Ebony and temprature changes.
Ebony and temprature changes.
You guys... :rolleyes:
Ebony IS alot more sensitive to temperture and humidity changes then Rosewood.
That's why you'll find all kinds of guitars with ebony fretboards with the frets sticking out the sides, that's because it continued to dry out long after the frets were installed. Can anyone say "Gibson Faded" series? They were all rushed out before the fretboards had dried to the usual 44%.
Ebony is a hard wood, with a beautiful classy black, but it needs more attention then rosewood. Depending where you live, every rosewood or ebony fretboard should get a touch of light mineral oil, (or lemon oil or some such, once or twice a year).
This slows the effects of humidity changes.
Ebony cracks too...
Having a Kh-2 vintage custom shop for almost a year, it has been the guitar I have constantly gone back to. I recently got a gibby explorer, and I was kinda disappointed with the quality.
Anyway, I needed a more versatile sounding guitar since I started jamming with a band... Just picked up a standard series ESP MII (bolty with SD's), and I'm totally blown away! Its actually very close in quality to my Custom Shop KH!
The neck is totally awesome, and the Seymour duncans seem more versatile than EMG's.
Wow!
^^ yes...
But I would find it strange to find that the neck's stability comes from the FRETBOARD. I think it should come from the wood of the neck, the maple piece. Maybe the neck is fairly thin on this guitar so it reacts rather sensitive?
My Ibanez always reacted much more quickly to climate changes than my SG. Pain in the ass, too...
thanks everyone for your replies
The NECK won't change shape due to the fingerboard being more prone to temperature. Your neck is maple, let's not forget that.
For all we know your truss rod is not doing anything. Has it even been professonally setup, and I don't mean the factory setup.
ye the neck is maple on all my guitars and it's only the SV that f**ks up. And it has been professonally setup 3-4 times since I bought it summer 2005.