Epi LP Standard fretboard material

[Al_Pe]

Hi everybody,
I own a lovely Epi goldtop Les Paul standard made in 2017 and I'm quite curious about the fretboard material.
On Epi website they did not mention at all the board material, and it kinda looks it's not even wood, but some sort of synthetic thing: it looks like it's a very darkened rosewood-like wood, as if they took rosewood or similar wood and then stained it in black. but it's very smooth and despite its look it has no grain at all when you touch it, almost like a varnished fretboard (even if it's not varnished at all).
Btw it's a very nice fingerboard and I actually love it, it could even be a block of bakelite or concrete and I wouldn't mind ; I'm just curious about that.

So if you guys have some info to share it will be much appreciated.

Thanks everyone in advance

 

[Raiyn]

There has been some transitioning going on in relation to the CITES II regulations.

Post some pictures, not just of the board and let's see what you've got.

 

[Al_Pe]

There has been some transitioning going on in relation to the CITES II regulations.

Post some pictures, not just of the board and let's see what you've got.

Here are some pics; as you can see it's a goldtop dark back.
Thanks again

 

[Paruwi]

Looks like very dark dyed Rosewood to me

 

[Davis Sharp]

I'm also going with dyed rosewood. I don't see the white flecks of cryptowood.

 

[BGood]

Bakelite ? Shows your age ...
Nobody makes this stuf anymore, don't they ?

Every time I see a painted top LP, especially a gold top, I always do a double take, when I see the backside with the reddish stained wood. Why don't they, like any other guitar, paint the whole thing ?

 

[vomer]

Why don't they, like any other guitar, paint the whole thing ?

I prefer to see the wood on the back, myself.

And welcome, Al!

 

[Al_Pe]

Thank you all folks!

 

[Al_Pe]

I prefer to see the wood on the back, myself.

And welcome, Al!

Thank you!

Btw , back it's much darker in natural light. I used flash on my camera in those pics, thus enhancing the reddish look of the back and pulling outwood grain a lot. In the daylight it's more like a very dark cherry brown, almost completely hiding wood grain.

 

[Raiyn]

Bakelite ? Shows your age ...

Tell that to my Vaseline glass soap dish.

 

[Walker]

Could be the same Dark rosewood my ES339 P90 Pro has. I thought mine was Ebony when I got it. Here is the thread on it:

http://www.epiphonetalk.com/threads/ebony-board.3481/

 

[Al_Pe]

Could be the same Dark rosewood my ES339 P90 Pro has. I thought mine was Ebony when I got it. Here is the thread on it:

http://www.epiphonetalk.com/threads/ebony-board.3481/

It definitely looks like it's the same material!

 

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[Biddlin]

Nobody makes this stuf anymore, don't they ?

Yes, Bakelite is still in common use today. For vacuum tube and certain types of lamp sockets, circuit breakers in residential and commercial breaker panels, some electrical (cord) plugs, electrical switch parts, the side handles, switch tips and feet on some toasters and probably a dozen more uses I can't think of. A number of plastic manufacturers still produce Bakelite and its phenolic resin based variants.