AGP #474 – “The Music Train”3 String Fretless Relict GuitarStrings: .044NW .030NW .020NWTuned: G D gThe Box Sides and Neck are offcuts of recycled roadside pickup Hardwood Garden Sleepers, the Bottom is recycled 16mm Pine Plywood, the Soundboard is recycled 6mm Hardwood Packing Plywood, all Timber was coated with a 50/50 mixture of Linseed Oil & Turpentine.A 12.3k Dual Rail Humbucker is wired through Vol and Tone Pots to the Output Jack.The Machine Heads are from cheap Junk Shop 6 Stringers.I found “The Music Train” pic somewhere on the internet, and liked it so much, I just had to incorporate it into a Build, which I done by Pyrographing it into the Soundboard. :-)
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Does Gitty or MGB sell those AGP fret marker tools? (Kidding)
I continue to use a 1/8 inch bit drilling a shallow hole and then using a small paint brush end - not the brush- dipped in paint and dipped into the hole. That makes good and visible markers, but they may be ten-footers to look good.
Like nearly all my builds these days, the side fret markers are burnt in with the round head of a Pop Rivet, hammered into a bit of wood, depending on the timber, most times the black burn marks stand out, but when they don't, I highlight them with a White Out Correction Pen.
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Ha! Good method.
Does Gitty or MGB sell those AGP fret marker tools? (Kidding)
I continue to use a 1/8 inch bit drilling a shallow hole and then using a small paint brush end - not the brush- dipped in paint and dipped into the hole. That makes good and visible markers, but they may be ten-footers to look good.
Like nearly all my builds these days, the side fret markers are burnt in with the round head of a Pop Rivet, hammered into a bit of wood, depending on the timber, most times the black burn marks stand out, but when they don't, I highlight them with a White Out Correction Pen.
I see those side makers when viewing full size. Excellentio, maestro!