Talk:Bond Electraglide

The fingerboard or "Pitchboard", as Bond called it, cannot be anodized aluminium. An anodized aluminium surface is a cosmetically dyed oxide layer. Anodized surfaces have little or no resistance to wear and would be useless as a coating on the effective "frets" of the Bond Pitchboard. Therefore the aluminium Pitchboard of the Bond must have been treated with advanced coating technologies. However I do not know how the Bond Pitchboard was treated and I am loath to guess. Nevertheless I suggest an advanced process called "Hard Anodizing", which is a specialist coating imparting better wear resistance and durability. Perhaps someone who worked on the Bond Pitchboards would kindly comment. I am sorry this sounds pedantic but the Bond was unique and it would seem a pity to lose this pioneering technology before it was recorded.