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allparts.com has pre fretted fretboards 25.5 scale rosewood, jumbo frets. I have used these in the past and they are fairly good. I have only had to level them a bit. I also used a piece of flat steel and a hammer and laid it on the frets and lightly tapped using a carpenters hammer it up and down the board once or twice (just in case) but they arent bad. I am however now learning to fret my own. I am excited about the different scales I can use since stew mac has a wide selection of pre slotted boards. Please learn this skill and dont be scared like I was. After 2 years I am just now learning to do this myself. I wish I had learned in the begining. Backwoods

I am working on my first fingerboard from scratch and I want to use side dots only. Do any of you have any super easy techniques for this as well as suggestions for material. It is rosewood so there will be no finish on it. Backwoods

Sobot, Tung oil will darken the wood. It depends on the species, it usually is subtle but on mahogany it gets fairly dark. You will need to test it on scrap, if you dont have any scraps pull off a control cover and try it in there first. Backwoods

Jay5, How do you a slight hook on those utility blades? Backwoods

Blink, PM me your email address and I will email a full size LP template to you. It has the neck body and headstock in the correct size. Backwoods

Blink, I am glad to hear you made a neck! I cant wait to see the pics. Backwoods

Hello, I say nothing ventured, nothing gained. I you allready have the lumber give it a try. You will only be out of a little time. Backwoods

I have been thinking of making some pickups totally from scratch. I sometimes use white and red oak since they are local and the other times I use maple. I have to use HBs because of the brightness of oak and maple in a neck thru design. I want to try to make my own bobbins out of hardwood. Does anyone have a tutorial on making pups from scratch or possibly a blow up diagram of a "generic" one that I can copy the principal from. I Have found a magnetic wire supplier online but I am curious if any of you use a larger or smaller than normal wire size for an extremely fat sound which I will need for the bright tone wood I use. any reccomended # winds? backwoods

Can you possibly get some flush end nippers/fretwire cutters on them? If you can get them to bite you may be able to back them out. You may be able to get a large phillips with an extremely sharp point to bite enough to unscrew them. Backwoods

Guitarguy, were they specifically for pickups? I am curious what size wire is prefered, if it matters at all. Backwoods

Hello, I am thinking about trying to wind my own pickup and I am curious if any of you have found a less expensive source of wire? I mean something way less than the luthier catalogs. backwoods

Does anyone know what he uses for the metal saddles in his wooden bridges? Does he make them himself or can they be purchased? Backwoods

I did some research, stewmacs fret hammer weighs just under 8ozs. and the one I had been eyeballing weighs 14ozs. I found a 8oz. one today at a import tool supply $4.99. I will try it out and let you know how it works. Backwoods

Hello again, I hope I can get a few more opinions about bolt on and neck thru guitars! Thanks Backwoods

Yes I had planned on hammering in the frets. I know of the epoxy method where you make the slots a little large and then epoxy the frets but epoxy takes quite a while to dry. I wonder if you could put a little cyanocrylate in the slots on each end after installing the fret instead of messing with epoxy. you could hold the fret in place and add a little on the ends of the slots and hold about 30 seconds. Anyone ever tried this?