Bob Taylor mentioned Cameroon as being the only place to legally export the wood. There very well could be other places that harvest viable amounts, but remain illegal to export.fronobulax said:Not sure I believe that Cameroon is the only viable source but I will note that at LMG II Guild folks discussed woods and explicitly said that they were going to offer striated ebony because the solid ebony was becoming difficult to obtain.
Without going back and re-reading the "Gibson's Woes" thread to refresh my memory, I'm pretty darn sure that the outfit that was handling Gibson's wood importing was a major source. Back then I went to their web site to "look around", and they had already listed their ebony fretboard blanks as "limited to existing stocks only". Sorry I forget what their name was, but apparently a pretty significant source of luthier materials, and reading between the lines I saw it as a confirmation of what was mentioned in the Gibson thread, that ebony was already "no longer available", while the source of Gibson's woes in that thread was "rosewood".Ridgemont said:Bob Taylor mentioned Cameroon as being the only place to legally export the wood. There very well could be other places that harvest viable amounts, but remain illegal to export.fronobulax said:Not sure I believe that Cameroon is the only viable source but I will note that at LMG II Guild folks discussed woods and explicitly said that they were going to offer striated ebony because the solid ebony was becoming difficult to obtain.
ArchtopAnimal said:Hasn't brown and stiped wood been stained black for years now ? Many an ebony bridge that I flip , is brown underneath.
A solid-black fingerboard looks miles better than non-uniform colour . I wonder if they're really going to stick with this
ethos and supply whatever they pick up , or there'll be an up-charge for all black ; a.k.a. we're ethical , but for a price
we'll forget it .
It's been a common practice (staining ) Ebony to darken it or make it a more solid black for years as far as I know.ArchtopAnimal said:Hasn't brown and stiped wood been stained black for years now ? Many an ebony bridge that I flip , is brown underneath.
A solid-black fingerboard looks miles better than non-uniform colour . I wonder if they're really going to stick with this
ethos and supply whatever they pick up , or there'll be an up-charge for all black ; a.k.a. we're ethical , but for a price
we'll forget it .