Fretboard Wood Species Source: Guitar Fretboard Fretboard Wood Species Selection: Years ago (not that many actually) there were basically only 3 choices of fingerboard woods available. Those were Ebony, Rosewood and Maple. While these are still hard to dispute as the “top of the heap woods”, the market has opened up quite a bit as [...]
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Guitar Fretboards Source: Guitar Neck The Guitar Fretboard: First of all, let’s clear one thing up. You will see the terminology fretboard and fingerboard used interchangeably throughout not only this site, but around different luthiers and guitar people as well. There is nothing wrong with using either term as a fretboard does hold frets and [...]
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