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Topic: White" Sho~bud Fretboard Replicas
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 07 December 2004 12:54 PM
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Bla Bla[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 30 January 2006 at 07:51 PM.] |
Drew Howard
Member From: Mason, MI, U.S.A.
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posted 07 December 2004 01:06 PM
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WOW, those are BEAUTIFUL.Think they'd fit on a Fessy? :>) Like I said, GORGEOUS http://steelguitar.net/fretboard2.html thanks,
Drew ------------------
Fessenden D-10 8+8 / Magnatone S-8 (E13)
[This message was edited by Drew Howard on 07 December 2004 at 01:14 PM.]
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 07 December 2004 01:46 PM
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Don't know the scale length on a Fessy; but these replicas are exact for a 24" scale Pedal Steel.
Ricky |
Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 07 December 2004 01:53 PM
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WHY,They would throw me out the front door of church,those old card symbols!!!ha ha!!
farris!!!! |
Jack Abraham
Member From: Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 07 December 2004 01:56 PM
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Ricky:Quick question...is it fairly easy to replace an existing fretboard with one of these white versions? |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 07 December 2004 02:04 PM
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Jack; yes.
Peel up the old one. Clean the top of the neck from the old glue. Then before peeling the backing off the new one; set it down on the neck and make sure you see where it's lining up at..>then peel of self adheasive backing and start by putting down the end with the 1st fret first; and slowly lay it down as your making sure it's in line with edges of neck as you go...and waaalaaa.
Ricky |
Rick Schmidt
Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA
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posted 07 December 2004 02:07 PM
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Beautiful! I don't think I've ever seen one of those that hadn't been yellowed with honky-tonkitis. |
Jim Smith
Member From: Plano, TX, USA
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posted 07 December 2004 02:12 PM
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quote:
Think they'd fit on a Fessy?
Sorry, Fessenden's have a 24 1/4" scale. Besides, the Fessy fretboards rule!  |
Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 07 December 2004 02:14 PM
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Sometimes, rather than peel off the old fret board, I just put double-backed tape on the bottom of the new one and just stick it on.
Erv |
Kevin Hatton
Member From: Amherst, N.Y.
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posted 07 December 2004 02:29 PM
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Great stuff Ricky. I too am a believer in white fret boards. I've got 'em on my ZB. Some guys don't like them because they throw string shadows under certain lighting conditions, but it never bothered me at all. I think the white looks sooo cool. The plus for me is that you can see your fret markers under the worst, darkest lighting conditions on stage. |
Roger Edgington
Member From: San Antonio, Texas USA
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posted 07 December 2004 04:18 PM
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Those are beautiful Ricky. Are they metal or plastic or ?? |
Eric West
Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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posted 07 December 2004 05:10 PM
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They look GREAT. Hopefully those are the ones that Duane was telling me they were waiting for to put them on my Professional.I'll wait and see. When I painted up the Black Tomato Seed Catchers on my ProIII is put a whole new life into things. A lot of the things I was tired of were visual. Most of the white fretmarkers were worn off anyhow. I too would like to know tht they're made out of exactly. I take it they're pained on te underneath. Nice. EJL
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 08 December 2004 12:04 AM
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Yes Eric; I'm sure they are, as Duane gets his fretboards from Bobbe Seymour and Seymour has these now; and I didn't understand anything else you said in your post> sorry.
They are Replicas; so that means they are made exactly like the originals and the originals were screened onto a flat metal> they are not plastic and they are not the raised Sho-bud fretboard.
I don't have these; Bobbe Seymour has them and is selling them for a very small 29.99 (I don't know how he can do that..ha...I couldn't get these things made up and/or sale for anything under 50 bucks.....he'da Man).
So call/email Bobbe or Dan at http://www.steelguitar.net 615-822-5555 and get on it man.
Ricky
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Duane Marrs
Member From: Madison, Tennessee, USA
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posted 08 December 2004 05:17 AM
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Jack heres a tip. To remove old metal fretboards, place a towel over them and use a clothes iron right on top to heat the glue. Then use a thin guitar string underneath to take up, or a putty knife if you are careful. To make sure scale stays the same, use masking tape to index at the bottom of the fretboard to line back up. One cross way and one long at the edges. Then install the new ones.
We also, have fretboards now. We have had a 12 string made too and those are impossible to find. The 12 strings are only available in black and white, but, turned out great. These were shot off of the oringinal Sho-Bud scale. |
Drew Howard
Member From: Mason, MI, U.S.A.
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posted 08 December 2004 05:29 AM
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Jerry Fessenden made a batch of white boards for his guitars. You'll see mine soon here. Drew ------------------
Fessenden D-10 8+8 / Magnatone S-8 (E13)
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Jack Abraham
Member From: Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 08 December 2004 08:25 AM
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Duane/Ricky:Thanx for the tips -- this will save me from messing-up when I make the changes! |
Steve Blazek
Member From: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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posted 30 January 2006 06:38 PM
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So what's the best way to get off the old plastic fret boards? |
Duncan Hodge
Member From: DeLand, FL USA
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posted 30 January 2006 07:01 PM
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Hello Steve,
I found a hairdryer, an fingernail and a lot of patience worked fine.
Duncan |
Chris LeDrew
Member From: Newfoundland, Canada
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posted 30 January 2006 07:50 PM
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Does taking off the original fretboards affect the value of the guitar in any way? |
Bill Terry
Member From: Bastrop, TX, USA
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posted 31 January 2006 07:31 AM
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quote:
So what's the best way to get off the old plastic fret boards?
Play a gig on a flat bed trailer in an asphalt parking lot about the middle of August in Texas. Worked great ...  |
Gary Spaeth
Member From: Wisconsin, USA
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posted 01 February 2006 07:01 AM
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ricky. if you made them out of 3/16 or 1/4" aluminum would you get an aluminum neck sound or at least a synthesis of wood and aluminum neck sound. just a thought |
Micky Byrne
Member From: Essex and Gloucestershire England
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posted 01 February 2006 07:35 AM
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John Coop has kindly donated a white fret board to my burned Sho- Bud universal that is being rebuilt here in England.I can't wait to see it on the guitar. I also paid him for a normal black one that the Bud used to have, so I can change from time to time. The Bud had an Emmons single coil 18K on it. Obviously that was burned in the fire too. Someone suggest a pick up for the Bud once it is completed. I have a Wallace TT on my Carter universal.Perhaps that would be best to retain the sound the Bud had???Micky Byrne, England |
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