Perseverance payed off that rosewood looked real hard not soaking in any of the ebony too good maybe that's why it took so many coats,so was it rosewood or a cheaper alternative maybe......great job bro
Good job. I’ve watched some shred videos of yours and you are awesome but I never subscribed. After watching this I had to. Great stuff man. I love your determination to obliterate the rosewood.
My wife plays guitar too and her main guitar is the Tony iommi model SG. It's all black except for the fretboard which is the light brown. I put lemon oil on it and it darkened up some but not enough. I will have to copy you, Kev.
I had all four parts playing while I was ebonizing my own fretboard. You inspired me to do this, and it kind of felt like I was learning with you haha cheers bro 🍻
I think that one mistake ended up being a blessing. This thing turned out absolutely killer! The pain and frustration is what makes us strive for better goals. Rock on!
I've also seen videos where people used a razor blade to drag across the binding to scrape that stain off. Gentle pressure and patience went a long way for them. It looks great man!
Very entertaining. Your a trip man and I'm 100% positive it was your first coat that slowed the process down. Your fretboard was thirsty and when it soaked up that stain it didn't leave much room for additional coats. You pretty much kept diluting that first application until you got the ebony you wanted. Good times, we live and we learn.
What may caused the problem whas that first coat you applied, the wood need to be completely dry to suck all the stain properly, so the following coats didn't went in properly because the wood was already saturated. Also that's a common issue when people tend to condition their fretboards with lemon oil or any other stuff then some time after they decide to dye their fretboards and surprise!, the fretboard is hydrated with oil and the stain can't get in the wood. I'm thinking in doing this to my SLX Soloist too, but I did a LOT of research before that and your video is the most helpful thing that I have come across bro. I appreciate all the tips and the time you spent on recording all the process, I'll start doing it maybe in a couple weeks, I'll make sure to send you some pics of the process and the final result when I get it done. Cheers from México my dude!
Wow. Just like bodybuilding, you put in what you get. You put in the work and you got something very nice out of it. Masterclass of work, now string it up and play some cannibal corpse
Looks good. I tried this a decade ago and the stain kept coming off on my fingers after playing it heard and fingers sweating for like some weeks afterwards. Hope you realize better long term results. \m/
I did the same hack to Block The trem. You can sand The coins and solder them together (with regular guitar soldering gear) for a more secure thing. I even drilled a hole in the coins and screwed them to the body, making the trem only dive. Tuning stability improved a lot
Hey! Do not use lemon oil!! A lot of people say that it’s good but it’s not. So what happens is that it will condition the fret board for a little but... when it dries out it takes a lot of moisture out of the wood causing it to shrink and crack.
Looks killer man! I admire your attention to detail and dedication to your desired result. If you want an easier way to handle the binding than the thumbnail of peace, you can use a new razor blade to gently scrape the excess color off of the top (next to the fretboard).
Thank you for sharing this! I've been wanting to play around with a sterling stingray and love the roasted maple necks on the current models, but I've been so torn with getting the advantages of the dines model for the hotter pickups and 2 octave scale. But I hate the look of the maple fretboard. I'll be getting mine on Monday and may very well use this to get a neck that I'd rather see.
Yoooo Kevin! I did this with two of my gitfiddles over the weekend! One took one coat (beginner's luck?) and the other took two coats, came out lookin sickkk dude, thanks for the content and the project idea! You the man, keep up the good work \m/
did you oil it or any thing after you put the stain on? if so, what did you do. Also, since then has the stain come off on your fingertips at all? thanks for showing your process!
Whoooooo!!! Glad you finished it, looks killer! Now you will never be able to sell or trade it because after that much work it's got to be worth a lot to you haha
having done this would you consider a different stain? Stew Mac has ebony fretboard stain but not sure how effective it is compared to what you used. Any suggestions on an alternative or are you pretty happy with the work and final outcome?
How did you do that? I have a Jackson Demmelition which red with a black bevel and a rosewood fretboard with a white binding. I absolutely hate the white binding. After Darkerning the fretboard I would like to something to the binding.
I have both of the Meshuggah Ibanez 8 string signature guitars and hated the rosewood fretboards. Your videos finally psyched me up enough to actually ebonize them myself during this quarantine nonsense. I'm Local 65 B USW iron worker and just got 9 days of paid layoff so I'm currently bored AF. Great how to series you've done here. Hope you do more how to's in the future.
