Originally Posted by: aschlemanA lot of times... Ebony is dyed with a black fgrain filler... to give it an extra black look... and also to fill in the grain so that it doesn't soak up as much moisture... So... I would say treat ebony as though it were maple... It wouldn't hurt it if you applied lemon oil... it just most likely will not help. But most guitars under the $1000 range that have Ebony fretboards are dyed.... Because they don't use a choice cut of the wood for lower priced instruments....

I know it is dyed because it's a limited edition ESP LTD that's supposed to be pitch black all ova, not sure if it's a bad quality wood, seems ok to me :P btw is there anything i can use to polish the fingerboard so it maintains that awesome black look or am i just gonna have to grin and bear it as it slowly because ordinary looking?