I was finding the fretboard rosewood too light and brown, so I used the same trick than on the Star Wars ST and tinted it with black keda dyes.
Quite happy with the results.
After first coat:
And second coat going on:
I'm going to seal it with a very thin coat of wipe on poly. Don't want the black to tint my fingers when I play!
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