CME Pacific Peach Player JM

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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by MattK » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:24 am

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I'd be dyeing that fretboard! Beautiful colour tho.
This piqued my interest. How would you go about dyeing a fretboard?
Most hardware stores have wood dyes and oil dyes which would do the job, especially with a stain prep rubbed into the wood first. A lot of ebony fretboards are dyed to hide the blonde streaks which naturally run through most ebony.

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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by MKR » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:39 am

Hey fender! just use some indian laurel FFS!

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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by PixMix » Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:19 am

MatthewK wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:24 am
smjenkins wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:20 am
MatthewK wrote:
Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:20 pm
I'd be dyeing that fretboard! Beautiful colour tho.
This piqued my interest. How would you go about dyeing a fretboard?
Most hardware stores have wood dyes and oil dyes which would do the job, especially with a stain prep rubbed into the wood first. A lot of ebony fretboards are dyed to hide the blonde streaks which naturally run through most ebony.
Stewmac sell Higgins fountain ink as fretboard dye. This is a very commonly found ink, it's cheap (about $4 a bottle from art suppliers) and works great. Once the ink dries, some fretboard oil locks it in place and you'll have a nice and dark fretboard.

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... ard-stain/

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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by flysky578 » Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:04 pm

MKR wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:39 am
Hey fender! just use some indian laurel FFS!
Just as bad as not worse looking :k

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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by MKR » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:14 pm

flysky578 wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:04 pm
MKR wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:39 am
Hey fender! just use some indian laurel FFS!
Just as bad as not worse looking :k
i don't know what you mean, but most indian laurel i have seen could pass for rosewood.

It's just kind of crazy that fender is putting out $1000 plus guitars and people want to dye the fretboards, while a squier affinity jazzmaster gets heaps of praise because the fretboard looks so much nicer (on a recent thread in this forum).

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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by timtam » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:20 pm

New fretboard wax/stain product from Monty's (UK). Anyone tried it ?
www.montysguitars.com/collections/depar ... -relic-wax
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U1W8mQaaww
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Re: CME Pacific Peach Player JM

Post by LVC » Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:39 am

MKR wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:14 pm
flysky578 wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:04 pm
MKR wrote:
Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:39 am
Hey fender! just use some indian laurel FFS!
Just as bad as not worse looking :k
i don't know what you mean, but most indian laurel i have seen could pass for rosewood.
Squier uses at least two species of wood under the name "Indian laurel", and they look very different.

About two years ago I bought a CV Mustang neck for a project. The fretboard is truly horrendous. Very pale, yellowish light brown, with a really ugly loose grain and huge pores. I'm not super picky about fretboards but this wood looks really cheap and crappy.

Earlier this year I got one of the new Paranormal Super-Sonics. The fretboard is supposed to be Indian laurel as well, but it looks nothing like the CV Mustang's. It looks a little like Indian rosewood indeed, maybe a little less reddish and with less depth. Quite dark with very fine grain. Rather nice-looking.

But I still prefer Pau Ferro :P
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