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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This is the fretboard of my 1718 at the 2nd & 3rd frets.
The previous owner must've played alot of D chords ... With long fingernails!
Maybe bent the notes a bunch too...
I don't really have any fret-buzz, and the frets must've been recently dressed cuz they ain't so bad.
At least no where near as bad as you might think looking at the craters in this wood!
I believe that whomever had it used to play Bluegrass. It had three shims and hefty strings...
It now has No shims and hefty strings. [EJ17's, 13-56]
So what y'all think? Wood Putty? A New Neck?
Or just live with it? Which has been my solution so far. :cool:
{There are more photos in my gallery listed under fingerboard 1718... But this is the best one} |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
So what y'all think? Wood Putty? A New Neck?
Or just live with it? Which has been my solution so far. From a ol' n00b, if it doesn't bother your playing, leave it the way it is!
At some point you may determine to send off to the MS. In the meantime, enjoy!  |
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Location: Scotland | The only way to fix this properly is to send it back to Ct (or take it to a good luthier near you) and have then de-fret, skim the entire fingerboard and re-fret. It can't be done properly with localised patch-ups, it's either the entire fingerboard or nothing. Witko had this done on the 1581 I bought from him. Looks like a new fingerboard. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I had my 1614 done at the factory, and they did their usual stupendous job. Not a bad price either. I'm starting to take them for granted, they always do great work from refret to complete rebuild. They don't get enough credit, I'm sure, from their bean counters, which is why I always bring up the quality of their work. |
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Location: NJ | bondo |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Leave it if it doesn't bother you. All part of the mojo. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | PT is correct, although I semi-support Al's approach - which will ruin your guitar and you will sell it to me cheap and I'll get it fixed... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Mothership skimmed a neck for me a couple years back. I was stunned. It looked and played like a new neck. Highly recommended to send it to the factory if it bugs you. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Frank Ford discusses an innovative solution to this problem at frets.com. |
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Location: North Carolina | Show this to your wife and explain how it means you ABSOLUTELY MUST have a new guitar.
You're welcome. |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Arthur, I'd leave it - this has happened to an extent with my 1980 Les Paul fingerboard - I'm the only one to have ever played it from new, so I know for a fact it's been well looked after.
Your guitar may not neccessarily have been mis-handled by a previous owner.
The Gibson hasn't been my main guitar for a number of years and it just developed ! This is just the nature of the wood I'm afraid - it doesn't affect the playability at all.
It's all down to how you feel about it ! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I would suggest to leave it alone , than came to think , " This is Bugging Arthur " , so...send it in , and ferget about new shoes.. :)
Vic
..or win the lottery... |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | No need to fix it if it doesn't bother you. Since those frets are showing wear and you think they were dressed once before, wait and get it all done when time for a refret comes. It seems a guitar that has been enjoyed, so why not continue to do so. |
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Location: NJ | Leave it.
My SlotHead's starting t'show signs of that.
Since they've been making all these Forkin'ReIssues with the same fingerboard, I've thought about ordering a "spare" and squirreling-it-away somewhere.
Years from now, if it gets too bad, I could have it changed-out . . . |
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| Actually, Bondo, or high-performance wood filler, will work. Done it many times in fine-finishing custom woodwork. Just have to be careful to match the grain, texture, and shading of the original fingerboard, while avoiding the maple enlays. |
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Location: Stow, Ohio | That's called relic'd, and foolish people spend big bucks to have that done intentionally!
I scrape the fingerboard using a razor blade, but I won't suggest you do that....I don't mind kamakazi guitar repair LOL |
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Location: NW NJ | I'm with Paul - leave it till it needs frets and give it to Kim. |
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Location: Ct./ USA | defret, re-radius, refret, rehone, re-dress I would love to no bindings, no problam o |
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finger dents in fingerboard - What Do I Do?
