It also made us feel rather self-satisfied about our newly discovered green credentials. In fact we rather like the way that, from a few feet away, no one would know your guitar didn't sport a bit of Indian forest and a mollusc or two. Gibson describes Richlite as offering, "the constructional and resonant properties of fine hardwood, but with improved durability, for a superb feel".ĭo we care that it's not 'real'? No we don't. Looking at the neck, again glued-in mahogany, we see what appears to be a bound ebony fingerboard inlaid with the Custom's pearl block markers and instantly recognisable 'split diamond' headstock detail.īut this 'ebony' is Richlite - a composite of cellulose fibres and phenolic resin - and those inlays are, as on the Classic, acrylic.
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