The ESP Guitar Company

Hi Michael, This is an alternative to using rosewood. Over the past 2 years most of our models have changed from rosewood to a different kind of hardwood due to some new regulations regarding import/export of rosewood. This particular wood is engineered or man-made, meaning it is not original wood in its natural form like most other fingerboards we use. It is made of  wood pieces laminated together and engineered to replicate the look and feel and strength of a typical rosewood fingerboard.

Hi Jason, My apologies for replying to your comment so late. Hopefully you have received your guitar. Usually you can contact our sales department if you have any pressing questions about your order. We are in California, so it usually takes a week to ship and a few days to process, so roughly 10-12 days in your case.