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| Author: | cablepuller1 [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 3:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard thickness |
Hi Getting to the stage where i can tackle the fretboard fitting as the necks nearly done  Bit more work needed on the neck angle but then it hit me.. what about the fretboard thickness? Does it need to be the same thickness as the bridge as a rule or is there other methods/formulas etc Any info would be greatfully received 
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| Author: | doncaparker [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
I start with a flat fingerboard that is 1/4 inch thick, then radius it, trying to leave the middle at the original 1/4 inch thickness. |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
That's a nice looking guitar! I do the same as Don, for no particular reason. Dan |
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| Author: | Greg Maxwell [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
You should set the neck so that the tops of the frets hit right at the top surface of the bridge when the neck is straight (no relief). Standard thickness for fretboards is .250. |
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| Author: | tysam [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 12:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
I am the same, .250" but I am a bit different with my neck carve....I have the fretboard glued to the neck before I start to carve it. I find it makes the transition of fretboard to neck less visible if both are carved and sanded together. |
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 1:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
0.250" on the fretboard thickness. I also glue the radiused, unfretted board to the neck before carving. |
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| Author: | unkabob [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
I fret first and glue in place on a carved neck and then blend it in using the "shoeshine" technique using 80 and/or 120 grit. A straight-edge at the center of the frets should kiss the top of the bridge. Bob 
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 3:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
Bridges are typically 3/8 thick with about 1/8 of saddle coming out to give the 'standard' 1/2 string height over the soundboard. I aim for 1/4 fingerboard thickness. |
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| Author: | Haans [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
Well, gee whiz, wouldn't you just know it, mine were different. Because I rabbited the binding into the fingerboard, mine were 5/16" thick. Binding ends up about 3/16" as there is about 1/16" radius on the edge. Just the Larson way of doing it... |
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| Author: | Greg B [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
Clearly .25" is traditional. However, my personal preference is 5/16" also, with non adjustable reinforcement. I did one the Larson way with rabbeted fretboard binding as Haans describes. It looks nice. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard thickness |
I just had a Larson Brothers guitar come into my shop and saw the rabbited fretboard binding and loved it. It is definitely in my future. I carve the neck after the unfretted board is attached. .250 thick prior to radius. |
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