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  JUJU September 17, 2009 at 5:10am

  Cheers Tom , yeah that sounds like a nice combination (oak & Cherry ) should look sweet , would like to try a bass myself one day , yes be sure to post them pix of it
  cheers bro
  juju.
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  JUJU September 17, 2009 at 5:07am

  Thanks Andy , yes mate give it a try , i was thinking of getting a slightly wider blade for doing this so i won't have to spend so much time thinning the veneers to fit , be nice and quick if the veneers just slotted in !
  thanks for your input
  juju.
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  Tom Lanford September 17, 2009 at 12:11am

  very cool Juju! - I'm currently building a fretless bass with similar style inlaid wood fret markers - mine is cherry "frets" on an oak fretboard - hopefully I'll have it done soon and post pics
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  Andy Estabrooks September 16, 2009 at 10:54pm

  oooh that is sweet! Got to try that out on my next fretless. I think I have some bass wood thin enough.
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  JUJU September 16, 2009 at 8:40pm

  Hi paul , thanks for your comments there much appriciated , well it's a bit of messing around to do them but i think the end result looks kinda cool , the method is to cut a fret slot as you would if you were fitting a fret , then get some hornbeam Veneer 0.6mm thickness and thin it down with a scraper (plane iron / Blade) to 023" sorry i dont know the conversion between metric and imperial ! but a gestimate would be 0.3mm ish ! - then apply glue to the fret slot and insert the veneer , sand flush to the fretboard once dry
  hope this clears it up for you
  Cheers bro
  juju.
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  Paul Doug September 16, 2009 at 8:17pm

  Just how in the heck do you slice wood that thin?! Awfully nice.