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| Author: | LaurieW [ Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Additional suppliers for slotted/radiused fingerboards? |
I prefer to buy these pre-made, but Stewmac only sells 1 Martin scale length and LMI's prices for slotting/radiusing have increased over the years, and I always get nailed with taxes from the US to Canada. Any suppliers out there that I don't know about? Canada is prefered, but any will do! Thanks, |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Additional suppliers for slotted/radiused fingerboards? |
LaurieW wrote: I prefer to buy these pre-made, but Stewmac only sells 1 Martin scale length and LMI's prices for slotting/radiusing have increased over the years, and I always get nailed with taxes from the US to Canada. Any suppliers out there that I don't know about? Canada is prefered, but any will do! Thanks, A lot of other suppliers (anything other than LMI or Stewmac) doesn't sell pre-slotted fretboard and in fact the German supplier I have don't even sand/plane them by default (they'll probably do it for a few more euros per board though, but then that eats right into the cost of the board when I get a bunch of them), so my solution is slot them myself. To make sure its foolproof I buy the fret scale rule from Stewmac, so I get 4 scales per rule and use that to make a template to slot your fretboard. I converted a standard wooden miter box found in Germany to fit a fret saw, and glued wooden slats at the top to act as a depth stop for the fret saw. |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Additional suppliers for slotted/radiused fingerboards? |
I only do bulk orders, but Shane Neifer is probably making fretboards by now and he's in BC. |
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| Author: | Mark Tripp [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Additional suppliers for slotted/radiused fingerboards? |
Our own Don Williams can make them for you, and they are outstanding! -Mark |
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