BartIbanez

thx guys, if my idea doesnt work ill try your suggestions.

Thx all, those look almost perfect. I also found something else which im gonna try first, soaking MOP in red dye making it go red (a "friend" who makes jewelry told me it was possible). That would give an awsome effect. Else im going for one of those stones! thanks alot.

Synthetic ruby is really cheap, its basically the same price as red glass ithink... I like the look of the pickguard material, but.. its not translucent or that shiny ithink. But Iguess I'll have to use that if I cant find another solution.

Well, red glass would be good aswell, but that has the same problem: he cant get it even with the fretboard. I just dont want plastic cus its not translucent (or its ugly when translucent, (plexiglass vs real glass))

He said he didnt have the equipment to make it flat since its a really hard stone. So yes, getting it even to the fretboard was the problem.

I think using plastic would make it ugly, since it has that... non shiny surface. I was thinking tho. Would it be possible to have some totally transparent material on top of some ruby?

Hello, I'm kinda new to these fora, but I have a question: Do you guys know of any material that can be used for an inlay in the fretboard which looks like a ruby. I asked the guy who is building my guitar if he could use ruby as inlay material, but he said it was impossible. Now im looking for something to replace it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bart