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Topic: Doublesided tape for fretboard, how much is enough ? |
Jim Palmer
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Posted 22 Dec 2012 10:54 am |
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Merry Christmas everyone.I am installing doublesided tape on my sho-bud dustcatcher fretboard,I never used this stuff before ( tape is inch & half wide )I don't want to go overboard here. Thanks in advance,Jim  |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 7:28 am
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| Don't put any on top, just on the underside. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 8:24 am
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I'd use about 5 three inch pieces.
Are you wanting permanent or removable?
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 9:33 am
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| Don't put any on top, just on the underside. |
So that's why it never worked for me. 
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Jim Palmer
From:
fredericton, nb
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 12:19 pm
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| I didn't think I was going to get a reply so I put the tape on top and turned the fretboard over.Now I need something to draw some fret lines with. Would a Sharpie do? |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 12:27 pm
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Jim. I used tape on occasion. I had some very thin tape a half inch wide, from England. strong stuff with a reinforcement web in it. I applied it all around the outside edges. It wouldn't come off in a 100 years.
Got mine at Lee Valley Tools. Got one of them in NB?
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 12:28 pm
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A Sharpie will work fine, but don't use a ruler or tape measure and never use a straight edge to draw the lines. Free hand it.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Jim Palmer
From:
fredericton, nb
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 2:37 pm
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| Hi Bent, I wish we did have a Lee Valley Tools down here.Yes, I put a half inch strip all around the edges and a one inch strip down the center. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 3:16 pm
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| I put a half inch strip all around the edges and a one inch strip down the center. |
Would that be of double stick tape or the lines you made with the Sharpie?
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Jerry Kippola
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UP Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 5:55 pm
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| A piece on the side will hold yer beer |
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Dickie Whitley
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Posted 24 Dec 2012 7:29 am
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Bent, it sounds like you do yours for a "permanent" install. What if I just want to put another fretboard on top of the original because I like the design better? In other words, just sorta temperary in case I sell it later with the original fretboard.
Suggestions? |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2012 12:33 pm
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You can order lightweight thin tape from places like GolfWorks or buy it at a bigger golf shop. It is thinner and lighter than double sided carpet tape. I would cover the entire underside of the fretboard and cut away the excess. You can get the tape in two inch widths. They also sell single strips that are two inches wide and as long as a golf grip.
Use naphtha, or if you are in a state that no longer sells Naphtha, use the safe golf grip solvent you can buy along with the tape. Wetting the tape with this stuff allows you to slide the fretboard around for thirty seconds before it sticks forever. That is how you are able to slide a golf grip onto a shaft before it sticks.
Clean up with the same solvent.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 24 Dec 2012 5:34 pm
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| You can buy double-sided clear or masking tape at any office supply store. (The clear is a little thinner.) I'd recommend a 1" strip down each side. |
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Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2012 9:45 pm
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why not use some self adhesive velcro? That way you could just mix and match fret boards as you desire.
Sorry to hijack the thread but...does anyone know if I could put a 12 string emmons fretboard on my Sierra Olympic? Thanksa
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Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2012 9:46 pm
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why not use some self adhesive velcro? That way you could just mix and match fret boards as you desire.
Sorry to hijack the thread but...does anyone know if I could put a 12 string emmons fretboard on my Sierra Olympic? Thanks
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 25 Dec 2012 7:53 am
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I thought Sierra used longer scale length
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 25 Dec 2012 8:21 am
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| A CNC ingraved fret board right in the alunimun neck would be neat and very lasting. Then use epoxy colors of paint in the etched area. That would last and be very beautiful. One could do designs such as stage coaches or many things. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 26 Dec 2012 2:56 pm
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How much tape to put on ?
Well, you put a bit on, and then, if the fingerboard comes off, you didn't have enough.
Whichever way you do it, it's a lot easier to remove and do it again than it would be if you had used glue, and double-sided tape doesn't dissolve its way into the plastic like some glues do. |
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