Noddy13 Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 (edited) Right, i'm new to all this stuff and need a few questions answered so any help would be greatly appreciated: 1 What type of tools are needed for fretting? Can you just use a coping saw??? 2 Do you drill all the way thru the fret board for inlays of just a bit ? If so how much? 3 Dose ebony need to be treated before being used as a fret board? 4 How good is basewood for sound and weight for a guitar body. and thats all i can think of at the mo. but il probably have more soon! Cheers Noddy Edited August 5, 2005 by Noddy13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criss Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 Right, i'm new to all this stuff and need a few questions answered so any help would be greatly appreciated: 1 What type of tools are needed for fretting? Can you just use a coping saw??? Buy a fretboard its much better to start off in my view . Your going to need other bits to do th fretting , leveling etc . 2 Do you drill all the way thru the fret board for inlays of just a bit ? If so how much? Don't drill all he way thru , 3 Dose ebony need to be treated before being used as a fret board? No 4 How good is basewood for sound and weight for a guitar body. I think you realy need to read lots of the posts here . Ive been reading and all i can here and also brought melvyn Hiscocks book on building . 8 months of reading and planing , drawing plans , re reading etc and i just yesterday started building my first neckthru . Guess im trying to say , read , plan , read some more then do it all again just to make sure your up to date with all the basics . Ill start asking a few questions before i go ahead and drill or glue anything so the experts here can ok my work ( and mainly give me some piece of mind ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noddy13 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Cheers. Now this may sound a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really dumb question but: What is 'clear' when you say give it a coat of clear i dont really understand. lol. Is it just like clear laquer?? Cheers Noddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Clear is Clear coat, clear laquer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Clear is Clear coat, clear laquer Or polyurethane or epoxy or CA glue, whatever poison you choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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