Members alwaysharp Posted February 20, 2008 Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 I bought an old neck on ebay and I'm gonna take a stab at it. If it's something I'm comfortable with then I'm gonna do it to my strat. I'll take some pics along the way and let you know what I think of the whole process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Schecter5 Posted February 20, 2008 Members Share Posted February 20, 2008 Are you talking about the inlays? Sounds prety tricky. Alot of the stuff I've read about removing anything from the neck says to steam it for a while and it should make things easier. You might try adhearing something to the top of the inlay with epoxy or a glue stronger than whats holding it down and you might be able to pull them out. But your also risking taking out a chunk of wood underneith the inlay, which might not be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonjohn Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 i drilled mine out with a drill bit smaller than the inlay. don't drill to far though. lever out the the remaining inlay with a screw driver if you need. most of the glue was in the center of mine so didn't need to lever them out .was a lot easier than i though it would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poomwah Posted February 22, 2008 Members Share Posted February 22, 2008 i drilled mine out with a drill bit smaller than the inlay. don't drill to far though. lever out the the remaining inlay with a screw driver if you need. most of the glue was in the center of mine so didn't need to lever them out .was a lot easier than i though it would be would that work as well with a non circular inlay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonjohn Posted February 23, 2008 Members Share Posted February 23, 2008 do you mean block inlay. not sure. you could give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members czesc Posted February 25, 2008 Members Share Posted February 25, 2008 would that work as well with a non circular inlay? ive never done this before but the thought popped into my head, if its a block inlay you could try using a small router or dremel tool on route mode and route out most of the inside of the inlay, and then lift the rest as said ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted February 27, 2008 Members Share Posted February 27, 2008 Most markers are soft crap plastic, no drilling needed just cut in and lever out with knife etc. For non-round inlays you can trace them on to Ablam (LMII.com) and carefully cut it down with a dremel. Glue in with titebond and sand down as needed. FYI I hate inlays of all kinds... silly and nonfunctional I want ebony and SS under my strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonjohn Posted February 27, 2008 Members Share Posted February 27, 2008 Most markers are soft crap plastic, no drilling needed just cut in and lever out with knife etc. For non-round inlays you can trace them on to Ablam (LMII.com) and carefully cut it down with a dremel. Glue in with titebond and sand down as needed.FYI I hate inlays of all kinds... silly and nonfunctional I want ebony and SS under my strings. the reason i drilled mine is so i didnt damage the wood when levering. but your probably right. they don't seem that secure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members czesc Posted February 27, 2008 Members Share Posted February 27, 2008 Most markers are soft crap plastic, no drilling needed just cut in and lever out with knife etc. For non-round inlays you can trace them on to Ablam (LMII.com) and carefully cut it down with a dremel. Glue in with titebond and sand down as needed.FYI I hate inlays of all kinds... silly and nonfunctional I want ebony and SS under my strings. I agree but sometimes its nice to have small markers on the frets, especially if your not very good at guitar yet (like me). I've got a question you might be able to answer - how much of the string vibration do you think passes into the neck at the point where your finger fretting. is it comparable to the force at the nut / bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DivebombInc Posted February 27, 2008 Members Share Posted February 27, 2008 drilling and dremeling are the way to start, but don't lever out; try to use a punch or something with a point and press the edges away from the surrounding wood toward the center of the inlay and in. if you pry or lever up you take a chance of the inlay chipping up any material it's stuck to at the edge. underneath is fine, but the edge of the wood surrounding the inlay is the real fragile part.it can be done, but take your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newmaxnew Posted February 27, 2008 Members Share Posted February 27, 2008 You will probably need to remove the frets so that you can get the new inlays level with the rest of the neck. Then you get the fun of refretting the neck. Sounds like a big project but you might learn some good skills. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 27, 2008 Members Share Posted February 27, 2008 if they are plastic inlays you can use a a bit of heat to distort them and loosen the bond. I did that recently to an old fretboard with plastic inlays and most of them popped right out. The heat has to be very localized though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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