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[quote name='number six' timestamp='1349175186' post='1822682'] Hi, I need a pickup installed as well as a pots/cap section installed in my 60's Precision reissue. I don't even have a soldering iron! Can anyone recommend a guitar tech in the Medway area please? [email protected] Cheers! [/quote] Did you sort this?? I am a tech in Medway.

Maple veneer from Amazon (£8.99 for a 2.5 metre roll posted). Other veneers are available but I chose maple for the contrast. BTW. I have a 2.5 metre roll of maple veneer minus a few fret-line bits if anyone needs any off-cuts.

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1356645119' post='1912069'] How did you knock the frets out, it has been advised theses are knocked out sideways to avoid the frets splintering the fret board, can you cover this part of the job. looking good though. [/quote] Frets removed using the pliers and soldering-iron method, but this left some ragged lines where the tang 'barbs' chipped some of the fingerboard on their way to freedom. Used saw blade to remove the radius at the bottom of each slot - retained saw-dust Cut strips of 0.6mm maple veneer to add fretlines, these glued-in with PVA, with excess adhesive removed from the face of the board. Once all fitted, mixed-up filler using PVA and the saw-dust from earlier - this was added as a fillet between the protruding veneer and the finger-board. Excess removed. Once dry, shaved-off excess veneer using a stanley-knife blade (careful!!), then sanded-down with 120, 320 and 1200 grit until smmoooth.

Hi, I'm looking for any pictures of Jazz basses with black hardware before I take the plunge. Does anyone have any that they are willing to post? Ross

More pic links added to the finished board, [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/dscf3374w.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/dscf3374w.jpg/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/dscf3373zy.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/dscf3373zy.jpg/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/dscf3372u.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/dscf3372u.jpg/[/url] New black scratchplate added too + black screws. Thinking about black bridge, tuners, etc for the all-over steath look. Has anyone any links or pics to a JB with black hardware?

Wherabouts in Kent??

No worries. The results using this method are really good - no jagged edges which occur when removing the frets. The CA finish is now completed but I'm leaving it a couple of days to allow the CA to fully harden before a final polish with 4000 grit. Ross

JimBob, What I did was mix PVA with some of the rosewood saw-dust when I removed the radius from the bottom of each of the fret-slots. I then formed this paste into fillets each side of the veneer. The excess was removed before it set too much, then sanded-down once dry. Ross

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Pictures at the following links [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2672/dscf3349u.jpg"]http://img20.imagesh...2/dscf3349u.jpg[/url] [url="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4764/dscf3352d.jpg"]http://img195.images...4/dscf3352d.jpg[/url] [url="http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4923/dscf3357a.jpg"]http://img255.images...3/dscf3357a.jpg[/url] [url="http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8954/dscf3365r.jpg"]http://img26.imagesh...4/dscf3365r.jpg[/url] Just completed CA fingerboard coating, will post pics later.

Thanks Jon, It was just a thought that popped into my head when out walking to mutt this morning!! Subsequently, I have been playing with Super Glue on a beater fingerboard (and yes I did manage to inadvertantly glue a couple of fingers together in the process!!) and the results look quite stunning. Just need to summon up the nerve to attack the freshly defretted board. Cheers, Ross

As per my earlier post, has anyone used multiple applications of wood hardener to seal and toughen a defretted rosewood board? Would this work?? Ross

I have just completed my defret. Frets removed using the pliers and soldering-iron method, but this left some ragged lines where the tang 'barbs' chipped some of the fingerboard on their way to freedom. Used saw blade to remove the radius at the bottom of each slot - retained saw-dust Cut strips of 0.6mm maple veneer to add fretlines, these glued-in with PVA, with excess adhesive removed from the face of the board. Once all fitted, mixed-up filler using PVA and the saw-dust from earlier - this was added as a fillet between the protruding veneer and the finger-board. Excess removed. Once dry, shaved-off excess veneer using a stanley-knife blade (careful!!), then sanded-down with 120, 320 and 1200 grit until smmoooth. Unfortunately, I have exceeded my upload quota so cannot post a pic. I now need to finish-off. I have read the various posts regarding, epoxy, super-glue, etc, but was wondering whether anyone has tried multiple coats of wood hardener?? Any advice would be gratefully received. Ross

Leave it a couple of days for the neck to settle before any adjustment of the truss-rod.