BluesKing777 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (Sounds like I'm getting wound up to buy another guitar.) Aha! It is sounding a bit complicated above..... I gave up smoking 3 years (+2 months, 4 days and 7 hours hack hack hack), and I said at the time that I intended to buy a Gibson that I wanted with the money I wasn't spending on smoke to give myself some encouragement. Little did I know that 3 odd years down the track that I was going to go insane/mad/crazy from the lack of nicotine and one addiction was left for another. GEEEEETARS!! Wow! Now I say I am going to have a look at ....(fill in blank) and she doesn't even look up from her novel...... So, perhaps confuse her with big numbers and guitars and cases everywhere, and don't forget to sell a few....but then get some more! And gadgets from the internet and strings from all over the place and Forums to confer about all this STUFF! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 You might find that a rosewood board eliminates the darkness for lead playing. I have gone back and forth on this issue for thirty years now, and I am convinced that there are indeed a few guitars that must have an ebony fingerboard (1929 Martin 0-18K) but most can do very well indeed with the rosewood. Remember that when you order a custom J45 they aren't going to the firewood pile to select your EIR - you get the good stuff. In many ways, that can be better than heavily dyed ebony that blackens your strings and fingers and lifts every time you use fretboard conditioner (a Gibson product). Gibson's issues with wood are well documented, but we all need to accept that it will be many years before a well managed supply of ebony will be available for instruments again. There are ways to find ebony that can be reclaimed. I once found a solid ebony piece of furniture, bought it at auction and had it made into more that forty fingerboards. I also had a Martin stage guitar that was totally done in Micarta for the bridge and fingerboard and it was perfect material for a road guitar. I can understand someone not wanting a custom guitar made with alternate materials, but in the end it is how the guitar sounds and plays that matters, yes? Just some thoughts. Well, so much for rationalizing that I can resist a RW J45 since Gibson stopped making them with ebony last June. Seriously, thanks for the valuable insight. So, I guess I need to explain to my wife how I can save her a thousand dollars by getting a Honky Tonk Deuce without the MOP dice! Time to load 6 Dwight Yoakum Albbums in my cars CD player. Or maybe just six copies of his "acoustic" album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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