trueing a fretboard

Linas · #1 03-01-2009, 04:17 PM

I have a fretless neck that i epoxied, which fell out of its stand and onto a sharp amp corner and gauged it bad. I took a power sander to the neck to get the epoxy off and got it down to bare wood. Now im sure there are some high and low spots on the fretboard. What is the best way to true it? I have a radius block, should i just go to town on it with that? I would eventually like to re-epoxy it, but im not sure if i should get it flat, epoxy then radius. Or radius and epoxy. I have a feeling it would be hard to radius epoxy, because it took me forever with a power sander to just get the stuff off the fretboard.

LedBelli Bass · #2 03-01-2009, 05:10 PM

If it's a bolt on neck, remove it and take it/send it to a luthier for the work you need done. You may save a great deal of trouble and expense.

Linas · #3 03-01-2009, 05:21 PM

Its just an SX bass, so im not worried about doing work on it. Ive got 3 extra sx necks laying around too. If i mess up, ill chalk it up to experience. I would like to do the work myself and feel comfortable working on basses, as i have several years of woodworking experience. Im just not sure what to do in this situation.

Rocky McDougall · #4 03-01-2009, 05:35 PM

I would remove the old epoxy, adjust the truss rod so the neck is as flat as possible. Then sand the raw wood down with a radius board at leat 10" long using graduated paper. When that is finished, apply the epoxy and then just sand enough to get a nice finish on the epoxy. Just make sure the neck is adjusted flat before sanding.