Completed - Raven

[sully]

Finished this Raven up the other day. If any of you are going to Summer NAMM, it'll be at the Boutique Guitar Showcase.


Black limba body and neck, angel step maple top, Richlite fretboard (experiment guitar), stainless frets, etc.

[toejam]

Incredible!

[Razor]

Damn that is sweet!

[VitaminG]

[kamanda]

Oh well F*** me...

[toejam]

Hey, Sully, what do you think of the Richlite board?

[sully]

Hey, Sully, what do you think of the Richlite board?

I've got another guitar in process with a richlite board, and I have no issues with it. I think that it's a great option for those who are unbending in their desire for a truly black board. Martin and Gibson have used it and suffered a backlash, because their buying public doesn't allow them to innovate to other materials, but you have a company like Aristedes who uses it as their default fretboard material, and it's all good.

There are a couple of things that you do differently because of the material, but I'd use it again, happily.

Sully

[toejam]

Cool. I actually went to the Martin factory last week and was checking a few guitars out, and apparently at least one I played had Richlite. I got a catalog, was reading through it later, and realized the one new Mexican model I briefly played and really liked was Richlite.
I didn't really think much of the fingerboard wood while playing it, but it was pretty nice.

[Hellbat]

I've got another guitar in process with a richlite board, and I have no issues with it. I think that it's a great option for those who are unbending in their desire for a truly black board. Martin and Gibson have used it and suffered a backlash, because their buying public doesn't allow them to innovate to other materials, but you have a company like Aristedes who uses it as their default fretboard material, and it's all good.

There are a couple of things that you do differently because of the material, but I'd use it again, happily.

Sully

I know you use stainless frets so less of an issue but how do you think richlite would handle refrets?