Buying Fretboards Online

[4nkam]

Hey guys...Here's the situation: I'm currently working on several guitars right now and their work ranges from general repair to fiber optic installation and so on. I'm interested in going more in depth with building, but I'm going slow and doing a little at a time. Right now, I don't have the tools to fully (and more importantly, properly) construct something like fretboards. It's mainly the fret slotting that's holding me back so far.

Anyway, I'm looking for tworeplacement fretboards with the following options:

-Ebony

-24 3/4" scale

-radiused

Now I've searched here and have read a few conflicting things about places like LMII and others. The ones stew mac sell won't match with the fretboards I'm replacing (ESP 24 3/4" style).

So havin said that, can anyone suggest some places to look into where you have had good results and also fit my criteria? Thanks!

MJ

[!!METAL MATT!!]

Try custom inlay out man They do deadly looking work

http://www.custominlay.com/cgi-bin/store.n...tomfingerboards

!!METAL MATT!!

[drbassman]

Go to http://www.stewmac.com/ for fretboards.

[Devon Headen]

StewMac doesn't carry a 24 3/4". He just said that.

[doug]

Use an online fret calculator that will allow you to print. There is one called winfret I think. Also LMII will do most anything for slots, but I highly recommend Custom Inlay over LMII. I have them do all my custom stuff.

- Doug

[drbassman]

SORRY!!!!

[Sambo]

Beg to differ, Stewmac do have 24 3/4" fretboards

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,...ingerboard.html

Didn't think it was likely that they would miss out on a big seller like that!

Why wont the stewmac ones fit your guitar anyway?

Edited March 1, 2005 by Sambo

[4nkam]

Beg to differ, Stewmac do have 24 3/4" fretboards

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,...ingerboard.html

Didn't think it was likely that they would miss out on a big seller like that!

Why wont the stewmac ones fit your guitar anyway?   

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They do offer a "24 3/4" fretboard, but the spacing isn't correct compared to what I have now (And would like to keep). A friend of mine has a similar ESP Explorer as well as Gibsons. He compared the stew-mac boards to the ESP and sure enough, the stew-mac boards didn't match up.

Gibson's standard 24-3/4" scale is a compensated length based on a true scale of about 24-9/16".

MJ

[Devon Headen]

Exactly, the StewMac boards are 24-9/16"

[SawDust_Junkie]

Aren't the Stew-Mac fret boards spaced to accomodate the compensated Gibson 24 3/4" scale length. I think that is actually frets spaced according the scale length if the high E (treble) saddle of the bridge is set at the scale length of 24 9/16", and offsetting the low E (bass) saddle at approximately 24 3/4" ?

[GarageRocker]

Allen Guitar http://www.allenguitar.com/supply.htm offers true 24 3/4"" scale as well as 24 9/16". If a 12" radius is okay with you, you can save by buying one of their pre-slotted ebony boards. otherwise you'll pay job charges for only two boards.

The listing in the pre-slotted section shows 24.750" but says "Gibson scale" so I'd recommend confirming with Randy Allen that it's a true 24 3/4". I bought a different scale length so I haven't seen one personally.

[MartinP]

Warmoth

Their (ebony) fingerboards are of very high quality, friendly and quick service + I've never missed even a single screw, everything is packed perfectly.

[drbassman]

Warmoth

Their (ebony) fingerboards are of very high quality, friendly and quick service + I've never missed even a single screw, everything is packed perfectly.

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Thanks Martin. I was also looking for some unslotted maple bass boards and I didn't even think to look on the Warmoth site. Thanks again!