… still, a bound rosewood fretboard with abalone block inlays looks really cool IMO
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Yeah I think this is going to end up being a real looker.
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I love abalone inlays !
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just spit in the pocket and pop em in and be done with em. LOL
Just kidding, I am sure you will make it look great.
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@terb, here are the basic rules of DIY, from pouring concrete to fine joinery:
- Never force anything. ALWAYS use a hammer.
- If you have a problem you can’t solve, get a bigger hammer.
- If you got a bigger hammer and still haven’t solved the problem, it’s probably electrical.
- Measure once, cut seven times, if it doesn’t fit hammer it into place. If it breaks, it wasn’t meant to go there.
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And don’t forget your two most important tools (besides the hammer, obviously):
- If it doesn’t move but should: WD-40
- If it moves but shouldn’t: duct tape
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Yep. WD-40, a real man’s favourite libation.
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some news about the lawsuit JB and the new tuning machines.
The new ferrules are a little bit smaller than the original ones, so I had to reduce the diameter of the holes. I glued thin layers of wood inside the holes, it’s pretty hard to show this in picture :
I built a small press to force-fit the ferrules in place :
and voila, that’s it :
and for a next step, building a special curved press to follow the radius of the fretboard. it will be needed to glue the inlays with the right radius :
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Love it! Very creative 
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Interesting! Usually I see people use copper foil for that. Any particular reason why you’re using aluminum instead of copper foil? And is this just your regular foil you would use in the kitchen as well, or is it designed specifically for shielding?
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yes : I had not enough copper foil left 
in theory copper is a bit better, but aluminum works almost the same. it’s not kitchen aluminum foil, it’s a sticky aluminum tape. it’s way thicker than typical kitchen foil.
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Thanks for the explanation 
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Yeah, I didn’t have any copper when I put my Aguilar pick up in my Ray4, so I used regular aluminum foil, the cheap kind and it works just fine, I can’t hear any detectible noise.
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What pickups are going in?
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These ones.They’ll be cheap Chinese ones but I’ll see how they sound and if necessary hunt down some decent ones
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Nice, can’t wait to see how this progresses. What color are you going to do it.
Are you going solid paint, or a translucent stain with clear coat or oil finish?
Guns n Guitars shows a cool way to make the grain really stick out like they do on some of the cool wood print finishes. I really dig the way it looks.
Lemme find a video.
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