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Permalink Reply by Hellhound Custom Built Guitars on January 29, 2011 at 7:26am

brass screws work just fine but a drill press is crucial to get a consistent countersink.

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Permalink Reply by Mister Scott on January 29, 2011 at 9:47am

Agreed. If it's done right, a series of flathead screws could look delicious...

Eric J Kadle/Cotton eyed Joe's said:

brass screws work just fine but a drill press is crucial to get a consistent countersink.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on January 29, 2011 at 5:41pm

Once you have it sunk, you may want to fill it over with some sort of clear epoxy.  You could have string bending issues otherwise.  I'm just guessing, though - I could be totally wrong.  For the people who have actually done this: have you ever had an issue with strings getting hung up on the screw head during a bend?

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on January 30, 2011 at 1:55am

I like using bamboo skewers. I have a bit that is perfect. Drill a hole, dab in a spot of glue, twist in the skewer, cut flush with the fretsaw. But I only do sidedots .... a clean, plain fretboard is kinda my thang. Plus, you get hundreds, maybe thousands of markers for a couple of bucks.

And I have also used the screws ... works fine as long as you heed the advice above.

 

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on November 8, 2013 at 7:48pm

Can you show a pic please , of the bamboo frets ...I'd be thankful

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 30, 2011 at 9:30am

Great idea.  I like it.

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Permalink Reply by Huntz Meyer on January 30, 2011 at 9:42am

Just saw this honey in the gallery.  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/photo010-3/next?context=latest

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Permalink Reply by Tim Latham on January 30, 2011 at 1:12pm

 

Photo is to dark but I used them on my fret board.  There is a steel tube below them so they are just glued in.  I used smaller ones on the side of the neck too.  I liked it.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Dubman on January 30, 2011 at 2:12pm

Lots of different head styles, too, crossdrive, square drive, hex drive, others.  Can't see brass being a prob, wears at about the same rate as the rest of the fretboard.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on January 30, 2011 at 2:22pm

Josh,

 

I've done 5-6 using brass pan head screws for position markers and didn't have any trouble with string interference.  But, they were all fretted.... Don't know about fretless, but I think panheads as opposed to woodscrews would be problem free.

 

the b est,

 

Sam

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

Once you have it sunk, you may want to fill it over with some sort of clear epoxy.  You could have string bending issues otherwise.  I'm just guessing, though - I could be totally wrong.  For the people who have actually done this: have you ever had an issue with strings getting hung up on the screw head during a bend?

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Permalink Reply by Andy Parkin on August 25, 2013 at 5:17pm

About to try using countersunk brass screws as position markers on fretted 3 string.

I don't have a drill press! 

The epoxy thing sounds do-able. Low budget anyway. just a regular electric drill ( cumbersome! ) and a countersink bit.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Parkin on September 26, 2013 at 12:37pm

I have done this now using the epoxy. Looks good! Made sure the neck sat flat with spirit level so epoxy dried flat. Got a little bit of epoxy smear around the area as this glue was not as runny as i would have liked, fine sandpaper after around it cleared this up. Use epoxy that dries fairly slow.

Will post pictures later on.

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