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Purpose of a glued-on fretboard? If you aren't installing a truss rod, is there any reason to glue a fretboard onto the neck? I've seen quite a few people doing this and it… Started by Mark	3	Feb 22, 2019 Reply by Road Rash Roy
Removing hardened woodglue from neck Hi guys, I'd like to preface this post by saying I'm an idiot sometimes. I've just glued a finished fret board to a finished neck and need… Started by Richard Wilkins	12	Aug 18, 2016 Reply by Richard Wilkins
fret board glue-up I know its been mentioned before, there are a lot of tricks to gluing on the fretboard, just thought I'd start another one with pictures. M… Started by JL	14	Mar 24, 2016 Reply by JL
Help! Fretted concert ukulele neck... scale? Newbie here. I am working on a CBU. I ordered a fretboard for a cigar box concert uke. Made by another enthusiast online... I asked for a 1… Started by PhattyPatty	5	Aug 8, 2015 Reply by Bluesheart
danish oil, tung oil? Newby needs some help. I've done a couple of guitars with red oak necks & fretboards. I've stained the necks then poly coats. Have o… Started by Al LaFaver	28	Jul 30, 2015 Reply by TN Twang
Home made thicknesser Having just completed my first build I was thinking over the things I'd do differently and the parts of the build that gave me the most tro… Started by sasquatch	28	May 12, 2014 Reply by Better Trees
fretboard radiusing Hey guys, I'm a brand newbie and I'm wondering just how critical it is to radius the fretboard and what really is the main purpose of that?… Started by Ken Henry	19	Jan 28, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
Fret Board Thickness I'm about to start on my 3rd CBG. The first was a fretted acoustic/electric and a great success, but someone bought it from me almost righ… Started by Dick Mott	5	Sep 5, 2012 Reply by Bluesheart
Making baritone cbg I´m making 28.5 scale 4 or 5 string 16 fret baritone cbg. Neck is mahogany and ash laminated together. For the maple fingerboard I measured… Started by Jantan ux	7	Jul 28, 2012 Reply by Jantan ux
warped box ? Fingerboard? I have good cigar box. Bad is that it's in propeller. Can I fix it and how ? I have guitar fingerboard what is 70cm long. I wanna make 2… Started by Jantan ux	11	Jul 10, 2012 Reply by Jantan ux

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