light though, like a maple fretboard. How do you all think it might work to the eye? (I'm happy it will work mechanically, including humidity expansion, though I guess it will show finger-wear dirt in time). The mahogany may end up a shade or two browner, and the nut which separates headstock from fretboard, visually, will be a very dark brown. And if it helps, this goes on a black body with cedar top, so the top is a similar shade to the fretboard. Attachment: Oak fretboard.jpg
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| Author: | printer2 [ Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard colour |
I like it. |
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| Author: | rlrhett [ Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard colour |
To my eye it is too close to the mahogany, but not a match. I think I would either fume the oak to significantly darken the color or choose something else. |
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard colour |
Yeah, color is too close. |
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| Author: | banjopicks [ Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard colour |
I like it and would do as you said and darken the mahogany to somewhat match the body. Let the oak stand out in contrast. |
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| Author: | Heath Blair [ Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard colour |
What are you going to bind the body with? |
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| Author: | Mark Mc [ Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard colour |
+1 for the opinion that they are too close in colour to each other. I think it is better to have some contrast. I also don't tend to like light coloured fingerboards, and find them hard to keep clean - but that is just a personal preference. So, my $0.02 worth of opinion would be to keep the mahogany colour and darken the oak. |
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