I tried a larger drill bit and that got one more inlay out. I ended up using a soldering iron to remove the inlays. Worked like a charm and got me where I needed to be. I'm all finished and it came out GREAT! Paua inlays on a Rosewood FB, classy!
Top man, cheers. I just have the 3000 grit and staining to do and I'm finished with my Squier Bullet inlay upgrade. Your video was such a massive help!
I've got a Gibson Custom Shop 57 Gold Top Reissue and one of the inlays popped out of the fingerboard a few weeks ago in the middle of a guitar solo at a gig. Suddenly, I felt something jabbing me in the palm. I cleaned out the hole and glued it back in but I didn't count on the height, which is now slightly less than the board.
If you write to Gibson - I'm sure they will send you a replacement. Then you can then remove the low dot and fit the new one. I would advise epoxy resin glue that will support the dot well and give you time to get it right. Take some time to think about how much glue you need and use a flat edge to level the dot with the fretboard. Don't worry about a little glue on the wood - just allow everything to dry, scrape off with a razor blade and finish with fine emery paper. Cutting mother of pearl into shapes and inlaying them into ebony fretboards was my job once.
@@LuvHrtZ OK! That's going to be a harder fix than a dot. My experience was working with genuine MOP and flat (banjo) fretboards. I going to assume your inlay is a man made material and has a surface radius. It might be possible to get the original out without damaging it. Or Gibson might be able to supply a replacement with the correct radius. Found this that might be helpful: www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?172391-Historic-Makeovers-3-Minute-Inlays
Hey great video. I have a question. What do you do if the hols for your old inlays go all the way through the fretboard and you have no "floor" to pour the glue? I just found out that my inlay holes are like that. What do I do????
Just a question, when you lightly sand the top of the inlay hole when you remove the old inlays (to remove the burs), is it necessary to sand overall all the other frets in the same to make sure they are all the same height? I understand you are not meant to apply much pressure when sanding, but yeah. Thanks!
There is a good video about inlaying. Search "crimson guitars basic inlay technique". I will do my inlays as told on that video, when I get my projects to that point :D
hey there! Im thinking about removing my dot inlays and leave fretboard with no markers. My question is, is there something to fill these holes in Rosewood fretboard in order to make it that way?
easiest solution is to mix super glue with rosewood dust (gathered by buying a piece of rosewood and using 120 grit or finer sandpaper) and make a paste, take the dots out, fill the holes with the paste you made and sand it smooth. hardest solution is to actually make your own dots out of rosewood and try to grain match them as best as possible
Go purchase a 1/4" plug cutter drill bit from a tool store, get a 1/8" thick piece of Rosewood that matches your particular fingerboard and make Rosewood plugs to fill your existing marker holes.
Covering Kashmir, You Can increase your guitar belly; with lots of Pizza and Beer just before bed. It's hard work. Repeat this procedure every evening over the course of 2 years and you Will see results.
Warning: This drill bit butt trick might not work for every guitar. If you want to do this on a modern Yamaha acoustic, which has its inlays epoxy-glued. Then this trick will not work. And you will end up in a same situation where I’d been, which you will need to heat up the inlays till the epoxy glue calcified, so you could carve them out using a modeler’s knife. (But the process was a pain in the ass. The best luthier as far as I know in Shanghai spent his whole day just trying to get the inlays out while causing minimum damage to the fretboard.) However, on the other hand, if you want to do this on a modern Martin, which has its inlays skin-glued. Then you simply need to heat up the inlays, and they will all pop up.
While this is a great instructional video and sounds easy enough, it may not be. Beware that all inlay material is not the same. I'm having a lot of trouble removing the old plastic inlay material. Now I have a serious problem and may end up having a professional to end up taking a look. I'm attempting this on a 90's MIM Fender with rosewood FB and white plastic inlays. They are glued in tight I was only initially able to remove 2 out of 10 inlays, the rest are a plastic mess.
Interesting but not exactly what I'm looking for. I have an Epiphone Dot Studio with no position markers on the fretboard.(Yes, ironic) I'd like to add dot inlays. It does have the tiny dots on the side of the neck but my eyes are very bad.
if you want dot inlays and have no current inlays get your dots and use a drill bit the same size as the dot inlays and drill to the thickness of the dots, glue the dots in, sand it smooth and you're set :)
Just watched part 1 and part 2, excellent tutorial, easy step by step instructions. Have 3 guitars which are now going to have new abalone dot inlays.
I tried a larger drill bit and that got one more inlay out. I ended up using a soldering iron to remove the inlays. Worked like a charm and got me where I needed to be. I'm all finished and it came out GREAT! Paua inlays on a Rosewood FB, classy!
Wow, that trick with the back end of the drill bit is awesome.
The drill bit trick is genius. I'll be getting 2 of your books
Great instructions, very thorough. You made no assumptions. excelent.
Top man, cheers. I just have the 3000 grit and staining to do and I'm finished with my Squier Bullet inlay upgrade. Your video was such a massive help!
Nice Renato watch.
Thanks, it was a gift from my buddy Johnny Hiland. You should check out his TH-cam videos, he's one of the BEST guitarists on the planet!
I've got a Gibson Custom Shop 57 Gold Top Reissue and one of the inlays popped out of the fingerboard a few weeks ago in the middle of a guitar solo at a gig. Suddenly, I felt something jabbing me in the palm. I cleaned out the hole and glued it back in but I didn't count on the height, which is now slightly less than the board.
If you write to Gibson - I'm sure they will send you a replacement. Then you can then remove the low dot and fit the new one. I would advise epoxy resin glue that will support the dot well and give you time to get it right. Take some time to think about how much glue you need and use a flat edge to level the dot with the fretboard. Don't worry about a little glue on the wood - just allow everything to dry, scrape off with a razor blade and finish with fine emery paper. Cutting mother of pearl into shapes and inlaying them into ebony fretboards was my job once.
Thanks for the reply Laz, but it's not a dot inlay, it's a trapezoid one. @@Iazzaboyce
@@LuvHrtZ OK! That's going to be a harder fix than a dot. My experience was working with genuine MOP and flat (banjo) fretboards. I going to assume your inlay is a man made material and has a surface radius. It might be possible to get the original out without damaging it. Or Gibson might be able to supply a replacement with the correct radius. Found this that might be helpful: www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?172391-Historic-Makeovers-3-Minute-Inlays
@@Iazzaboyce Thanks for the reply Lazza, but I'm not fussed by it so I'll leave it alone. Cheers.
A great job to do on a guitar you are re-fretting! Great tips dude, thanks :)
Excellent, clear instruction! Thank you!
Great information! Thank you!
you can also use a little heat to loosen the inlays.
Thank you for all the tips Will! top stuff!
Very good tips! Ty
Hey great video. I have a question. What do you do if the hols for your old inlays go all the way through the fretboard and you have no "floor" to pour the glue? I just found out that my inlay holes are like that. What do I do????
You can make new, round wooden plugs for the existing holes, then redrill them to the proper depth for your particular inlays.
Thanks so much for your reply!!
Have you used this process for replacing wood fret markers? I have a maple neck with wood dot inlays I'd like to replace with black pearl.
For drilling new holes, yes. If you do it this way then it doesn't really matter.
love this video. clear concise. thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
excellent demo....tty
Just a question, when you lightly sand the top of the inlay hole when you remove the old inlays (to remove the burs), is it necessary to sand overall all the other frets in the same to make sure they are all the same height? I understand you are not meant to apply much pressure when sanding, but yeah. Thanks!
Thanks for your video
Will, I want to replace the side dots on my bass neck. They're only 2mm. What would your approach be for removing these much smaller dots?
drill them out, and replace with 5/16" rod stock in your choice of color.
I take it that the process remains the same for a rough milled board?You will have to do the the layout and marked it in or use templates?
whats the difference between the material of them?
Very interesting, thanks!
I'm thinking of doing the same with my wpiphone sg, will it work with block inlays?
No, because dots aren't square
I have a guitar with no inlays? would that be a little more difficult,they're abalone
There is a good video about inlaying. Search "crimson guitars basic inlay technique". I will do my inlays as told on that video, when I get my projects to that point :D
I will order twice as many dots so I can pick the nicest ones
wow thanx for this video.
hey there! Im thinking about removing my dot inlays and leave fretboard with no markers. My question is, is there something to fill these holes in Rosewood fretboard in order to make it that way?
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easiest solution is to mix super glue with rosewood dust (gathered by buying a piece of rosewood and using 120 grit or finer sandpaper) and make a paste, take the dots out, fill the holes with the paste you made and sand it smooth. hardest solution is to actually make your own dots out of rosewood and try to grain match them as best as possible
Baz Doppleganger I have nothing but rosewood dust after having scalloped so many fretboards. Thanks for the tip.
Go purchase a 1/4" plug cutter drill bit from a tool store, get a 1/8" thick piece of Rosewood that matches your particular fingerboard and make Rosewood plugs to fill your existing marker holes.
Yes, it works on any fretboard material : )
can you please tell me how to increase my guitar belly
Covering Kashmir, You Can increase your guitar belly; with lots of Pizza and Beer just before bed. It's hard work. Repeat this procedure every evening over the course of 2 years and you Will see results.
Using the backend of the drill bit is not be of my favourite tips. I use this often and people think I am a wizard!
Can you do this on ebony?
hahaha...yeah I got a digital dot stick sizer thingy. Next tool? lol
AWSOME VIDEO
Handy to know, thanks for the vid (:
What guitar was that neck for
That was a custom build for Rick Vito of Fleetwood Mac
10:29 OOPS. you forgot to knock on wood!
I have one of those kits,it has a maple toped body and an unfonished neck with maple fretboard....how do o flame it ?
"flame" on maple is a feature of the wood itself, you don't add the "flame" later unless you're a good enough painter to make it look that way
Moose bone or deer antler inlays
Warning: This drill bit butt trick might not work for every guitar. If you want to do this on a modern Yamaha acoustic, which has its inlays epoxy-glued. Then this trick will not work. And you will end up in a same situation where I’d been, which you will need to heat up the inlays till the epoxy glue calcified, so you could carve them out using a modeler’s knife. (But the process was a pain in the ass. The best luthier as far as I know in Shanghai spent his whole day just trying to get the inlays out while causing minimum damage to the fretboard.) However, on the other hand, if you want to do this on a modern Martin, which has its inlays skin-glued. Then you simply need to heat up the inlays, and they will all pop up.
What about a squier??
While this is a great instructional video and sounds easy enough, it may not be. Beware that all inlay material is not the same. I'm having a lot of trouble removing the old plastic inlay material. Now I have a serious problem and may end up having a professional to end up taking a look. I'm attempting this on a 90's MIM Fender with rosewood FB and white plastic inlays. They are glued in tight I was only initially able to remove 2 out of 10 inlays, the rest are a plastic mess.
Interesting but not exactly what I'm looking for. I have an Epiphone Dot Studio with no position markers on the fretboard.(Yes, ironic) I'd like to add dot inlays. It does have the tiny dots on the side of the neck but my eyes are very bad.
if you want dot inlays and have no current inlays get your dots and use a drill bit the same size as the dot inlays and drill to the thickness of the dots, glue the dots in, sand it smooth and you're set :)
The first thing you should've said in this video is......abalone/shell dust is very dangerous to inhale....where a respirator
Wear*
does it help with the sound?
It's amazing the number of commenters who add NO VALUE....
Kinda like you, and now myself? :)
Violin- no frets, fingerboard. Guitar-fretted, fretboard.
0:52 if I'm gay?
"GAME" ... and, it's ok if you're gay Devan ... I have no problem with that what so ever ... Good for you!
Seriously
My god that intro feedback, PLEASE change it.