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Topic: Emmons chrome fretboard - thin frets |
Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2004 6:00 pm |
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I'm looking for a new Emmons chrome fretboard that has the thin, not wide, frets.
Thanks in advance,
Brad Sarno
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Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2004 7:40 am
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 23 Aug 2004 8:32 am
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You'll be bumping a long time, cousin Brad. Emmons only makes the wide-fret, matte-background fretboards in chrome. But they are superior to the original thin-fret, gloss-background boards (MUCH less stage light glare), just not original to the older guitars.
I have both types. In just the right light, with a red 100W par can focused at about 90% on an original thin-fret board, the frets become completely invisible as the entire board becomes a wash of glowing red.
I also have the newer boards on one of my wraparounds, and nobody's ever complained... least of all me. 
For visibility onstage, the white-fret boards are really superior to all of them IMHO, but they're not original to the 60's horns. Marty Muse has white frets on his '65 wrap.
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[This message was edited by Herb Steiner on 23 August 2004 at 10:21 AM.] |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 23 Aug 2004 9:24 am
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I wonder how a black-fret/white background Emmons fretboard would look? Similar to the 1960's Sho-Bud boards.
A set could fairly easily... though not without cost... be made on a one-off basis, but I'd want to get Ronnie's permission to do it.
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Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2004 1:57 pm
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Herb. I had found a chrome fretboard about 3 years ago for my '66 that needed restoration. It's got very perfect, thin lines, and the black is not all that glossy, no glossier than the wide fret chrome ones that I've seen. I don't mind the large frets, it's just that the ones I've seen with wide frets have kind of sloppy silkscreening and the frets aren't all that perfect. Maybe they've fixed that. The one I have with skinny frets is perfectly screened. I can't remember where I got that one. I remember the old worn one that came off the '66 was very glossy and I can see that being a problem.
I've got this '77 loafer p/p that has the white frets. It really does work best with lighting, but the chrome looks so, so, ... so Emmons.
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Jim Saunders
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Posted 23 Aug 2004 5:32 pm
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Brad, I got a pair from Jerry Roller, but Bobby Seymour sells them too. They look nice too, but a bugger bear to install.
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Jerry Roller
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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2004 1:14 pm
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Brad, I emailed you.
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Richard Argus
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Perth, Western Australia,
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Posted 25 Aug 2004 2:09 am
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Hi Brad,
Have you tried Emmons?
Yesterday I received a new fretboard for my '77 S10. It has chromed thin frets and although the black is glossy, I don't expect it to be too shiny.
Emmons' service was good; I ordered it via email 2 weeks ago and here the item is now in sunny Oz.
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Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2004 7:24 am
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Thanks Richard. I was thinking that maybe the newer ones from Emmons had the thin frets, but I couldn't remember. I ordered some pedal rod connectors from Emmons last week and the service was superb.
Brad Sarno
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