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Originally Posted by ehawley
Here is a shot of the ebony...
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I'm a big fan of this stuff. Most people think it's from Africa, but it's from an island in Indonesia, just above Australia. Ujung Pandang is now called Makassar. I heard that it's often dyed black and sold as African ebony.
That piece you have is very nicely coloured, Ed. A timber shop by me had a log of the stuff but it had cool creamy ripples in it like this.
I think higher grades have more uniform colour, but I really dig the stripes! Can't wait to see the finished fretboard.