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Originally Posted by martinedwards
...PM me your addy & I'll send you an offcut of rosewood binding.
I MIGHT even put a bit of a curve on it for you............
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Thanks Martin, that's very kind! PM sent
Thanks also for the advice about the fretting, that's very useful.
Wolf, it doesn't have a strong smell, but it does have something of that kind of smell, so it might be.
I've been having a look on Frets.com, which is full of useful advice and instructions, so I now have a much clearer idea of what's involved in putting the frets in. I think that's going to be the most difficult part of the job, so perhaps it's best that it comes first. But I decided it would be sensible to get some professional advice, so I'm going to take it to see locally-based luthier Matthew Bascetta (who made my redwood/walnut parlour) and get a little help/advice from him
At the moment, one of my big concerns is that the cost of tools to do the frets might be so high as to make it more sensible for me to simply pay Matthew to do that part of the job, but I'd like to try and do it if I can. Matthew will also help me to source some of the bits and pieces I need such as the tuners - he does use LMI, so he could easily obtain the ones arie mentioned.
Fliss