customising inlays

[charic]

Ok this is curiosity, is it possible to customise the inlays on a bass neck yourself? from one kind of dot too another? Im interested in abalone dots or another design of dots (any other kind of dot that u know of could you possibly get pictures on this thread for me?). If you can get them can you please let me know of the retailer and if you know how, how to replace the old dots? At the moment i have plain old mother of pearl dots bit boring...

[Kickin'Fruit]

Hmmmmm this just gave me an idea. Consider me subscribed.

Would an exacto knife, glue, and a lot of patience work I wonder?

[Dean N]

Subscriber #2 here.

I'm looking at getting an unfinished Warmoth neck off the showcase and replacing the dots with abalone... I definitely want to hear about this.

I also want to get a custom inlay done on the headstock.
Any recommendations for buying a smallish (2" x 5" or so) abalone blank?

[charic]

Ok so i found where u can get the inlay material, i found it from these guys

http://www.customluthier.com/

i really love the look of the paua abalone... its so colourful. And they actually sell sets of dots premade for you. (also do custom designs or their own aswell) but still no idea how to fit them i just want em coz im odd and bored lol and wot better to do than look to upgrade bass lol (fingers are hurtin atm so no playin lol)