fretboard Inlay I just finished

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fretboard Inlay I just finished

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here is a fret board copied from a guitar in a Museum in AZ
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here is another shot of the celtic moon
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Ain't gonna see too many of those!
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Wow. Those would take me a zillion hours to cut. Incredible work
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Ad astra!! Nice inlay work! Now think about a rendition of the Pillars of Creation Nebula...might be good for the headstock. ;-)
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In all fairness David Nichols cut the celtic moon and the 2 stars I did the rest Larger inlay is easier than tiny one

we can do a live feed on this sometime in the future
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Beautiful and unique inlay.
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Re: fretboard Inlay I just finished

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John

Vdry nicely done. Did you cut the fret slots after the inlay? If not, how did you inlay up to the slot without going over ot?
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you have to inlay then open the pearl for the fret slots
your chances for keeping it in line are slim to none .

Once inlaid I use a fret saw to open the slot then us a 1/32 bit to open just the pearl so the barbs of the fret wire don't break the pearl.
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John

To be clear, there were no fret slots when you did the inlay, then you cut the slots, then you opened up just a little bit the parts of the slots that hadl pearl to prevent chipping

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