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12-22-2006, 07:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dartmouth N.S Canada | | | fret dots...
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...is there a way to remove them??
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12-22-2006, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S. | | | No, they generally extend down into the neck. It would be possible to drill them out then put something else there, but at best you would get fret dots of another color. I suppose you might could put a veneer between the frets.
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12-22-2006, 07:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Yes, it is possible to remove them. It will leave holes though, not to mention they're generally set in with a strong epoxy.
Removing them and filling them with another material to match the color of the wood will still be noticable up close and will require a refret to properly radius them.
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12-22-2006, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dartmouth N.S Canada | | i would like to remove the fret dots and fill the holes with a wood fill to match the fretboard (rosewood) so that i would have a "clean" fretboard. i have a fetish for fretboards with no inlays 
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12-22-2006, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: north of chicago | | | it won't really work to well, the grain won't match. You could have a new board put on (very expensive) or buy a new neck/bass
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12-22-2006, 08:10 PM
| | | | The job is do-able. Matching the grain is much like filling the saddle slot in an acoustic guitar bridge when relocating the saddle or turning a right hand guitar into a lefty. Plugs of the same species are cut and a reasonable grain match can be achieved if care is taken selecting the areas in which the plugs will be cut in the new material. They can be glued in with white or yellow glue and left to cure for twenty four hours. As far as radiusing the plugs to match a sharp wood scraper or a razor blade with a turned edge used as a scraper will knock the fills down and the radius can be held true. This is pretty much the same method used when replacing pearl or other fretboard inlays. However, it is tedious and time consuming to get it all right. It is not a job for an inexperienced woodworker. If that is you, take it to a pro. |
12-23-2006, 12:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dartmouth N.S Canada | | | i was talking to the guy who does all the work on my basses. he says that ist not that hard to do and he even has the wood fill to match the fretboard of my 6er. ...he said he would even draw the wood grain to match the fret board haha
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12-24-2006, 08:32 PM
| | | | Ha Ha? Grain is drawn in with a graining pen, among other things. Doing it successfully to fool the eye close up is mildly time consuming and one must have an intimate knowledge of wood patterns close up.
Why does your tech want to clog the holes with filler rather than cut and install plugs? |
12-25-2006, 02:15 AM
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12-26-2006, 12:44 AM
| | yo. | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: atown, ca. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 202dy The job is do-able. Matching the grain is much like filling the saddle slot in an acoustic guitar bridge when relocating the saddle or turning a right hand guitar into a lefty. Plugs of the same species are cut and a reasonable grain match can be achieved if care is taken selecting the areas in which the plugs will be cut in the new material. They can be glued in with white or yellow glue and left to cure for twenty four hours. As far as radiusing the plugs to match a sharp wood scraper or a razor blade with a turned edge used as a scraper will knock the fills down and the radius can be held true. This is pretty much the same method used when replacing pearl or other fretboard inlays. However, it is tedious and time consuming to get it all right. It is not a job for an inexperienced woodworker. If that is you, take it to a pro. |
this is the correct way to do it, if your luthier cares. |
12-26-2006, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by workdaddy this is the correct way to do it, if your luthier cares. | No doubt! Good post, 202.
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12-26-2006, 03:32 PM
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12-28-2006, 08:35 PM
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12-28-2006, 11:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Thousand Oaks, California | | | I have repaired fretboards and from experience I agree with 202dy's advice, it is the proper way to go for this. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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