I've come to the point where I'm thinking about adding the nut and bridge. I sent away for samples of corian which arrived and it seems to be very workable. Before I go to far into it I'd like some advice on action at the first and twelfth fret.

This brings me onto my second question: although this guitar is fretless I'd still like to mark fret position and add fret markers. The fret markers I've got covered, what I would like advice on is marking where the fret wires would be on a fretted guitar. I've a couple ideas, 1. Draw frets on with white sharpie or such like, then apply finish over top, or 2. Cut shallow slots into fretboard as if adding fret wire, then filling slots with a mixture of wood glue white paint and wood shaving, sand flush then apply finish.

Any thoughts?

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I like that!!!

That is a seriously cool idea.  I might just try it on my next build.  thanks for sharing!!!

Trying the glue and shaving idea today. I'll post a pic later so you can see if it works or not.
Ok! Tried using both just glue and sawdust from my neck stock (fret marker on the right) and a mixture of white acrylic paint, sawdust and wood glue (fret marker on the left).

I think the mix of paint, glue and dust has worked best, you could actually use any colour you wanted as long as the pigment is nice and strong. Personally I'm looking for a nice strong contrast.
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I'm glad you like it.  Feel free to use it and abuse it.

It was actually my dad's idea...

Use your soldering gun and put burn holes on edge of neck to mark positions. thats what i do. but i only mark the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th and 15th. With them marked its pretty obvious where to place slide or fingers for all thwe positions.

I've done one where I masked the whole fretboard with tape and then went ahead cut the fret slots. Then I used a dark gel stain and rubbed in good into the slots. Removed the masking tape and stained the rest lighter.
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That looks seriously good. I'm trying a sample of my idea at the moment. I'll post a pic when it's done.

I used walnut strips of wood, sanded to width, for "fret" markers (the neck is maple, dots are oak).

That looks fantastic. I'm kind of surprised that I like the round-over on the edge of the fretboard too. Looks really clean! Awesome work, Nathan!

Yeah... I thought it would make it easier to play with a slide, and it does (especially when playing single string type stuff on the top string).  You can kinda see a few spots where I used some wood putty to fill in gaps from the "frets."  If I had to do this again, I'd do a few things differently... but I do like the overall look, and it is really enjoyable to play.

Cool idea!

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