Anyone have experience using ipe for fretboard or bridge? Good or bad experience?
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Ipe for fret-board and bridge?
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Re: Ipe for fret-board and bridge?
I have used it for decks. It is very dense.
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Re: Ipe for fret-board and bridge?
You are going to have a very difficult time fretting it, and will probably need to use epoxy to glue it to the neck....I would not use it.
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Re: Ipe for fret-board and bridge?
I think it may be too heavy for a good bridge, but if you are up for a good challenge it could make a nice fretboard. Slots would need to be wider, It is not overly oily and I know from experience it glues well with urethane and suspect with proper procedures TB would work as well. Gonna take some life off the tooling for sure, but I think it may have potential for great sustain as a fretboard.
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