Pitted fretboard repair
Does anyone have any experience in using filler on a pitted fretboard?
At this stage I am not too worried about the cosmetic look.
I am thinking perhaps along the lines of a product we have in Australia called "Knead It" ... a two part polymer putty that you knead in your fingers and it sets like rock.
To the best of my knowledge it is a rosewood fretboard.
I have all the frets removed and I was preparing for sanding, but the pitting is quite deep and I am afraid that the amount of sanding required will leave me with problems in ever getting the action right again.
The guitar is a sunburst Japanese Morris dreadnought .... early 80's. It has had a hard life and has developed a couple of hairline splits in the top (which I believe is sitka spruce) so a new fretboard at this stage of it's life is probably over the top. Still, it is a guitar close to my heart (I am the original owner) and I would like it to be playable for whatever life it has left in it.
Geoff
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