Fretboards - Pluckers Paradise https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/ Guitar Making Forums en-GB Sat, 16 May 2026 23:33:50 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Fretboards https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22671 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:10:46 +0000 If you treat it right it will stay purple. I've built a thinline Tele with a purpleheart top and neck a good few years ago and it's still a beautiful purple colour. I sprayed the body with 2k polyurethane and finished the neck with wipe-on poly. I think purpleheart discoulors under the influence of UV, correct me if I'm wrong....

]]> Pluckers Paradise Edwin https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22671 RE: Fretboards https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22669 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:26:30 +0000

Also, purpleheart is cheaper and easier to get. And it's purple.........

My favorite however is purpleheart for fretboards more do then rosewood.

I thought that purple turns into brown after a good while? Don't know if that is true or not.

Can you explain ? cause I am also interested in using purpleheart, but not if it turns brown :-)

]]> Pluckers Paradise Koendb https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22669 RE: Fretboards https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22665 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:43:14 +0000 Also, purpleheart is cheaper and easier to get. And it's purple.........

]]> Pluckers Paradise Edwin https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22665 Fretboards https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/fretboards/#post-22664 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:01:07 +0000 Ebony is just so nice looking. My favorite however is purpleheart for fretboards more so than rosewood.

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