Re: Fretboard bowing
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:06 pm
Something that solves this problem (and possibly others) is fretting before attaching the board to the neck.
If you fret the fingerboard off the neck, put 3/8" to 1/2" blocks under each end and then clamp the center
down in the middle, leave it overnight, you'll have a perfectly flat board in the morning.
Flat fingerboard+flat neck attached with non-water based glue= only minor adjustment later in the build.
IIRC I stole that idea from Mario Proulx.
If you fret the fingerboard off the neck, put 3/8" to 1/2" blocks under each end and then clamp the center
down in the middle, leave it overnight, you'll have a perfectly flat board in the morning.
Flat fingerboard+flat neck attached with non-water based glue= only minor adjustment later in the build.
IIRC I stole that idea from Mario Proulx.