legiticus Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Say I wanted to change the radius on a neck. Is it just a matter of removing the old fretboard and replacing it with a new one that has the desired radius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 No. The best way is to remove the frets, re-sand the fretboard to the correct radius, probably deepen the fret slots some (in the middle if you are flattening the board, at the edges if you are making a more narrow board), re-fret, refinish if you have a maple fretboard and finish of with leveling, crowning and polishing the frets Removing the fretboard is a much larger job. It is guaranteed to make you refinish the neck even with a rosewood or ebony fretboard. No intention of being a bully, but as I read your post I get the feeling that you missing some important knowledge. if you don’t have this sorted out, it might be a little early to go for this type of projects (removing fretboards). Read up a little more, ask the questions (ok you have started with that, that’s fine) and then have a go at simpler jobs first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexybeast Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Are you trying to change the radius of the neck or fretboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radrobgray Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Are you trying to change the radius of the neck or fretboard? there is no "radius" on the neck. the neck has a profile, the fretboard has the radius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legiticus Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Having to refinish the neck after replacing the fretboard is a good point that I hadn't thought of. I was concerned that pulling the frets and sanding the fretboard would be problematic because of the inlays. Not sure how luthiers do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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