Black macassar ebony bass guitar fingerboard

Black macassar ebony bass guitar fingerboard grade AAA*.

Diospyros celebica sourced from Indonesia.

1090kg/m3

Photo is of a typical piece.

Within any parcel of Macassar ebony there will be a small number of boards with little or no coloured striping, making them effectively black. Maccasar ebony buyers concentrate on the boards that are finely streaked with bands of yellow to reddish brown.These nearly black boards are an opportunity for those that require black ebony. West African ebony, the main source of black, does not quite have the same number of virtues in the wood.

The grading system as detailed below evolved in the tonewood department of Timberline many years ago as an attempt to clearly define quality aspects of guitar back and sides sets. I hope that it will be easily understood and that you will excuse me for using a system unique to this company.

AAA – Quarter sawn wood or nearly so.

AA – Wood that is quartered to one edge, (where the centre joint of the back will be ), gradually straying from the quarter ending up slab sawn at the opposite edge.

A – Wood that is slab sawn, the main slab sawn area being approximately half way across the board.

* - One or more asterisks may be added to the grade mark to indicate wood that is aesthetically more pleasing or desirable by virtue of colour, intensity of figure or fineness of grain.

Standard guitar 530 x 70 x 9mm
Standard bass guitar 710 x 70 x 9mm
7 string guitar 530 x 75 x 9mm
8 string guitar 530 x 85 x 9mm
5 string bass guitar 710 x 80 x 9mm
6 string bass guitar 710 x 90 x 9mm