Mule

Let the Wood Be Wood: Fingerboard Wood and Color When I started building these resonators I remembered some advice I got in guitar building school 10 years prior - "Save the good wood for later". Even though every bit of your rookie self wants to use the fancy stuff- "save the good wood for later." So instead of paying $35 for the black ebony boards, I paid $15 for the streaky stuff.  Thank goodness I did.  Look at that selection!  These were the first seven boards I picked off the pile. Beautiful. Unique.  And in a world of finite quantities and arbitrary grading standards- responsible.  Of course I had people say "yeah those beautiful, but guitar buyers want black boards." In 240 guitars, I've probably had five people ask for dark boards. So.....   -Matt