Even if you use a fretboard protector round the fret, you can still occasionally get the file sneaking in and doing that. You could mitigate this by rolling the fretboard edges. That would leave much smaller nicks in the board.
So I gave it a good hard scrub back with a wire brush today. It didn’t take as much black off as I was hoping so I gave it a sand back and it’s starting to get to where I want it. The fire and the brush really opened up the grain and gave it an awesome texture. Something I will be using in wood work more often now. Sanding flattens it out but I might give it another brush once it’s all done.
Much more sanding to be done, much more beer to drink.
In other news my bigsby showed up today. I wouldn’t say that I regret buying it, i wanted a trem and I think bigsbys look hot,...but I think it’s going to be too busy with it and the Tele bridge. Also I’m assuming you can’t do string thru body with them. I’m still going to use it tho. If it’s too much then I will deal with that when I get to it.
No, you can't do string-thru with a Bigsby. The string ends need to fit over the spigots on the Bigsby for it to work.
That front string bar on the Bigsby will determine the minimum saddle height requirement of the bridge. You'll want the saddles a couple of mm higher than the bar, to get some downward pressure on the saddles from the strings. You may need to shim the neck to get a bit of extra height at the bridge and a decent string action.
No I don’t. And that was probably going to be my next question, if the strings go thru the holes in the back of the Tele bridge. I guess that’s a no then.
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