This guitar needed a new fingerboard. I'm not entirely sure what kind of wood this guitar originally had (it may have been ebony although I'm not 100% sure) but I'm using a nice piece of rosewood. I used a plane and my belt sander to true up the blank on the bottom, top, ends, and one side. The last side I left rough because as long as everything else was square, I could slot the fingerboard.
I used a program you can download from the net for free called Wfret. All you do is input the scale length and number of frets, and it prints out a fret slotting template to scale. Using a square and a razor blade, I scribed all my fret locations, then used a fretting saw and block of wood as a fence to slot the fingerboard. After this, I used a plane to taper the fingerboard to fit the neck.
This guitar originally had a flat fingerboard but I am radiusing it slightly to be more comfortable to play. Also, I am leaving the fingerboard thicker then average hoping it will add some strength to this non-truss rod neck. Still have to put some position inlays in as well as fret it.
I used a program you can download from the net for free called Wfret. All you do is input the scale length and number of frets, and it prints out a fret slotting template to scale. Using a square and a razor blade, I scribed all my fret locations, then used a fretting saw and block of wood as a fence to slot the fingerboard. After this, I used a plane to taper the fingerboard to fit the neck.
This guitar originally had a flat fingerboard but I am radiusing it slightly to be more comfortable to play. Also, I am leaving the fingerboard thicker then average hoping it will add some strength to this non-truss rod neck. Still have to put some position inlays in as well as fret it.