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Post by stumps on Jan 17, 2007 21:49:37 GMT -6
I'm thinking about trying to try my hand at doing my own inlay, a friend gave me a star inlay set that I think would look GREAT on a fretboard. I have not ordered my saga kit yet but was wondering if anyone has had any experience replacing the fretboard on your saga kit. thanks all  |
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Jan 19, 2007 6:05:49 GMT -6
You might not have to pull the entire fretboard. Depending on the size of the star, you might just have to pull a few frets.
Pulling a fingerboard is a potentially tough job, with the potential for failure being very high. I don't recommend this job unless absolutely necessary.
Good luck,
John
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Post by cknowles on Jan 19, 2007 7:23:00 GMT -6
I agree, practice on scrap first.
Even better try to get another neck that you don't care about, to practice on. At least then you are working the same kind of wood.
What I noticed when I did my headstock is that the tool wants to
follow the grain rather than the pattern and I had a couple of holes that required filling after I had set the Mother of Pearl in place.
Not that that is a big deal, I also noticed on my Epiphone EJ-200 that the crown inserts are routed much larger than the inlay, then filled in with a material close in color to the fret board.
If you are just replacing the dots on your saga, depending on the size of the star inlay set, you may be able to drill slightly oversized holes and drop the stars in. Then fill with a tinted filler. It's definitely safest to remove the frets first.
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Post by stumps on Jan 19, 2007 8:36:21 GMT -6
hmmm....interesting. what fillers do you folks use?
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Post by cknowles on Jan 19, 2007 13:03:39 GMT -6
For mine, since I was doing the headstock, and was going to paint it black anyway, I simply diluted some black paint and flowed it around the inlay. Once it was well dried, I sanded back until the inlay became visible again. You can get colored wood filler at home depot, and it can be tinted with stain as long as you use products from the same manufacturer.
You can also collect the saw dust from the fret board and mix it with super glue and use that as a filler. It will more closely match your fret board that way.
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