Back in 2011 I was at a dealer in Memphis and looked at an ebony Schon,and before I knew it my late dad was buying it.
It looked dead black in the store,like it was made in the 60's/70's.
From arm's length or across the room it looks dead black,even now under poolroom lighting.
However,back this past April at my yearly tournament repair gig I decided to play as well,so I had to get my cues out.
The bar that hosts this tournament has a LOT of glass on two sides,and from about noon on if the weather is nice there is an amazing amount of sunlight that comes thru the large windows on the side of the building where I set up at.
It wasn't until I laid my cues out on a table that was covered in a patch of that light that I had ever seen anything other than black,but in that stream of sunlight it looked like more like a Macassar,with a distinct grain that reminded me of really dark Bacote,with what looks like some birdseye figure :tongue:.
I turned around and held it up with my back turned to the sun and watched it turn black again.
The last I saw,Stew Mac is selling Higgins brand India Ink now instead of the oil dye,which is where I read about the dye trick on fretboards years ago.
It looked dead black in the store,like it was made in the 60's/70's.
From arm's length or across the room it looks dead black,even now under poolroom lighting.
However,back this past April at my yearly tournament repair gig I decided to play as well,so I had to get my cues out.
The bar that hosts this tournament has a LOT of glass on two sides,and from about noon on if the weather is nice there is an amazing amount of sunlight that comes thru the large windows on the side of the building where I set up at.
It wasn't until I laid my cues out on a table that was covered in a patch of that light that I had ever seen anything other than black,but in that stream of sunlight it looked like more like a Macassar,with a distinct grain that reminded me of really dark Bacote,with what looks like some birdseye figure :tongue:.
I turned around and held it up with my back turned to the sun and watched it turn black again.
The last I saw,Stew Mac is selling Higgins brand India Ink now instead of the oil dye,which is where I read about the dye trick on fretboards years ago.
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