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Category Archives: Construction
Spring F5 – 9 – fretboard5
One of the fretboards gets solid silver plate inlaid as faux frets. Once the rest of the frets are installed and the binding is in place, it will be scooped.
Les Paul Body Blank
Well…. the Old Growth River Recovered Honduras Mahogany body blank did not receive any bids. The minimum bid was reasonable at the cost of the billet with no additional mark up for the labor to turn the billet into a … Continue reading
Spring F5 – 8 – fretboard4
Keeping to the fretboard work. Here is one fretboard ready for binding.
Spring F5 – 7 – fretboard3
Instead of simply posting after the fretboards are bound and complete. I thought I would let you in on some of the in-between details you might not have known about. Here I have dyed a couple of the fretboards. What? … Continue reading
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. None are identical in grain nor shape… just one factor that makes each … Continue reading