MarkKirkwood

refreting would be an issue I agree. The fret design in the link has a few upgrades. First the triangle base would be side mount. Second the metal wings are there to add sustain. Apparently adding more metal surface area created more sustain. I thought it was odd but worth a try. If gluing the frets in makes regretting harder then the triangle option makes much more sense.

Ok. Thanks for the advice.

If you look at the patent it shows a triangel shape that would be milled into the fret board. one dab of glue and that is never coming out unless you use a hammer and a pin. I think a nice square glued into the neck would do just fine. It would have a whole lot more surface area then a single fin.

Thats new to me. I have never seen any one do that.

I had an idea... turns our some one else also had the same idea. Basicly... the way we do frets is absurd from a builders perspective. WHY OH WHY must a fret have such a tiny fin on the back? Unless there is a tone issue I see no reason why frets can not have a much easier mounting system. as I see it. I can take a sheet of stainless steal. bevel the edge cut it to desired depth and inset it with glue. Am I wrong here? Or are my ideas to dangerous for this world? Here is the link to the patent I found that covers what I wanted to do with frets. http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=07507888&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D6%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526co1%3DAND%2526d%3DPTXT%2526s1%3D%252522guitar%252Bfrets%252522%2526OS%3D%252522guitar%252Bfrets%252522%2526RS%3D%252522guitar%252Bfrets%252522&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

more pictures here. https://www.facebook.com/markkirkwooddesigns

Any shape any size any color and design any finish. All I need is a pdf or cdr of the pickguard you want and a picture of the design and I can make basicly anything. Metal, wood, plastic. Wood is the best though. I use birch. It has great high and low EQ qualities and does not warp to bad at these thicknesses. Any thinner then 1/8 inch the wood cups real bad.

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A friend gave it to me. I am going to give it back to him. I really like the trapizoidal neck. Wow is it comfortable. I was shocked how easy it is to play. I have a laser engraver so I can cut the fret shapes on any wood once I have the scanned image. I have a cnc mill so I can make the frets out of steal. All I had to have was the patterns. I can design them from there in cad. I will post my pickguards. give me a few min.

That was awesome! Thanks.

LOL I looked all over the site and can not find a pm or message link... Am I blind?

Yep I agree. If I could delete this post I would.

I have in my sticky hands a "True Temperament" raw fret board. Also I have a raw "Trapezoid Neck". I am going to combine the two. Here is what I need. I want to put them on a strat neck. I need a IPT cad drawing or a solid blue print with full dimensions to work from. I have searched all over and have found several prints but none with ALL of the dimensions. Any help on this would be huge. Oh and if anyone needs any custom cut parts hit me up I have over a million in tools in my shop. I have made some pretty cool pick guards recently. Once I figure out how to post I will. Mark