Avon Marauder: Filling Fretboard Wear
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 25. 07. 2020
- Can you get rid of deep playing grooves and dents in a rosewood fretboard? Will it look OK? The answer is yes, and in this video we demonstrate a technique to repair the fingerboard of an Avon Marauder. It's a guitar that has been around since the 70s, so it's seen some use!
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Very smart to use lighter dust since glue darkens it...thank you for sharing your knowledge
The dust created by sanding would be the ideal dust to use. There is usually enough of it. Also, it is a very good idea to clean the bottom of the wear mark to ensure good adhesion as it was left untouched by sanding. Using a razor blade scraper with the ends wrapped in masking tape is the best/most accurate way to remove the excess superglue/dust filler before sanding. It prevents having to sand excessively. Just saying.
Excellent work and demonstration. I feel confident that you restored it to a better playing instrument. Cheers.
Good work
Very very good
After watching your video I'm ready to do this to a 92 year old banjo neck.
Cool. Go for it!
@@stringkingworks I did it and it worked perfectly!! Thanks! !
@@wiggsan Cool! Glad it worked out
When matching the dust color, right off I'm wondering why the bottle of mahogany dust is even in the equation. I'd go right to the rosewood dust bottle, assuming that the fingerboard is rosewood, as it appears to be.
I have a question. Why did you not use your sanding dust to fill it? Was there just not enough? I'm a woodworker and I use this trick a lot but I use the sanding dust from the piece I fix
Probably because the sanded dust contains dirt, oil and DNA from the person(s) who played the guitar so fervently.
How to you prevent sanding off so much wood that the new frets donât sit right? How do you keep from changing the geometry of the board?
The sanding block is curved to the profile of the board. I just try to keep it as level as possible. Really, I didn't take too much off. But anyway, in the middle it is usually about 7mm thick so it's hard to sand too much off
Can you use the dust from sanding? Also whats the mill file you mentioned? Can you show us that tool please?
The mill file is a flat metalworking file about 20 cm long with quite a rough surface
You can use the dust for filling etc.
@@stringkingworks thanks
Will this also work the same way for a maple neck?
With a maple neck you can either be very careful when removing the frets so you don;'t damage the lacquer. Or, better, sand it down, install the frets, laquer it, then level the frets. I usually try to leave what's on there in place and just carefully file down any high spots near the slots, but it's very much something that can change with each neck
How do you make the dust?
The result of sanding. I just keep a bit in jars
I returned for refresher on this. Got an old acoustic with seriously worn fretboard on upper end. I may have to try this.