Finally strung up- only my second 2 string. 25" scale, fretless, pine neck, oak fretboard, clay fret dots, piezo/tone capacitor pickup, corion nut, walnut bridge.

I made a major error- yea, the fret dots. This was the first time I went without any fret lines and I guess I was not smart enough to mark the dot placement correctly. DOH! SO yea, 4th, 6th, and so on....But still sounds good. just tuned GD but would like to play around with the tunings.

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Comment by Lonman on August 14, 2018 at 1:34pm

yea, I got the idea of clay dots after reading that clay dots were used in guitar fretboards in the 50's and 60's, I watched a guy do a tutorial similar to the link below and thought I'd give it a go. I use a flat piece of aluminum instead of the squarish one. Anyway, I like the look. I made molds for 1/4", 1/8" and 3/16 dots. Clay comes in so many colors, although I have only used black and antique white so far.

I like using wood dots as well, but hard to make 3/16 and 1/8 ones. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGqZ032AG3A

Comment by Dave Lynas on August 12, 2018 at 8:19am

Clay dots sound interesting. Even though..

Comment by the anonymous pick on August 12, 2018 at 5:40am

cool , 2 stringers are a hoot .. power chord party ;-)

Comment by Lonman on August 12, 2018 at 3:55am

ha, lol, Yea, UJ, I prefer the same, that is for sure.

Comment by Uncle John on August 12, 2018 at 3:49am

Looks great, Lon.  I mark frets 3, 5, 7 and 12 on the player side right on the fret line spot. Makes playing easier for me.

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