What's on your work bench?

[MikeC]

This will look great when finished. I vote for a rosewood neck.

[codedog]

This will look great when finished. I vote for a rosewood neck.

Yup, that's the only tele neck I have!

[Cdog]

This will look great when finished. I vote for a rosewood neck.

+1, gonna look killah!

[ChAoZ]

About to apply this stuff, anyone have any experience with it???

1d9fc3f2-134c-4951-aed4-21184a33d436.jpg (126.22 KiB) Viewed 2183 times

[robthemac]

About to apply this stuff, anyone have any experience with it???

1d9fc3f2-134c-4951-aed4-21184a33d436.jpg

I think Blacktail Studios have a few videos on its application. Been interested to see if it goes ok on guitars.

[ChAoZ]

I think Blacktail Studios have a few videos on its application. Been interested to see if it goes ok on guitars.

Yeah, Cam was the one whose videos got me onto this stuff, seems to work nice with Walnut

[ChAoZ]

Can very happily report that this stuff works excellent for guitars

97b40cb2-7c77-40f6-a371-ce0568f950c7.jpg (184.36 KiB) Viewed 2034 times

45f1c115-3b55-4d2d-8a3e-04baf5975bc9.jpg (187.93 KiB) Viewed 2034 times

[Molly]

Can very happily report that this stuff works excellent for guitars

97b40cb2-7c77-40f6-a371-ce0568f950c7.jpg

45f1c115-3b55-4d2d-8a3e-04baf5975bc9.jpg

Nice!

I was looking at my very slabby 79 Strat body earlier and wondered if anybody has ever had one carved back to the deep contours found on some older Strats. Might be a good way to shave-off some weight too. Wouldn't attempt it myself but I'm sure chaps such as yourself could do it.

[NippleWrestler]

Due to some intense and incurable fret sprout on the Heritage, a partial fret dress was required. Leveled, crowned, polished, good as new.

1000042232.jpg (156.74 KiB) Viewed 1818 times

[Jay]

Due to some intense and incurable fret sprout on the Heritage, a partial fret dress was required. Leveled, crowned, polished, good as new.

1000042232.jpg

Genuine question - how can you have fretsprout when there are nibs on the neck binding?

[NippleWrestler]

Due to some intense and incurable fret sprout on the Heritage, a partial fret dress was required. Leveled, crowned, polished, good as new.

1000042232.jpg

Genuine question - how can you have fretsprout when there are nibs on the neck binding?

Because the wood below still moves, causing the fret(s) to sprout. Binding doesn't matter. In the case of binding being present the fret end lifts above the binding, causing high frets, as happened here.

It's a misconception I've come across before - the fret doesn't really move by itself, it's the board below contracting and expanding and pushing the fret outward. Sometimes humidity means the wood expands back around the fret and all is good, but if it's prolonged or repeated, this is what you get.

[NippleWrestler]

Actually you can sort of see it on the pic where the fret ends are a little higher than the nib. For me, that's the bass side so I don't really care if the bends at the 17th fret choke out on the low E, but cos it was happening on the high E and b, they got a talking to.

[Jay]

Due to some intense and incurable fret sprout on the Heritage, a partial fret dress was required. Leveled, crowned, polished, good as new.

1000042232.jpg

Genuine question - how can you have fretsprout when there are nibs on the neck binding?

Because the wood below still moves, causing the fret(s) to sprout. Binding doesn't matter. In the case of binding being present the fret end lifts above the binding, causing high frets, as happened here.

It's a misconception I've come across before - the fret doesn't really move by itself, it's the board below contracting and expanding and pushing the fret outward. Sometimes humidity means the wood expands back around the fret and all is good, but if it's prolonged or repeated, this is what you get.

I always thought fretsprout is the end of the frets protruding sideways from the fretboard due to wood contraction, not upwards from within the slot. I haven't come across your observation being called fret sprout before, need to do some more reading

[Lostininverness]

Can very happily report that this stuff works excellent for guitars

97b40cb2-7c77-40f6-a371-ce0568f950c7.jpg

45f1c115-3b55-4d2d-8a3e-04baf5975bc9.jpg

Is that sprayed on?

[NippleWrestler]

Genuine question - how can you have fretsprout when there are nibs on the neck binding?

Because the wood below still moves, causing the fret(s) to sprout. Binding doesn't matter. In the case of binding being present the fret end lifts above the binding, causing high frets, as happened here.

It's a misconception I've come across before - the fret doesn't really move by itself, it's the board below contracting and expanding and pushing the fret outward. Sometimes humidity means the wood expands back around the fret and all is good, but if it's prolonged or repeated, this is what you get.

I always thought fretsprout is the end of the frets protruding sideways from the fretboard due to wood contraction, not upwards from within the slot. I haven't come across your observation being called fret sprout before, need to do some more reading

same thing though isn't it. The wood contracts, the fret gets pushed. You've probably seen Gibsons et al where the binding is cracked (happened to my Martin). This si the same thing. Fret sprout where the fret lifts from the fingerboard, in whichever direction.