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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Bowed fingerboard |
Is this even possible? I thought wood never shrink lengthwise... I got this Pau Ferro fingerboard from a supplier, and the fingerboard arrived like this. I can't use it as fingerboard, perhaps I can use it as bridge blanks (it seems quite thick) because the curve makes it impossible for me to plane it. Is it possible to recover this fingerboard? In case you're asking I've already contacted the supplier regarding this... |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
I wouldn't really order things like that, except the kind of woods available in Taiwan tends to be limited, hence the need to order stuff every now and then. |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
Just wondering, has anyone made an acoustic guitar with maple fingerboard? |
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| Author: | the Padma [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
Tai Fu wrote: Just wondering, has anyone made an acoustic guitar with maple fingerboard? Yes. |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
It's just drier on the concave side. Wet that side and clamp it down or place a weight on it. Leave it dry for a few weeks and keep flipping it over every couple of days. I think it will be fine. |
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| Author: | nyazzip [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
Ibanez made maple fretboard SS acoustics back in the day |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
Yes, someone has used maple FB on an acoustic... viewtopic.php?f=10133&t=37283&start=75 that's not the only one. That doesn't look much like pao ferro to me... |
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| Author: | charlton [ Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
I plan to use a maple fingerboard on my next guitar. |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bowed fingerboard |
I don't think using it would be a problem. You will want to flatten it out as much as you can for slotting, inlaying etc, as Bob and others suggested. All wood is subject to movement from humidity. Once it's glued down no problems |
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