Luthier and Instructor, demonstrates how to fix wormholes in ebony fretboards. LMI is having a sale on these while supplies last www.lmii.com/1... lutherieacadem...
Great video. I recently got a 1964 kono classical guitar from japan. I has a fretboard crack, which upon several months of proper humidification has closed (no gap). I see a lot of people repairing these cracks with superglue and sawdust, as a void filler kinda like what's shown here. I get that. I have good experience fixing soundboard cracks with hot hide glue and love how it vanishes as it pulls joints together. I am considering repairing this fretboard crack with the hot hide glue, as it has closed nicely upon proper humidity (it doesn't need filler); rather than using the more popular superglue. Is there any reason I shouldn't use hot hide glue on a fretboard crack?
Great video. I recently got a 1964 kono classical guitar from japan. I has a fretboard crack, which upon several months of proper humidification has closed (no gap). I see a lot of people repairing these cracks with superglue and sawdust, as a void filler kinda like what's shown here. I get that. I have good experience fixing soundboard cracks with hot hide glue and love how it vanishes as it pulls joints together. I am considering repairing this fretboard crack with the hot hide glue, as it has closed nicely upon proper humidity (it doesn't need filler); rather than using the more popular superglue. Is there any reason I shouldn't use hot hide glue on a fretboard crack?
Thank You Robert, I just was wondering what to do with a nice and black ebony fretboard with wormholes... Greetings from Buenos Aires!
and now you know. haha Saludos desde Colorado.
What grit sand paper do you recommend?