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[Trevor Davies]

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I suspect the Pittbill neck "rosewood fretboards" are dyed - does anyone know if it's possible to remove this - I had a though of staining the neck including the fretboard "Jarrah" to make a contrax=st with the whitish body.

The rosewood is not dyed. I cut through a PB neck (to get the truss rod) and the fretboard was a solid dark colour all the way through. Not sure if it is true rosewood though! You could definitely stain the maple wood of the neck a jarrah colour to get contrast.

[EsquireEsque]

The rosewood is not dyed. I cut through a PB neck (to get the truss rod) and the fretboard was a solid dark colour all the way through. Not sure if it is true rosewood though! You could definitely stain the maple wood of the neck a jarrah colour to get contrast.

I see.

I thought it was dyed as when I oil the fretboards I noticed a dark colour coming off them... must just be a wood with a lot of tannins.

I think Jarrah probably doesn't look good against the fretboard...unless the fretboard was also dyed darker....