Members chiro972 Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 My fretting fingers are getting all black at the tips. I put on a new set of strings, but it still does it. Is there some kind of dye that is usually on them that does this to your fingertips? Or is it just mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 69lespaul Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by chiro972 My fretting fingers are getting all black at the tips. I put on a new set of strings, but it still does it. Is there some kind of dye that is usually on them that does this to your fingertips? Or is it just mine? My tips get black from new strings not from my ebony fretboard. I think anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acravero Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Is this a new guitar? Ebony does not come off and won't dye your hands (i have two violins with ebony boards). If your hands are turning black it sounds like you may have a fretboard that was stained to look like ebony. I've heard of a lot of people doing this to dark rosewood boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sparky6string Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by acravero Is this a new guitar? Ebony does not come off and won't dye your hands (i have two violins with ebony boards). If your hands are turning black it sounds like you got something that was stained to look like ebony. My Burny LPC copy has a rosewood fretboard that's stained to look like ebony and it makes my fingers pretty black too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chiro972 Posted June 8, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Well, It's an Agile Harm 1. I don't want to get into the whole war on Agile quality. (I love this guitar by the way) But I don't believe Kurt would advertise it as ebony if it was not. Maybe it's the strings. I can't get anything to rub off the fingerboard with my other fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members holler Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Some ebony boards have streaks in em so I would assume they dye em so its uniformly black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members No Soul Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by holler Some ebony boards have streaks in em so I would assume they dye em so its uniformly black yup. too bad too, there are some beautiful patterns to be found in ebony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwsher Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 Chiro, I have read some other posts about the GHS strings turning people's fingers black. Mine never did but could be what's causing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted June 8, 2005 Members Share Posted June 8, 2005 {censored} if i know. My maple boards do the same so I assume its the strings. Those GHS strings came off in a hurry. I hate GHS and Ernie Ball!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chiro972 Posted June 9, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 9, 2005 Actually, this is with a brand new set of d'Addarios that I put on. I couldn't even keep the thing in tune with those GHS's that came on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted June 9, 2005 Members Share Posted June 9, 2005 The statements above about stained ebony are correct... Many makers will stain ebony boards so that they are all black instead of having brown grain patterns. This stain will tend to rub off for a while. I have a Howard Roberts that did this for the first little while. I also agree with the above that if often looks better if not stained- I have a '73 Hagstrom Swede that has a beautiful ebony board, and it has this gorgeous rootbeer flame to it that looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members No Soul Posted June 9, 2005 Members Share Posted June 9, 2005 Originally posted by Josh S I also agree with the above that if often looks better if not stained- I have a '73 Hagstrom Swede that has a beautiful ebony board, and it has this gorgeous rootbeer flame to it that looks fantastic The truth of the matter is the naturaly all black pieces of ebony are actually considered better, and are usually more expnesive. However, I dont believe this to be common knowledge which is why Im suprised at how many ebony boards are dyed, when astheticaly the brown streaks look so much nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranalli Posted June 9, 2005 Members Share Posted June 9, 2005 Most people buy ebony to be completely black.....sellers try to pas of streaks as "desireable" but they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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