Thank You for the comments ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
OK, so I hope I'll not mess up anything while writing about this
(I heard Fender used this technique in the past.)
So first there is a Maple fretboard (core) - the radius, fret slots are all made/prepared on the Maple fretboard, later an already shaped 1mm Ebony overlay is glued on the Maple fretboard.
This process itself takes more time than your "average" fretboard gluing/building but this makes the neck/fretboard more rigid, which makes the resonance/sustain better.![Bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/bowdown.gif)
So there it is![Wavey :wavey: :wavey:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wavey.gif)
I'm with scherzo1928 when I ask, how did the maple/ebony overlay come about? I'd never heard of such a thing before (the more I think of it, the cooler it sounds). .
OK, so I hope I'll not mess up anything while writing about this
![ugh :ugh: :ugh:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/ugh.gif)
So first there is a Maple fretboard (core) - the radius, fret slots are all made/prepared on the Maple fretboard, later an already shaped 1mm Ebony overlay is glued on the Maple fretboard.
This process itself takes more time than your "average" fretboard gluing/building but this makes the neck/fretboard more rigid, which makes the resonance/sustain better.
![Bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/bowdown.gif)
So there it is
![Wavey :wavey: :wavey:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wavey.gif)