nccyr

Sorry about your neck. I am just about to do the fret job on mine and I was wondering where is the tutorial that you mentioned in your posting? Thanks, ncc

Thanks for the response Matt. I just glued the fretboard to the neck this week-end. I spent a long time thinking about the truss rod but in the end, I made a decision to skip it. The piece of wood I used for the neck is very old and it is extremely rigid. The neck will be used on a headless bass I am building. My skill level is fairly high although I have little experience with the neck. I know it sounds like a contradiction but I am quite confident I could do the work if the neck starts to bend or warp under pressures from the strings. I just wanted to confirm that was not a totally stupid assumption of my part. I feel a bit better now Norm

I have been following this discussion as well. Can you start without the truss rod and, let's say 1 year later, you decide that you need one. In other words, can it be installed after the fact. I am thinking about the Fender style where the neck is open (routed) from the back and a whole is drilled from the headstock? Thanks, Norm

Thanks for the replies. I didn't know that the finishing will not stick to the frets. Given this new info, it should be easy to clean up. ncc

Hello, Forgive me if this has been covered before. I am making a bass neck. The neck will have a maple fingerboard and I just received the frets material from Stewmac. The question is this: I will make the fret slots (.024") and shape, sand the radius of the fretboard first. Then what is the proper sequence between installing the frets and finishing the maple fretboard with some clear satin nitrocellulose lacquer, etc. If I put the finishing lacker first, then I have to re-saw the slots and when I insert the frets, they may not fit tight on the fingerboard because of the thickness of the lacker. If I put on the frets first, then the lacker will cover them and I will have to spend a great deal of time cleaning the fret to remove the the thin layer of lacker. I have read many articles but didn't yet see how it's really done. Thanks in advance for your help, ncc

Hello, I am also new here and I will have to do the same for my latest project. I was just wondering about using a dremel cut-off wheel for this job (making fret slots). Providing I could get the mechanical issues out of the way (with a special jig of something), the dremel wheel (#409) has a width of .025". Has anyone tried this and would it work? ncc

Roli, Thanks for the reply and the additional info. ncc

This is fantastic! I registered to this forum just because I enjoyed your music so much and I wanted to post a reply. Can you give more details on how the microhone was mounted, distance from the strings, etc. (maybe a picture if you can). This is great stuff. My wife wireless phone just died recently and I was wondering what to do with the electronics... Thanks, ncc