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| Author: | Jebarri [ Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:07 pm ] |
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Hi all. I am building my first two guitars (acoustics) simultaneously from scratch... anyway I have some pieces of rosewood that my dad had around whitch I want to use for fingerboards, they are not totally flat but the bow can be flexed out of them fairly easily, so should i glue them onto the neck before shaping them (arching and smoothing) or try to flatten them first??? Any suggestions would be helpful... Thanks, Jebarri |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:11 pm ] |
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I know nothing, but flattening seems logical. ISTM that you do not want to impart any unnecessary stress into the neck. |
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| Author: | Chansen [ Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:04 pm ] |
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Hey Jebarri, Sorry but I'm a newbie too so I am not completely sure about anything (hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in here). I'm with good ol' Waddy here, and everything I have been told is that you don't want stress on any parts or the guitar if you can help it. I even just read and article that said if you put the frets in before the installing, and the fretboard has a bow that it should be clamped down and corrected before gluing to the neck. If that was the case and you installed the frets before the gluing to the neck you may be able to correct the bow that way. (just my newbie thought process though) Christian |
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| Author: | Chansen [ Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:08 pm ] |
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Oh and welcome to the OLF!!!
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:26 pm ] |
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If you can flex the bow out of the pieces then it sounds like theyre quite thin. Is there any deformation across the blanks? If there is then I'd be tardy about using them unless you can plane out the deformation. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:55 am ] |
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Oh yeah, me too. Welcome to the OLF! |
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| Author: | Jebarri [ Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:05 am ] |
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Thanks... Martin: They are 3/16" thick, so i am going to laminate a piece of black walnut on the back (the necks are black walnut). Any idea on the minimum thickness of the rosewood for laminating??? Also, does anybody know if there is a way of straightening out the bow??? What about positioning it so it counteracts the pull of the strings, give the trussrod a little helpJavaScript:AddSmileyIcon('  ')
I am trying to stear away from buying rainforest wood. Thanks for your comments, Jebarri |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:58 am ] |
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A laminated fretboard? Ive never heard of that before but some of the more experienced luthiers in here might have some comments on this one. |
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| Author: | Jebarri [ Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:39 pm ] |
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I read a thread about laminated fretboards and it sounded like they would be ok... http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/forum_posts.asp? TID=8544&KW=laminate+fingerboard#forumTop |
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| Author: | Jebarri [ Tue May 01, 2007 6:49 am ] |
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Well... I managed to get them flattened out I used a clothes iron with a
little pressure and it worked great!!! |
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