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Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 16, 2011 at 9:50am

Hi Lofi.

Very kind of you to comment. Thanks. The fretboards are just sawn on a bandsaw and then sanded on a belt sander. Once glued to the neck I paper them with abrasive stuck to a small glass sheet (it was a shelf from a bathroom cabinet). That gets the fretboard flat enough so that much fret dressing shouldn't be needed. Depending on the wood I will either fill the grain with sanding sealer or not (the one in the photo is ebony so didn't need any filling) and then cut that down with steel wool and Danish oil.

After that I mark and cut for the frets. This photo shows that bit.

I hope that is useful.

All the best and thanks again for the comments.

John

Comment by Lofi Delux on December 15, 2011 at 1:07pm

Your guitars are amazing, thank you for sharing so many pictures of the process. How do you make your fret boards?

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 6, 2011 at 5:19am

Hi Roy.

Thanks for the comment.

All the best.

John

Comment by beStillroy on December 5, 2011 at 2:30pm

I Dig it.

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 5, 2011 at 11:30am

Hi John.

The pickup is a rail humbucker from FleaBay.

I'm not sure that steel tube quite matches the rest of the look of the thing. Still, it's different I suppose.

All the best.

John

Comment by jabes on December 5, 2011 at 11:09am

don't bother john ,it looks fine ,what pup 's that, looks very cool...

 

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 5, 2011 at 9:03am

Hi there.

I think this pic will make it clearer.

Comment by Mr.C on December 5, 2011 at 8:57am

Is the neck square all the way up.what did use to blacken it
looks nice.