Steve's Guitar Making Part 7 - Fretboard 3 of 5

[sirgreggins8824]

your toothpick idea for the sides is AWESOME. Thanks for that. I would've never thought to do that

[TruthSurge]

How did you put a slight bend in the neck so that the truss rod can later straighten it appropriately? or did you? I don't think I watched the first vids so I might have missed it. Also, any suggestions for permanently bending a solid (meaning all rosewood) bolt on strat neck? rosewood neck and rosewood fingerboard. It seems so dense that a heating pad and 15 pounds overnight did absolutely nothing so I'm afraid I'm just going to leave it as is which is perfectly straight.

[TruthSurge]

With ebony, I would think adding glue to the fret would be quite a waste of time. Frets are going to grip due to the fish-hook design of the tang. They go in but the wood will slightly expand over that arrow part and to me, gluing seems pretty pointless. Maybe the owner will be prying them up with a screwdriver? haha I've refretted a couple of guitars and never used glue. I wonder if the glue would inhibit a tight fit as it would tend to shrink and squirt out. But I'm no expert.

[Bertziethegreat]

You can also just drill some holes, and put acrylic paint in for the side markers.

[rocknrolldaddio]

xceln't ideas and, effin' awesome short cuts thanks for posting.

[cornflakesnwater]

great vid... I love ur jigs to file down the frets...cool

[twoboots4you]

When you're talking about the inlay. I think it would be cool, since you set them close to the bass side anyway, if on the 12th fret you used two dots, but kept the second one beside the 1st dot. instead of on the treble side. just a thought, take it leave it. either way, great vids, as always.

[hafizshapiee]

hey steve how to make to neck of the guitar round??? i mean the c-shaped neck.... how to make the shape like that???

[bobloblaw1701]

Oddly enough, you just start carving. All you have to do is work the neck to transition from the middle to the edge of the fretboard, working out any bumps as you go. Once you try it, you'll see how easy it really is.

[jogreeen]

Thanks mate

[thedonutman]

Hey, I've just started shaping the neck on my guitar. I can't seem to get it clamped anywhere so it doesn't move though. Have you ever had any problems with clamping it just at the headstock on the bench? It looks like it is flexing a lot when you use the spokeshave.

[bobloblaw1701]

I know what you mean. I tend to try and clamp the headstock to a stable bench. (not the case in this video). And I also sometimes prop the fretboard end against me. Seems to work ok.

[youskodjetube]

You have inspired me and my son to build a guitar together. It's almost done and we refer back to your video often. Take this as a compliment, but you have a way of working that stands in contrast to the typical, rigid, do it the way it's always been done, fanatic luthier style. Thank you very much!

[81Takahiro18]

when you make another fret bord, could you film the inly part for us?

[decodine]

why not you put the glue into the fret slot?i think godin guitar put the glue into the fret slot..

[bobloblaw1701]

It's a good question and I'm not really sure what the answer is other than "I've always done it that way". Lot's of people don't use glue at all. I've never tried it the other way. I suspect it might be hard to control the amount going in. Maybe someone else out there has an opinion.

[nicko301]

putting glue in the fret slots and fret tang helps secure them in the slots. if they are glued in and need to be removed you use a soldering iron on low heat to soften the glue.

[dano242]

Woops, I should have waited until the last part of this video (dot inlays)

[bobloblaw1701]

yes, sorry about that. For some reason I didn't shoot putting them in. Same with the butterfly inlay on the headstock. That's the problem with taping something live, if you miss a step in filming, you've missed it.

[dano242]

Steve, Did I miss how you put the "dot" inlays into the fingerboard ?