Quote Originally Posted by marnold View Post
"Baked maple"?
It is a manufacturer's way of creating an ebony or rosewood like fretboard out of maple due to limitations with legal wood sources. The cork sniffers don't like it, but most people say it is working out well. Suhr also uses it on some of their models and their quality is outstanding, as we know.
http://www.andertons.co.uk/blog/guit...gerboard-guide