Possible to darken rosewood?

[prolead]

Hey guys,I have guitars with both ebony and rosewood fretboards.I definitely like the look of ebony better.All the necks have fins,and some of the rosewood necks are so dark you would swear it's ebony.Some are very light,which I don't care for too much.Is it possible to somehow darken the fretboard in a professional way?Thanks for any help.

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

Yes! Do a search for some of the following and you are SURE to turn up results:

-Ebonising
-Ebonizing
-Dyeing
-Ebonising fretboard
-Ebonizing fretboard
-Dyeing fretboard
-Ebonising fretboards
-Ebonizing fretboards
-Dyeing fretboards

And so forth.

[prolead]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

Thanks bro,my search term showed no hits.I got plenty now,thanks again. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

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[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

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[RacerX]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

I believe it's

Give a man a fish, he'll be fed for a day
Teach a man to fish, he'll be fed for life

or something like that....anyway it flows better.

[randyvanmalmsteen]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

Originally posted by Kev Mc:
Hey guys,I have guitars with both ebony and rosewood fretboards.I definitely like the look of ebony better.All the necks have fins,and some of the rosewood necks are so dark you would swear it's ebony.Some are very light,which I don't care for too much.Is it possible to somehow darken the fretboard in a professional way?Thanks for any help.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">sure, you use stain and it will not get into the inlays unless they are cheapo plastic ones.
I would mask the inlays then apply te desired stain.

[sully]

Re: Possible to darken rosewood?

you may have good results with a dark tinted danish oil. watco makes good stuff, and i know they have a dark walnut tint that may help.

sully