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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 21, 2014 at 5:36am

I put my dots along the edge of the neck - the player can see them, the audience can't - they think "wow he's clever, sure knows his frets!"  ;-)

 

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 21, 2014 at 5:39am

ha haa....I like this one!  that really is thinking out of the box!  nnniccce ....;-)

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 21, 2014 at 3:16am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fire-Flames-White-Pearl-Fretboard-Marker-In...

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Permalink Reply by Thumper on October 21, 2014 at 5:12am

Ouch! I bought a fretted neck with no markers and must have measured and counted 80 times before putting in the markers...I feel for you, there but for the grace of God go I !!

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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on October 21, 2014 at 6:54am

Been there.....

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 21, 2014 at 7:29am

put a matching pair for fret 11, and put corrected pair closer together at fret 12 and it will look like you 'framed' fret 12 with the 'European method' for marking 12b and 12# as well.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on October 21, 2014 at 9:15am

There ya go.  It's an exotic and very rare scale.  Def adds value to the piece.

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Permalink Reply by Thumper on October 21, 2014 at 10:22am

Slowpaw, I do the same thing, easier for me to see them from any angle.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 23, 2014 at 12:00pm

JL..  i should have listened to you, but only had 3dots left and i was impatient...  next time i will... great suggestion!

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 21, 2014 at 7:15pm

So, I tried sanding down a paper-thin piece of veneer, but after 3 failed attempts, I just gave up.   However, I figured why not veneer the inlays!

Though not perfect, it's not too bad...

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 21, 2014 at 10:35pm

looks good but you can get a thin veneer slice using a plane if you're careful...then trim it down :-)

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 22, 2014 at 2:40pm

NOW you tell me!  :-)  All good!

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