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Fretboard
I've been working away setting up the neck. The fretboard is going to be Bocote and here I am gluing on the African Blackwood binding and maple purfling lines:
Once this is dried and the surface is radiused I'll install some Green Turquoise fret markers which will also have the maple purfling. Here is a mock-up of the markers: I'm sure the additional green will go wonderfully with the rosette! m
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I never would have thought of a Bocote fretboard…ahhh…the Masters of Lutherie!!!
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That is a beautiful piece of wood!
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Thanks Tom, I came to admire Bocote when I was building the Bocote Woodsman right before I moved out of New Hampshire. There is a old look to Bocote. m
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The result is that you have a better feel for the string and more control. Putting the strings on doesn’t eliminate the slop. That is why sometimes you turn and turn and nothing happens.
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Friezing the guitar
There is a lot of clean up work to do you but the binding, purfling, cutaway bevel etc. are all in place. I have the fretboard radiused and the neck blank is attached to the body. Getting there!
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Stunning. That rosette is brilliant.
Bocote is a wood I gained an appreciation for recently. Your comment on it looking old is quite insightful. The colour tones that it settles into after being freshly cut is very attractive and it certainly presents an interesting colour range across the grain. |
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You’re teasing me, Mark!!!
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Thanks for commenting Treenewt! Sorry, don’t mean to tease. We’ll be seeing pictures of the whole thing coming together soon enough. Let’s just call this a little preview. m
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Looking SWEET
Beautiful, and very interesting about the tuners…
Carry on and do have FUN Paul
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Thanks Paul. It's easy to have fun when you are doing what you love!
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I have the green Turquoise fret markers in. They are located on the 5-7-9th frets:
We have a small fretboard extension. I'm happy how the fretboard end is lining up with the sound hole: m
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So very pretty and well done! The end of the fret board is beautiful.
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