Bookmatched fingerboard question

[THIRSTYGUMS]

hi all, i have a nice piece of bookmatched maple i want to use as a fingerboard but i am concerned that the glue line will be weak and cause problems with the truss acting against it, am i wrong?
anybody done a bokmatched fingerboard or heard ofone? and has anybody got any pics?
cheers all!

[J.D.B.]

Nope, never heard or seen. Probably look like hades, though. Is there not enough wood for a whole body top?
Josh

[cricketfever32]

as long as it gets glued in nice and tight there should be no problems, i've seen multi pieced fingerboards, not bookmatched

[THIRSTYGUMS]

Originally Posted by J.D.B.

Nope, never heard or seen. Probably look like hades, though. Is there not enough wood for a whole body top?
Josh

its afingerboard im trying to do, its just a nice piece of wood is all, ill try it out.

[tjclem]

I have done a few I use a piece of Wenge, Bubinga or Ebony as a substrate underneath it though so the truss rod is pushing against the solid piece of wood.

http://www.clementbass.com/bass%20pi...dy%20front.jpg

http://www.clementbass.com/bass%20pi...0front-sun.jpg

[Cerb]

I've seen it done before. If pulled off correctly it is beautiful. The solid layer beneath it does sound like a good idea, though.

[DigthemLows]

I think Bee Basses does it quite a bit........I've seen a pic somewhere of a bookmatched flame maple board that was insane looking....

[T2W]

I would think that if you have 2 rods, it woudlnt be as risky, since none of the rods are actually pushing on the joint. mind you if youre buidling a 4 string, 2 rods doesnt make any sense. I like the idea of a solid piece underneath.

[Larry Davis]

The most prolific builder of bookmatched boards is Fred at Bee Bass. he uses my acrylized wood a lot in his ERB work...some almost 8" wide booked. He may have photos on his website.

This photo is an acrylized curly maple board on Stew's 8 string "Funk machine" that was destroyed when is apartment was flooded for two weeks in the Katrina disaster. The "Funk machine" was under water for two weeks, but the acrylized board survived. We buffed it up and there was no grain raising or any other defects. The dark areas are stains from the metal frets, but it buffs off clean and did not penetrate the surface. Check with Fred for advice on making booked boards...he's tops!!!

I posted this in your other thread as well...might be more active here.

[Suburban]

Normally, a well done glue joint is quite a lot stronger than the wood you glue. Hence, there should be no probs to do a bookmatched fingerboard.

Just make shure to use a "brittle" glue, that is a glue that doesn't yield much over time in tension.
A PVa glue would be disastrous, that .... never sets entirely! I don't know anything about aliphatics, since they are barely available around this corner of the world. PUR and epoxi should be quite OK. Even a well performed hide glue joint would do it!