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This reminds me of "we only harvest X ebony trees" nonsense when what they mean is "we only _buy_ X amount of ebony, and we pay more for pure black, so people c
by olliej 3y ago
This reminds me of "we only harvest X ebony trees" nonsense when what they mean is "we only _buy_ X amount of ebony, and we pay more for pure black, so people cut down many trees to find the relatively rare pure black ones"
- analog31 3y agoThis has been an area of interest among musicians. I don't know how much of demand we account for. At this point it is widely accepted that ebony doesn't have to be jet black. The fingerboard of my double bass is a beautiful piece of ebony that is basically dark brown. I'm perfectly happy with it.