Jeff's #2 build - RCA-4

[chrissyinbkk]

Got me worried now, I've got a blackwood fretboard on the kit I just ordered.....be interesting if others are having the same problem, can't get ebony timbermate over here

[FrankenWashie]

Got me worried now, I've got a blackwood fretboard on the kit I just ordered.....be interesting if others are having the same problem, can't get ebony timbermate over here

If you lay some paper between the board and the tape you should be okay, but it might make fret jobs a bit interesting.


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[Adam Barnes]

Got me worried now, I've got a blackwood fretboard on the kit I just ordered.....be interesting if others are having the same problem, can't get ebony timbermate over here

What if you were to put some dingowax on the fretboard before puting the tape on,

[JB RETRO]

My thoughts as well Adam

[Fretworn]

I have found the tape could lift fibres a bit with rosewood, but nothing like that. I would say that the "blackwood" probably hasn't been compressed enough in manufacture, or something like that. Definitely a QA issue for the factory.

[phrozin]

to be honest i think you should send that neck back the fret board is 1 of the most important part of a guitar and effects many things if its not right, its a shocking looking piece of wood after a few bends that looks like it would fall apart specialty when blue masking tape can pull that much wood from it

[Simon Barden]

I find myself agreeing with Phrozin. Possibly the factory are treating the boards as if they were real wood, and they might need more careful handling. Maybe they are using tools at too high a speed setting for the material and as a result the heat is weakening the glue in the fretboard?

[chrissyinbkk]

Got to be something Adam will be looking at no doubt after he reads this

[teamjeffo]

Most of my hangover has subsided, and the ability to type has slowly returned, so I’ve just sent him an email.

[Simon Barden]

You'll have to wait for Adam's hangover to subside before you get a reply.