Lyn #13 - MMB-4 (Fretless)

[dingobass]

That FB is GORGEOUS Robin, I hope i can find something that pretty for my next project.

Flick me a message when you are ready, I can source these quality boards for a very reasonable price.

[robin]

Thanks Wazz and DB, more food for thought. I am now undecided what to do, so I'll do a bit more research.

I'll be using flats, so I thought that a coated board might retain some of the highs you lose when using the flats. One of the all time fretless legends, Jaco Pastorius, coated his boards with either epoxy or polyester resin and that was the sound I would like to achieve.

Thanks again guys.

[FrankenWashie]

@FrankenWashie
I take no credit for that fingerboard, its all Dingobass. I just hope he has more in his stocks.

rob

Interesting! I may have to consult Guru DB for materials for my next build.

[robin]

Just a quick update.

I took Woks advice and spent another couple of hours sanding the board some more and ended up with it pretty much how I wanted it. I was going to buy some white plastic side dot markers, but I ended up using a bamboo Kebab skewer instead. They do show a bit of the bamboo fibres if you look at them closely but I kind of like the natural colour of the bamboo against the dark Rosewood. AND I'm a cheapskate.


I have noticed that the Rosewood marks quite easily, so I will definitely have to coat it with “something”.


I have done heaps of research and the 3 obvious solutions are CA glue, epoxy resin and polyester resin. And against all good advice, wisdom and common sense provided by you lot, I have decided to go with the Polyester resin. Here’s hoping I don’t regret my obdurate decision.


Stay tuned.

Pic 1 – the skewer super glued in position and roughly cut to length
Pic 2 – Sanded down and finished.

[andrewdosborne]

Good job Robin this is looking great! Love your fretboard job.

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[gavinturner]

Looks amazing rob.

cheers,
Gav.

[dingobass]

Bamboo skewers..... You just keep on coming up with amazing workarounds Robin. Love it, consider it stolen

[tonyw]

Yeh Bamboo skewers, i been using the for years to plug holes, but i didnt think about them as fret markers. You are doing a great job on this

[wokkaboy]

wow Rob I never thought of using bamboo skewers for fret dot markers, looks great.
Are you going to mark every fret as you won't have any markers on the top of the fingerboard ?

for my fretless neck I used black and white markers to differentiate even and odd fret numbers and a bigger MOP dot for the 12th fret

[WeirdBits]

The skewers look good Rob, they match the neck nicely.

For some coloured side dot options... old plastic knitting needles, the thin ones are about the right diameter.