Fretboard Blanks

Posted by The Capo Kid on January 29, 2014 at 5:49am

 I'm finding it very hard to source fretboard blanks in the UK , plenty on Fleabay if you want to pay £15 to £20 a blank delivered !  , any one help ? .

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  • The Capo Kid January 30, 2014 at 5:53am

     I've gone with Steve's suggestion and ordered a 1 metre hardwood strip and as he said I should get 4 blanks and the bevelled off cuts will come in handy for making my piezo rod bridges .

    • The Capo Kid > The Capo Kid February 1, 2014 at 8:17am

       The Sapele Door strip arrived this morning , very quick delivery , first thing is grain is not very straight , good or bad I don't know , sanded one side , thickness seems ok checked with digital calipers , good enough for a fretless or fretted with a high action , have to wait and see , but for £3.24 a blank including delivery it seems a good deal , we'll see .

  • David Bowes January 29, 2014 at 5:33pm

    The home base near me has various size hard wood available, they are in the strip wood rack with all the architrave and moldings.

  • Malcolm Wright January 29, 2014 at 4:03pm

    Have bought my last few fretboards from Chickenbone John - they're really good and well worth the money. I started off buying the blanks but now spend a little more and go for the slotted, saves me so much work and time!

  • Tony Brown January 29, 2014 at 7:23am

    Try this company. Found them on EBay originally but now

    contact them direct for what I want

    They have a huge range of Hardwood Offcuts

    .

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/feuillusfencing2010

    • The Capo Kid > Tony Brown January 29, 2014 at 7:36am

       Used them before bought my Oak neck blanks off them .

  • Domino January 29, 2014 at 6:42am

    Another ebay supplier that usually has some interesting lats is

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_...

  • Michael Fred Johnson January 29, 2014 at 6:20am

    David Bowes posted a comment on Dec 31st about timber from Homebase,have used it on my last two guitars,this is it.306230399?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

    • Coventry Halfpenny guitars > Michael Fred Johnson January 29, 2014 at 6:31am

      that looks godd Micheal where do you get the white purling from

    • Michael Fred Johnson > Coventry Halfpenny guitars January 29, 2014 at 9:42am

      The white edging is from a local model shop,it is 2.0 x 6.3mm strip styrene by Evergreen Scale Models   an american company in Woodinville WA 98072

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