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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 23, 2014 at 7:25pm

I can get good veneer slices using a band saw :-)

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 23, 2014 at 5:35pm

John,

Make it your first scalloped fretboard. RTZ already grabbed the suggestion to call it "Baker's Dozen." Or get really creative, by just drawing (or inlaying if you want a challenge) a big number "12" for the 12th fret. Or just leave it, and call it the Devil Fret.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 23, 2014 at 6:05pm

Nice suggestion... seems like most of us here have had enough of these "oh crap" moments!

It plays well, which is all I care about.  It is going to a silent auction for the Boy Scouts troop my son is associated with...

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 24, 2014 at 12:26am

another idea...cover the errant dots with an applique or hand-paint that says "B" "S" "A"

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on October 24, 2014 at 12:32am

If i did this I would rip all the frets out, plane it flat and start again. If there's insufficient thickness I'd add a fingerboard over the top. Sorry. Any repair will be more work than that, and perfect results are unlikely, an imperfect patch job would always annoy me to look at.

And to leave it like it is.... (Shudder) that would drive me fucking crazy... There's a lot of baaaad notes waiting to come out of this puppy...


There is a silver lining mate, you'll never do this again :)

Edit.. If you want a short cut, pull the frets and (assuming there's no radius) iron something over the top, veneer, smooth counter top stuff etc... Then (once that glue has cured up) you just gotta get your saw lined up exactly right to get the existing slots thru that as well, shouldn't be too difficult if you start right at the edges where you can see the slot underneath, maybe scribe each side and join the dots.. Stick your frets back in and skip the face dots on this one...

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