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Bill Higgs

Post subject: Texas Ebony source

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:23 am

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Does anybody know of a source for Texas Ebony for fretboards?
Thanks,
Bill

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ernie

Post subject: Re: Texas Ebony source

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:05 pm

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First name: ernest
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check with savage woods .in texas near austin.There was a past thread on tx ebony might be in the archives
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ChuckH

Post subject: Re: Texas Ebony source

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:31 pm

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First name: Chuck
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Houston Hardwoods had some Texas Ebony a while back. They have a website if you want to check them out.

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Alex Kleon

Post subject: Re: Texas Ebony source

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:31 pm

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Bill Higgs wrote:

Does anybody know of a source for Texas Ebony for fretboards?
Thanks,
Bill

You might try reposting this in the Electric Guitar forum. Dan Smith hangs out there, and I think he's used Tex Ebony for fb's.

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David Newton

Post subject: Re: Texas Ebony source

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:04 pm

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Location: United States
State: Texas
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The source that I know is "rgv-stingraymill" on ebay. He currently does not show any.
I was able to get some that was suitable for fretboards one time, but my next order was trash. The seller is not interested in cutting out fretboard sized blanks, only sells rough cut log slabs. I figured for how much I was paying and how much waste there was, I could buy black Ebony boards for less.
The stuff that I was able to get made for a nice fretboard, but I hated working the wood, it was nasty.

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surveyor

Post subject: Re: Texas Ebony source

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 7:05 pm

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Joined: Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:06 am
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First name: Mike
Last Name: Spector
City: ORANGE
State: TX
Zip/Postal Code: 77632
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Check out the pics at texaswoodcraft.net. Some of it looks big enough for fretboards.

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