Snork Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 how thick does the piece of wood that is the fretboard have to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Snork Posted on Jan 3 2004, 06:51 PM how thick does the piece of wood that is the fretboard have to be? im interested too, i was just gonna have a 6mm thick board, this seems about right. im sure too thick a board is better compared to a small one.... anyhow ill be interested to see what the size is... mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9of7 X 3of2 Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Well snork, since your doing an Ibanez type thing,... I think. Ibanez fret boards, are 1/4" of an inch at their thickest spot, with roughly a 16 inch fretboard radius. Other brands are probobly around the same (thickness). So make sure your board is no thinner than 1/4" (6.35 mm for you Mike) I'm doing a fretboard install on an RG470XL, so I did plenty of measuring and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 6.35 mm for you Mike) lol i was gonna say 1/4" but its a bad habbit, with metric etc... i thought it was this thickness, thanks! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 thanks!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 yeah...1/4" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9of7 X 3of2 Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 thanks!!!!!!! Your welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 yeah...1/4" that's pretty much the standard, i'm not sure but i've read rumors that ibanez boards on the super thin wizard necks might be a bit thinner so that there can be wood on the other side of the truss rod, course this depends on the truss rod, the stew mac ones are 11mm high, but the other rod/steel plate model are about 9mm, so you do the math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 how thick does the piece of wood that is the fretboard have to be? To answer the original question... it has to be at least as thick as the tang height of the fretwire you'll be using, plus a little bit more . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 fender and some older kramers are barely the depth of the tang on the edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 The board on my Wizard neck is 0.20 inches or 5.0 mm at the thickest point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 EH????????? are you sure that's not the fret height? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 my wizard fretboard measures the same as sabres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 woopse, i thought that said 0.5mm so what's the thickness of the actuall neck heel (excluding fb) is it still pretty much 3/4" and the neck just seems a bit lower then other guitars?? and i'm assuming both your neck pockets are the 3/4" (19mm) deep ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 the fret board sits on top of the truss rod, do you have to route a little channel in the back of the fret board as well as the neck?? (double action truss rod = straight channel) or does it just glue on top of the neck?? i somewhat got a grasp of this, but not completly, also, where does the fret board change height? Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 woopse, i thought that said 0.5mm so what's the thickness of the actuall neck heel (excluding fb) is it still pretty much 3/4" and the neck just seems a bit lower then other guitars?? and i'm assuming both your neck pockets are the 3/4" (19mm) deep ones? yes..3/4" deep at the heel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 so what's the thickness of the actuall neck heel (excluding fb) is it still pretty much 3/4" and the neck just seems a bit lower then other guitars?? and i'm assuming both your neck pockets are the 3/4" (19mm) deep ones? The Wizard heel measures 0.81" or 20.6mm thick (excluding fb). The top of the S540 body is not flat, even around the neck pocket, so there's a small variation around the pocket but on average it's around 3/4". But the bottom of the fretboard sits slightly above the top of the body. Even my Wizard II neck (which is a bit harder to measure since that one's on the guitar) seems to have the same board and heel thicknesses as the Wizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 ok sweet, i had a feeling the 1" (25.4mm) rule would still apply, thanks alot guys the fret board sits on top of the truss rod, do you have to route a little channel in the back of the fret board as well as the neck?? (double action truss rod = straight channel) or does it just glue on top of the neck?? i somewhat got a grasp of this, but not completly, also, where does the fret board change height? Curtis The freboard does not get routed, Only one side of the neck gets routed for the rod, it's installed then you glue the fingerboard on. The fretboard changes height before hand when your planning the peice of wood (for the fingerboard) to thickness, in this case you'd make the board a bit thinner then usual, do all your fret slotting, then glue it on. The height of the fingerboard (or thickness) changes after you radius the board though, the sides of the neck will be thinner then the middle because you rounded them off to make the fingerboard shape (radius) hope that makes things a bit more clear curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 thanks, also, took couple looks at the washburn and found out the fret board changes height at the neck pocket area and near the headstock, but everything else looked the same, this correct? P.S. it also has a flat fret board, no radius Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 P.S. it also has a flat fret board, no radius Curtis i think you mean a 16" or 17" radius, which does seem fairly flat, but if you put a ruler on it, you'd clearly see it was rounded (radius'ed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 whoa, first post, kinda confussing, a little, you glue on the fret board, then plane it down after fret slotting and thats it right? Curtis P.S. first guitar and neck building, so if ask too many dumb questions, then its alright to slap me over the internet Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 no problem at all, it's sunday, and my chair is extra comfy ok, -glue neck together if you're doing a laminate neck (if you don't know what i mean don't worry about it and just read on) 1.plane both the neck blank(0.81" / 20.6mm) and the fingerboard blank (0.20" / 5mm) 2. do any scarf jointing or cut out the angle for the tilt back headstock if you're doing one, 3. cut the slots for the fretboard, 4. rout the truss rod channel and then put the rod in 5. position and glue the fingerboard on top yada yada.... 6. radius the fret board, 7. controu the back, 8, fret the neck, is that a bit better? sorry i tend not to makes sense unless you speak derek.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 you know what, just take a look at lex's thread, it's pinned in the top of the solid body section of the forum Pinned: Pictorial of 5-string fretless bass being built. check the second page is where i think the neck starts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 haha ok, thanks derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krizalid Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 how about if i'm doing it with 10mm thick, fretboard? can this be done? or i need to plane it down? if its ok, then this fretboard got a lot of space for those fret tangs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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