LP-1S "Poison Ivy"

[Joe Piler]

get your jeweler in residence to carve them from some hard green plastic, then you can carve the shape into the fretboard with a Dremel tool. Provided the center of leaf is bigger than the existing dot there would be no filling. Of course I'm telling you how to do this with out ever having done it myself so feel free to tell me to shut up

So glad I live on the other side of the world out of punch range :P

I love the idea and we have the tools it's just that the mere thought of cutting into the fretboard makes my funky bits cringe in fear.

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[Joe Piler]

get your jeweler in residence to carve them from some hard green plastic, then you can carve the shape into the fretboard with a Dremel tool. Provided the center of leaf is bigger than the existing dot there would be no filling. Of course I'm telling you how to do this with out ever having done it myself so feel free to tell me to shut up

So glad I live on the other side of the world out of punch range :P

Goddammit dedman now you got me THINKING usually not a good thing.

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[Dedman]

My work here is done......runs off.........MUahahahhahahahaa

[Andy40]

lol good idea Dedman. I like your style. I'm not sure if I would have that skill. Jokomo on Ebay in Japan could custom make you ivy fret inlay stickers I bet.

[Joe Piler]

lol good idea Dedman. I like your style. I'm not sure if I would have that skill. Jokomo on Ebay in Japan could custom make you ivy fret inlay stickers I bet.

I'm going to try to get my hands on some pearloid green guitar picks and try to make dot inlays on some scrap wood.

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[wazkelly]

Hi Joe, been away for past 10 days and just catching up on some threads & builds. Yours is coming along nicely.

Just a heads up with the ink, as it is water based you could have wetted things down next day to take off most of the colour before commencing with the sanding. Too late now but something worth keeping in the back of your mind for next time.

With the tone caps, wouldn't recommend the 0.047's as most Humbucker PUP manufacturers suggest using 0.022's as the bigger the number the darker and muddier things get therefore 0.047's are usually suggested for single coils as used in Strat's & Tele's.

For the Maple Fret Board there are many suggestions on what you should and should not do and it all comes down to personal preference. If you have ever played a Strat with Maple FB most of them are heavily lacquered and you could do the same with acrylic of even Tru Oil which is what I did on my Non Pit Bull J Bass. Just means you have to 0000 steel wool the frets to remove any finish. I then went on to use same steel wool on the Fret Board to get more of a satin feel and finish. Also hit it with some Meguair's Car polish front & back and looks/feels great. Over time any finish on a maple FB will tend to disintegrate which only adds to the character of the guitar in my opinion.

I have a mate who plays a EVH Wolfgang and they come with a raw maple FB. He uses lemon oil every string change which is weird as their instructions strictly advise against using on maple? Seems to be that if you are going to run raw or naked that you will need to treat it with some oil or wax more frequently.

[Joe Piler]

Hi Joe, been away for past 10 days and just catching up on some threads & builds. Yours is coming along nicely.

Just a heads up with the ink, as it is water based you could have wetted things down next day to take off most of the colour before commencing with the sanding. Too late now but something worth keeping in the back of your mind for next time.

With the tone caps, wouldn't recommend the 0.047's as most Humbucker PUP manufacturers suggest using 0.022's as the bigger the number the darker and muddier things get therefore 0.047's are usually suggested for single coils as used in Strat's & Tele's.

For the Maple Fret Board there are many suggestions on what you should and should not do and it all comes down to personal preference. If you have ever played a Strat with Maple FB most of them are heavily lacquered and you could do the same with acrylic of even Tru Oil which is what I did on my Non Pit Bull J Bass. Just means you have to 0000 steel wool the frets to remove any finish. I then went on to use same steel wool on the Fret Board to get more of a satin feel and finish. Also hit it with some Meguair's Car polish front & back and looks/feels great. Over time any finish on a maple FB will tend to disintegrate which only adds to the character of the guitar in my opinion.

I have a mate who plays a EVH Wolfgang and they come with a raw maple FB. He uses lemon oil every string change which is weird as their instructions strictly advise against using on maple? Seems to be that if you are going to run raw or naked that you will need to treat it with some oil or wax more frequently.

Welcome back!

I really like the colour of the fretboard but leaving it untreated seems kind of wrong perhaps i'll build up 2-3 very thin layers of TO i was planning to steel wool the frets anyway.

For wax i will probably get tru oil wax its specifically designed to go together so i'll be 100% sure it won't conflict with the oil.



Ordered me a bunch of these will be attempting to make dot inlays with them have to try on scrap wood first though.

I wonder if i could inlay the dots on the binding as well. Damn you dedman!

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[wazkelly]

Sounds like a good plan. Believe the black dot markers come out fairly easy and one of the forum members has done a piece on such some time not so long ago.

[WeirdBits]

The dots won't be painted on, unless you have a one-of-a-kind factory first. All the maple fretboards typically have black plastic dots, usually 2-3mm deep. If you look closely you should see some fine sanding scratches on them from when the fretboard was sanded prior to the frets being installed.

[Joe Piler]

The dots won't be painted on, unless you have a one-of-a-kind factory first. All the maple fretboards typically have black plastic dots, usually 2-3mm deep. If you look closely you should see some fine sanding scratches on them from when the fretboard was sanded prior to the frets being installed.

I'll have to check but some indeed have scratches in them and the scratches reveal wood colour underneath the dot i'll check on saturday.

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