Fingerboard ramp materials.

[ambient]

I want to make ramps to fit on a couple of my basses.

I was hoping to get my brother to do it for me, but he's really busy, so I'm gonna have a go myself.

I bought 2 pieces of ebony from eBay, but they're a little too thick, and I messed up sawing the one to the right size, I have the DIY skills of a frog

I was thinking maybe of balsa wood, that's pretty cheap, and I believe quite easy to sand down etc, and I could paint it black.

Is there anything else anyone could suggest I use, bearing in mind my total lack of practical skills

Edited November 29, 2013 by ambient

[visog]

I think you can use any wood or plastic really. Gary Willis has a couple of vids which may help:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKffNbWXRfQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKffNbWXRfQ[/url]

Bernie Goodfellow did mine in the same wood as the top of my bass which is Walnut:

[url="http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/gb_spitfire_gallery3.asp"]http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/gb_spitfire_gallery3.asp[/url]

Fourth row down, fourth across...

[arthurhenry]

I had a small one made from ash by a luthier, cost £20.