Ebony fretboard on e2 horizon 3

Duško K.Duško K.
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    Duško K.

    Hi! I have an  esp e2 horizon 3 guitar... Question is... Guitars is almost New and after couple of weeks, when i play like 2 hours plus i noticed my fingertips become like black lightly... It goes away after washing my hands.. Is it beacuse ebony fretboard or string... Is there anyone with same experience? 

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    Emine
    Emine wrote

    Yep happened with my eclipse when is was new. I believe its just some polish coloring coming off. It no longer does that on mine and fretboard is still nice and black.

    I have a follow up question to yours if anyone knows. Can I apply lemon oil on the ebony fretboard?

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      Marcus C.
      Marcus C. wrote

      New ebony boards will do this, and lemon oil is good for them, you may get the same thing after oiling the board. 

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        Valentyn C.
        Valentyn C. wrote

        Yeah, the same, just received the new ESP E-II HORIZON NT-II one week ago and after playing my fingers become black. And, also in most touchable areas, the fretboard becomes not so black as before - wiped coating.

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          Algy
          Algy wrote

          What??!! 

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            Michael S.
            Michael S. wrote

            Likely dye used to darken the ebony is coming off.

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              Filip K.
              Filip K. wrote

              But why does it come off that easy? Is there a way to stop this? Never got this before. My Eclipse has also a very nice dark ebony fretboard. But my fingers turn black very quickly.

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                Ralph S.
                Ralph S. wrote

                Just clean board and frets well with preferred fretboard treatment. Probably just residual polishing compound 

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                  Filip K.
                  Filip K. wrote

                  Thank you, that's what I actually did. Took some lemonoil and cleaned it up.

                  Now the problem is gone

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