FrankenWashie's Second PBG Build, SV-1

[FrankenWashie]

Funnily enough, no. There's not a lot going to happen with this until after:
1, I get a raw lump of ebony turned into a fret board
2, said fretboard gets custom inlay job
3, said Fretboard gets frets
4, fretboard gets attached to neck

Once that happens I can get the neck primed inthe same manner as the body and the consider some colour

[Simon Barden]

A nice subtle day-glo pink?

[FrankenWashie]

A nice subtle day-glo pink?

Fluorescent green.

[Simon Barden]

You could do an EVH-type striped finish, but in all-fluorescent colours.

[wazkelly]

Kermit the Frog Green or highlighter pen green?

Kawasaki's, VE Commodores & FG Falcons all came in a nice metallic shade of green or are you going for something with a bit more yellow in it?

[FrankenWashie]

I was taking the piss fellas, .

I'm still not 100% sure what colour it is going to end up just yet. I've an idea in mind, but I will see how it plays out before in testing first.

[FrankenWashie]

I ran a fretting test on a dodge rosewood blank i had (Cracked down one edge, no good for anything remotely fretboardy) and I ended up with this:



My Fretting jig worked well but I need to work on the measuring (2, 6 and 14-16 are all a wee bit out) and depth control as there is some variable slot depth happening. I am tempted to Have my machine shop do an aluminium block fence which iI will then face with Merbau, leaving the top unencumbered so that the plastic depth stop on my Fret saw can be used.

I have another Rosewood board and an ebony blank that I'm not ready to hack to bits yet, and I will probably leave it be until I can sort out more accurate marking arrangements.

I also need to do some inlay testing and some other bits before I get to that though.

[stan]

getting there now FW, looking good

[gavinturner]

What fretting jig are you using Frankie?

cheers,
Gav.

[FrankenWashie]

What fretting jig are you using Frankie?

cheers,
Gav.

Hi Gav, it's a home made job I put together as I don't have the spare cash to buy something like the StewMac kit. Check post #40 earlier in this thread.
I'm tempted to add a vernier depth gauge to correct the measurement issue, but the cost of even an old school flat scale one means it would be cheaper to buy the Stewmac rig and templates!