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Juss
 Post subject: Fretboard gluing
PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:12 pm 
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Hi

Just wanted to ask whatkind of glue do you guys prefere to gluing fretboars on neck. Wood glue or epoxy?

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Rod True
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Steve Saville
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Fish glue.

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Fred Tellier
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I have used Titebond in the past and epoxy now, both work fine. I have thought of using fish as Steve suggests but have not yet tried it.

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Arnt Rian
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I've gone back to fish glue, after a few too visible glue lines with epoxy. Mostly perator error, I'm sure, but my results with hide glue are better, so...

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J Hewitt
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Hide glue...never had any problems with it yet
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J Hewitt
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Hide glue...never had any problems with it yet
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Dan Pennington
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I've heard that hide glue causes double posting. laughing6-hehe
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J Hewitt
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yea really...maybe that means it bonds twice as strong :lol:
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Titebond for everything except coco .. then its epoxy .. I also glue my FBs on pretty hefty neck blanks, I dont get any warping when using it as some say they do. Plus, I level/radius the FB after its glued on the neck, neck rough shaped, and bolted to the body.

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Which Titebond are you using, I, II , or III?
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Jody
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I use thick super glue for the fret board to the neck, and tightbond original for the fretboard to the body . its a ich removing a fingerboard, but it will never creep, even if left in a high temp situation ..jody
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