Spring F5 – 6 – fretboard2

I got a chance to shape the fretboards. This is not as easy as you might think. There is a lot of end grain to deal with.

Tracing the Shape

Tracing the Shape

Rough Sawn

Rough Sawn

Profiled with the Router and Filed to Final Shape

Profiled with the Router and Filed to Final Shape

None are identical in grain nor shape… just one factor that makes each instrument unique.

Next comes some binding and inlayed fret markers.

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