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The Matt Heafy Snofall and the Brendan Small Snow Falcon actually have plastic or corian fretboards - no paint on those.

Sure, but popularity and profit margins have nothing to do with artistic merit or the pursuit of craft at the individual level. DiMarzio isn’t in the neck game at all anymore - doesn’t mean aftermarket necks aren’t viable. Cardi B has sold more albums than the Mahavishnu Orchestra, doesn’t make...

https://www.tdpri.com/threads/fret-leveling-yer-tele-101.201556/

I know fret levelling seems daunting, and I’m sure you’re going to get a great result from the PLEK, but I assure you getting a good result from fret levelling doesn’t take a ton of skill. I bet when you finish your Tele project, you’re going to want to go level everything in your collection.

I have one Richlite fretboard and it’s so perfectly uniformly black it almost is uncanny. With how difficult and expensive it is to either source or stain a uniform chunk of ebony, I hope to see many manufacturers moving towards it as a sustainable replacement.

Heck yeah basswood makes for a nice light guitar and that’s a nice looking chunk of it for a transparent finish.

I have had it in my wishlist for some time. I just went a little hog wild in 2025 with my guitar spending so I’m not jumping in any time soon

Genuinely curious - why not? Plenty of lacquered fretboards out there from Fender, Rickenbacker, etc. What’s a little opaque pigment going to hurt?

Been waiting to see some KNS6 love.

He did say there was a John involved

Fortitude 🤘

The energy from an impact will transfer right through the poly and into the wood, causing a dent. The measurement for a wood species ability to resist dents is called the Janka hardness, which is the amount of pressure measured in lb-feet required to press a 7/16” steel ball halfway into the...

The visualizer looks a lot brighter than any example of clear over roasted wood I’ve seen. I think with the shade it actually turns, and having seen Warmoths Instagram post of purple over roasted alder, this combo could look awesome. With a black burst over, you could get a neat 3 tone...

Wow that gives me classic hot rod vibes all day. If you got it pinstriped and I could be convinced it came from Billy Gibbons collection. Gorgeous!