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Ebonized maple fretboard

Posted by Charlotte Henry on February 19, 2012 at 12:47am
I used a 1/4" plug cutter in the drill press to produce some really nice looking fret dots. Easy to do and easy to install. My new favorite thing.Although it is slotted this will be fretless as I am planning on filling the slots with maple veneer. There were some flaws in the fretboard that had to be filled with epoxy, and I wouldn't use it on anything really nice, so rather than throw it away, I made it black. I stained the maple with Mohawk black penetrating stain and then dark red mahogany penetrating stain, followed by another application of black. Before drilling for the markers I sprayed one coat of pre catalyzed satin lacquer and after the markers were leveled with a razor sharp chisel I sprayed 3 more coats.
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  • Charlotte Henry February 21, 2012 at 12:19am
    They are the bomb. I'm thrilled to not be dependent on mop.
  • Crimson Toad February 20, 2012 at 11:22pm

    Super nice looking...aren't them plug cutterz the cats meow?

  • Uncle John February 19, 2012 at 11:10am

    Nice work.  Beautiful.

  • Jan Westphal February 19, 2012 at 6:48am

    good looking! I stained a maple fretboard blackish-brown but that's not even close to this one. Well done!

  • rodney fruits February 19, 2012 at 1:54am

    Looks great!

  • Charlotte Henry February 19, 2012 at 1:21am

    They glow.  There is an iridescent quality to the maple dots and they look every bit as good as mop.  I didn't know I was going to like them this much. 

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague February 19, 2012 at 12:53am

    Charlotte,

     

    Those fret dots do look nice.

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