Dylanwad Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Generally speaking, how deep are bog standard black dot inlays? I was playing with the idea of scalloping the last four frets on my project but I'm afraid to go too deep. The neck is maple with a maple fretboard finished in some sort of satin finish. I am finishing the body with tru oil, would I be able to re finish just the four frets with tru oil and get a similar finish to the satin spary job or is it a case of re finishing the whole neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I think the inlays are about 2mm thick. If you were to do a full fret scallop you would probably sand the dot away, have you thought of a partial fret scallop? where only the top 3 strings have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Inetersting, a partial scallop. Didn't Billy Sheehan have something like that on his sig bass? Cool idea, I'll keep that in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainMD Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 i scalloped frets 21-24 on my ibanez rg. it had those triangle inlays, i did a full scallop and they were still there. I'd say scallop it and if it looks like it's going to go through just stop. It doesn't take that much to get that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) Thanks CainMD. Which RG have you got? I have a 1990 desert yellow with matching headstock I bought in '91. I'll never sell it, it's been battered by too many gigs but I still love it. Can any one help with the tru oil part of the question. If I re finish the scallopes with tru oil can I match it to the sprayed satin effect of the rest of the neck? Edited February 10, 2009 by Dylanwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainMD Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) i just got a beater rg270(from 1997) for 100 bucks and made it a jem. don't relly know about the second part. what i can say is when i scalloped the frets afterwards the neck looked dull. To remedy that i just sanded it with 1200 grit and threw some lem oil on it. i'll throw a pic of the inlays up later. Edited February 10, 2009 by CainMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Thanks CainMD. Which RG have you got? I have a 1990 desert yellow with matching headstock I bought in '91. I'll never sell it, it's been battered by too many gigs but I still love it. Can any one help with the tru oil part of the question. If I re finish the scallopes with tru oil can I match it to the sprayed satin effect of the rest of the neck? The best way to figure that out is to test it on something and compare. You can create sort of a satin finish with TruOil, if you don't use too many coats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainMD Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 http://s481.photobucket.com/albums/rr176/c...0092127EDIT.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sweet job dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six String Theory Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 I scalloped all my strat's frets a while back. The only dot I had trouble with was the bottom 12th fret dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad_Astra Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 My scallops on RG neck: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissism Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 I scalloped my rg250DX all the way to the 12th fret with just a little way before the fingerboard met the maple. As you can see, the inlays are perfectly in tact. So I think this concludes that Ibanez RGs have pretty thick inlays. However, on my GRX20 (the test guitar) when I did the same job, I found the bottom of the dot inlays about half way through the fretboard. I personally don't go past the side post position markers when I do this job for anyone else, just as a rule of thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I think I'll give it a go, you've inspired me guys. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 just to seal the deal i did mine from 12 up and it came out great. i think ibanez has thick dots/ fret markers. good luck! (unless this is old then my bad haha but lets see pics?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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