Full steam ahead ATM
I just finished removing the inlay from the ES-3's neck...took about 45 minutes.
Boy that plastic inlay is thick.
It must of been 2mm thick when it was installed, and lost about .4mm with levelling a radiusing the fretboard.....going to be fun filling is the difference between my MOP and the precut inlay holes.....at least I don't have to cut anything on the fretboard.
For anybody wanted to know how I removed them.
Just get a piece of old cotton T-shirt a a soldering iron of at least 40w.
soak the T-shirt material in water, place over the inlays then heat with the soldering iron, it loosens the glue holding the inlay in, and you just pick it out with a scalpel or exacto knife.
I've seen people recommend using a heat gun for doing this ...DON'T !...you have nowhere near enough fine control of where you are heating, there is a very good chance that you could pop the frets and loosen and neck binding using a heat gun....the soldering iron is perfect as it can fit easily between the highest frets without heating them up causing them to pop out.
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