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Topic: New fretboards - a facelift! |
Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 7:20 am |
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My dear old LeGrande is twenty-four this year and, over those years, she's played thousands of gigs, tours and shows.
Now she and I have retired, it's time she got some remedial work done. The original 'boards were looking a bit tired.
I'm very pleased with the result; chrome-on-black lookls better than white, in my opinion.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Dale Rottacker
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Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Joe Bill Moad
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 8:25 am
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Roger:
Those fretboards look like a “NEW” Cadillac! Hope these new remodels motivate you to keep playing from now on! Please guide me to the builder that can refurbish mine on my D-11.
Respectfully
Joe Bill Moad
Oklahoma
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 9:16 am
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Bill
Even finding these standard 10 string ones wasn't easy. Had Jim not had them, I was at a dead end.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Steve Cattermole
From:
California, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 10:19 am
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| Good job Roger, your steel looks brand new. Good that Pali could help you |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 10:46 am
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In the process, I unhooked all the strings, then put them back afterwards.
Now, I'm struggling to get in tune, and I can't find my tone!
New fretboards couldn't account for the tone issue, surely?
Perhaps I'll change the strings. I kept them, because I only put them on last week. 
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 12:20 pm
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| matte finish needed here |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 3 Nov 2024 12:37 pm
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My days of setting up under tricky lighting are behind me!
Nothing is expected of me, but I just got through Hill Street in Eb on E9th - I did, however, play it without that light being switched on. 
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2024 10:43 pm
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They are great and beautiful until you get in a certain type stage light that reflects off the chrome, then can’t tell where you are. Had happened to me twice so now just got black and white like old fret boards now.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 5 Nov 2024 2:20 am
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My gigging days are behind me, Henry - now, it's all just aesthetics!
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 5 Nov 2024 3:27 am
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Thanks to my friend Bud Vanderberg, I have been able to restore the logo to the pedal bar.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Joe Bill Moad
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 5 Nov 2024 4:04 am
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Roger
You got it going again! Keep it up!
Jbm
Oklahoma
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Lynn Kasdorf
From:
Waterford Virginia, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2024 3:12 pm
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Where did you get these, and are more available? I'm doing the exact same thing on my main Emmons SKH.
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Joe A. Roberts
From:
Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 8 Dec 2024 4:06 pm
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Very nice, a black Emmons and a lake placid blue strat... the best colors for each! (objectively speaking)  |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 8 Dec 2024 6:26 pm
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Lynn
I got the fretboards from Jim Palenscar.
Roger
PS Where's the LPB Strat? Not visible in this pic, surely?
Oops! Yes it is - I see it.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 8 Dec 2024 6:28 pm
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Joe
LPB rules! My favourite Tele is the same.
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2024 12:22 pm
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Looks great Roger but like Henry says stage lights change things a lot. Your OKIE friend J.R. Merry Christmas.
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 21 Dec 2024 12:43 pm
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I think so too, JR: the chrome matches the rest of the hardware on the guitar.
As far as stage-lights are concerned and as I've previously stated, there'll be no more tours, shows or theatre gigs for me so I can make my steel as fancy as I like!
PS: Aren't the new Resounds fitted with chrome 'boards?
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2024 12:47 pm
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Roger,
I’ve kept some chrome fret boards for the time when I’d retire and play in my room. While touring I had experienced the lighting issues that Henry and others have stated. But I like the look of them and will be installing some in 2025. Your axe looks great 👍
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 21 Dec 2024 12:59 pm
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Marty: Thanks!
I love so many aspects of being retired (although I keenly miss interacting with other musicians); I can please myself, even switch pulls on a whim, and work on whatever I want.
And the load-in is a breeze.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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