How I`m Install fretboard

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Comment by Rand Moore on October 5, 2012 at 8:34pm

Looking at your photo again, I notice the that the one clamp you have looks exactly like the kind I use. Mine are Chinese made and faily inexpensive here in China. Seems I paid something like 28 RMB (about $4.5 US for each one). However about half of them seem to wear out after a year or two of usage. I've also used the Chinese made black plastic spring clamps, but they break too easily, so I don't use them anymore.

Comment by Rand Moore on October 5, 2012 at 8:25pm

I've done the same, but I use ball point pens or screw drivers to twist the (in my case) boot laces very tight as they do with tourniquets. I've also used long lengths of gauze (bandage material). So, 4 or 5 tourniquet sticks down the length of the neck can put a really tight squeeze on the fretboard and the neck. The only problem, and probably the main reason I don't use this method much anymore is the "glue squeeze-out" which can stick to the boot lace or gauze and cause a mess of things. But it usually can be cleaned up with sanding assuming you don't get so much glue on that you can't pull them apart (the boot lace or gauze from the neck/fretboard assembly). So, go easy on the glue. With the gauze, I was also able to glue together sound box frames using this tourniquet style clamping technique (cigar boxes are rare in these parts, so I build my own). These days I have a dozen clamps that do the job nicely and leave enough room to wipe up the glue squeeze-out properly.

-Rand.

Comment by jabes on October 5, 2012 at 11:19am

have i accidently wandered onto a cbg bondage site ...;0

 

Comment by Maddog on October 5, 2012 at 8:17am

Hey if it works, run with it.