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Clinchriver
PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:36 am 
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Do a wedge shaped inlay with some darker wood.......... do several, make it look like that was your intention in the first place.
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Todd Stock wrote:
DennisK wrote:

Or, route out the portion between the 3rd and 4th frets down to the depth of the fret slots, take some of the offcut from the end of the board and glue in the space, level it, and re-cut the 3rd and 4th slots. The grain discontinuity may be noticeable if someone looks closely, but maybe you could flip the offcut piece around to get the dark line more closely aligned to where it should be. And maybe add some inlays to draw the eye away from the grain of the fingerboard itself :)


What Dennis said...pretty much old hat for repair guys dealing with truss rod anchors, inlay replacement, etc. You can likely shift the filler piece laterally and piece it in on the other side for a perfect match...looking at the board, I don't see any reason why anyone would be able to see the mistake once repaired. FWIW, don't bother recutting the 3 and 4 fret slots - just stick a piece of .020 UHMW-PE in when gluing up...widen with a fret saw if necessary. Finally - epoxy filled with rosewood dust would disguise this joint...under finish, the joint should be invisible.

Had to get a bass fretboard out on a repair...had no stock long enough...just overlapped two pieces of rosewood joggled between a couple frets...could not be detected and plenty strong and stiff if done over several frets. Much less signature than a scarf.


This is the best solution. [:Y:]

Or you can always chuck it up to a learning lesson and hang it on the wall to remind you to always check your work. I have a few of those hanging around. :lol:

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Thanks for the replies everyone: the slots are too deep to flip it over and slot the other side (the old, filled slots would be visible after the board is radiused. This Honduran rosewood board was only $15, so I think I'll just replace it and put this one on a shelf until I have some time to do the repair that Todd explained.
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sprouseod wrote:
you could just inlay a piece of mother of pearl across that slot then do the same thing on 5 7 9 etc Just a thought



Along this Line , cut the board down to the first fret thus reducing the length . slot 5 7 9 12 and inlay as fret markers . you could also drill for a center dot in the frets and inlay up to the dots either side ..

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it will shorten your scale , but shouldnt be to big an issue . or do that and save it for next "shorter scale " build

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