Fretboard Thought...

[Q]

Hallo all!
I'm currently in the process of designing a guitar that I'm hopefully gonna start building this summer...

The question I got stuck on is this; If I was to make a 'skunkstripe' of for instance maple, in the ebony fretboard, how would this affect tone, etc.

Thanks /Q

[metafaza]

Re: Fretboard Thought...

Maple would make it sound a bit brighter. The other question is: is it feasible? I've never seen a guitar like that, but I think it would look killer.

[toejam]

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Actually, ebony would sound brighter than maple, but in this case, I doubt you'd hear any change in tone. I don't know why you'd want a strip in the middle of a fingerboard anyway, as a skunk stripe usually goes on the back of the neck for the a truss rod to be put into.

[fuel0707]

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Originally posted by toejam:
Actually, ebony would sound brighter than maple, but in this case, I doubt you'd hear any change in tone. I don't know why you'd want a strip in the middle of a fingerboard anyway, as a skunk stripe usually goes on the back of the neck for the a truss rod to be put into.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree - a small stripe of wood like that in the fingerboard would have basically no effect on tone. Depending how the stripe was installed, you might also have problems with wood shrinkage.

[MountainDog]

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I'd say there would be no issue with change of tone and no issue of 'shrinkage' based on my Jackson with half ebony-half maple fingerboard (done by GMW):

[etaeniura]

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wood shrinkage.....hee hee [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[quiksilver]

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Wow - wild guitar, Mountain Dog. I like it. [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[metafaza]

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WOW, interesting. Then I guess a strip in the middle is quite feasible.

[Number Of The Priest]

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I believe Maverick guitars have the half-and-half fretboard as well. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Q]

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Sweetness! thanks for the replies, looks like it's been done before, so shouldn't be too impossible [img]graemlins/brow.gif[/img]

[slash]

Re: Fretboard Thought...

Originally posted by MountainDog:
I'd say there would be no issue with change of tone and no issue of 'shrinkage' based on my Jackson with half ebony-half maple fingerboard (done by GMW):

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Perfect for those who can not decide!!! It looks killer dude! [img]graemlins/band.gif[/img]