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Fret marker inlay

Just wondering if anyone has used the inlay stickers from ebay ? If you have , what did you think of them?

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Permalink Reply by Buffalo John on May 8, 2010 at 3:53pm

That looks great !! I ordered a set . Thanks for the photos.

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Permalink Reply by Don Goguen on May 8, 2010 at 7:27pm

I prefer to use 1/4" Mother of Pearl dots. These are really cheap on EBay and easy to install. The hard part is finding a 1/4" bit that will cut flat on the bottom. I solved this by taking a high speed, strait fluted router bit and flattened the bottom by chucking it into the drill press and using emery paper backed by a steel plate. By slowly lowering the it, the bit sands itself flat on the bottom.

Installing the dots just require setting up a stop on the drill press so the holes are just slightly less deep than the dot is thick. Once drilled and glued in, you sand them flush with fine sandpaper.

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Permalink Reply by Buffalo John on May 16, 2010 at 8:28pm

I got the fret markers i ordered from ebay and put them on my latest build they are abalone and I swear it would be hard to tell if they are real or not. I would use them again.