Making your own fretboard

[Deanbassist445]

Hey everyone, i am working on making my own five string and i am curious to how critical the fret spacing needs to be. I have them laid out to the 0.01 of a MM. i am wondering if i end up being off by, say 0.05 mm, if it will really throw off the sound of the finished guitar.

Thanks

[jchrisk1]

This should be posted in the Luthier's corner.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Welcome to TalkBass.

Cutting the slots with 0.05mm accuracy is hard enough, I don't see any problems if You can accomplish that.

If You're measuring the slot positions, avoiding any cumulative errors is essential to a successful fretboard.

Regards
Sam

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Originally Posted by jchrisk1

This should be posted in the Luthier's corner.

The mods will move this thread, just give them a bit time.

Double posting will only get one of the threads closed.

Regards
Sam

[202dy]

Originally Posted by T-Bird

Hi.



The mods will move this thread, just give them a bit time.

Double posting will only get one of the threads closed.

Regards
Sam

Why should they move the thread? Making and replacing fingerboards is a normal part of the repair business. There are several regulars on this board who are knowledgeable in the mechanics of this service.

[vejesse]

Laying out the cuts is one thing. Making them accurately is another. Do you have a fixture with a template, like the LMI version?

[Deanbassist445]

Originally Posted by vejesse

Laying out the cuts is one thing. Making them accurately is another. Do you have a fixture with a template, like the LMI version?

no i don't have any template to go off of i jsut have the fret to fret distances and the fret to nut but i don't have anything that is accruate enough to measure from the nut to the fret. i am using 6 inch digital calipers that convert to mm

[jworrellbass]

You should ask Mikeyswood, he's got a good link for fret template.

Or you might want to read this.
How To: Fretboards

[Deanbassist445]

wow thats a big help thank so much jworrell for the link to mikeyswood thread

[jworrellbass]

You're welcome, another thing you can do is purchase a fret template from Stew Mac or Lmi.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting...Templates.html
Good luck.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Originally Posted by 202dy

Why should they move the thread? Making and replacing fingerboards is a normal part of the repair business. There are several regulars on this board who are knowledgeable in the mechanics of this service.

While that's true, measuring and fabricating a fret-board is more of a luthiery topic than a setup/repair topic, methinks.

The reply was mainly to discourage double posting though. Double posting is regular, and sometimes accepted practice in quite a few forums I visit and the TB way has made me realize what a PITA double posting really is.
OP being new here, he might not have known.

Regards
Sam