Fretwork Videos

[Helldunkel]

Hello,

I made these videos for fun last day, so I thought this could be of interest for a few members, if not, enjoy

installing a hipshot bridge (part 1)

installing a hipshot bridge (part 2)

my pleasure

[Helldunkel]

carving the neck

[Helldunkel]

my pleasure

[Mender]

Thanks for the videos. Some interesting techniques

[Bionic Dave]

I like filing my fret ends like a crazy moron.

Great videos thanks for sharing.

Dave

[Helldunkel]

I like filing my fret ends like a crazy moron.

[boundsteelblues]

What grit paper do you use for filing the fret ends on the disc sander?

[boundsteelblues]

Never mind. I heard it on the second play.

What grit paper do you use for filing the fret ends on the disc sander?

[Helldunkel]

Proxon can only supply 150 grit for the finest disk grit over here so I have no other choice, cant even remember what I said on the video but I was under antibiotics with a massive ear infection

[Helldunkel]

to finish this thread, here are some pics of the completed guitar

http://www.hufschmidguitars.com/8stringguitar

[boundsteelblues]

Beautiful guitar. When did you install the side dots? I watched the vids, but I can't remember where that was.

[Helldunkel]

Beautiful guitar. When did you install the side dots? I watched the vids, but I can't remember where that was.

thank you

There are many steps which I did not show in my videos.

I am using an exclusive material for the side dots, a luminescent material which is only 0.5mm thick but 5 times more luminescent then the regular luminescent dots which you can find on the market.

I must make a very superficial hole in order to inlay it using some super glue to hold it in place. Once its set and dry I then mask the fingerboard and neck to protect it because I then shoot some clear lacquer on top of the dots to protect them.