Is this normal?

[zou rui]

Hi! Everyone~ new here. Just buy a New Jackson JUGGERNAUT HT6FM,And when I got the guitar I found this big black line on fingerboard... Just want make sure is this normal on a newguitar??
will it make guitar sounds bad?

 

[cindarkness]

No, it won't make the guitar sound bad.

 

[spudmunkey]

To me, it just looks like either a mineral streak or maybe a minor bark inclusion. As long as you don't feel it, it shouldn't affect anything. It's just cosmetic. To me, it doesn't look like a crack.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

To me, it just looks like either a mineral streak or maybe a minor bark inclusion. As long as you don't feel it, it shouldn't affect anything. It's just cosmetic. To me, it doesn't look like a crack.

 

[dr_game0ver]

It is wood, not plastic nor metal. it is alive, grows, is impact by it's surrounding. That sort of thing is 100% normal.

 

[Lemonbaby]

Black streak? It will sound even better when you're playing black metal.

 

[zou rui]

Thanks everyone~!
this is not a crack for sure，so I will just ignore it

 

[jephjacques]

Mineral streaks improve the tone by accentuating the high end and adding stiffness to the neck.

(THIS IS A JOKE)

 

[jephjacques]

For real though I think they're neat, it's a cool little bit of history of the tree the neck came from.

 

[zou rui]

It`s really disappoint for me when I first seen this big black line on a maple fingerboard...
But other than that this guitar is perfect!

 

[technomancer]

As others have said as long as it's not a crack you're good

 

[zou rui]

Thanks for saying that，maybe this do makes a guitar unique

For real though I think they're neat, it's a cool little bit of history of the tree the neck came from.

 

[CanserDYI]

Yeah I love knots and mineral streaks and weird figurings, this is the same type of feeling to me as hearing a calloused finger slide on an acoustic guitar or hearing a jazz saxophonist take a quick breath, a reminder of the humanity/naturality of all these things we do.

 

[FitRocker33]

I think that’s a major structural flaw…your neck is in jeopardy if it deviates from the climate it’s already in…luckily for you I don’t ever leave my house so I’m prepared to cut you of this burden and buy your guitar so you don’t have to stress anymore.

Since the neck is basically broken let’s say I write you a check for 250?

 

[bigcupholder]

Mineral streaks improve the tone by accentuating the high end and adding stiffness to the neck.

(THIS IS A JOKE)

So what you're saying is I should take a pencil and add mineral streaks to my fretboard?!

 

[Mboogie7]

Mineral streaks improve the tone by accentuating the high end and adding stiffness to the neck.

(THIS IS A JOKE)

Nope, not a joke. You’ve started the next great debate that will last centuries. Bold move, Jeph, bold move

 

[Yul Brynner]

Looks like not a crack but those streaks of dark soft crumbly stuff that leaves a void in the wood. I would at least get a discount for such a large blemish in a place that should be perfectly smooth. That probably should have been sold as a 2nd or B stock.

 

[Marked Man]

Mineral streaks improve the tone by accentuating the high end and adding stiffness to the neck.

(THIS IS A JOKE)

More high end, yet more earthy, as minerals come from the Earth.

 

[Andromalia]

More high end, yet more earthy, as minerals come from the Earth.

Actually, most of them come from outer space. I seem to recall the ultimate authority on this, "Pigs in spaaAAAAAce" having an episode about that.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

So what you're saying is I should take a pencil and add mineral streaks to my fretboard?!

I polish my frets with steel wool without masking, then buff the filings into the fingerboard.

You can also smash up a razor blade between two hammers (remember, safety glasses are for dorks) and the hammer the shards into your board.