Brian May Red Special Guitar Build: Fretboard Position Marker Repairs by dsgb

[@tribesmanjohn]

Another great video as always Doug ❤

[@dsgb]

Thanks for your support Tribesman John. 👍🏻💜😀

[@palacraft8916]

Very Interessant video as always !

[@dsgb]

Merci beaucoup Nolhan! 👍🏻😀

[@TheRedSpecialGuitarPodcast]

Love this video Doug. Well done. Such a great insight in to what goes on and the challenges of using CNC. Must watch Red Special content. Keep it up

[@dsgb]

Thanks buddy. 👍🏻😀 That was the first fretboard I cut from the timber you supplied which was really good quality and a pleasure to work with.

[@gplaza]

Absolutely brilliant idea to leave the 1mm waste material on the sides! 🤯

[@dsgb]

Yes. So brilliant, I didn't think of it for seven years. 😫

[@mel_163]

8:16 Thank you for the knowledge Thinking about studying chemestry in the future

[@dsgb]

I recommend any flavour of engineering over a pure physical science. 👍🏻😀

[@ThomasBrunkard]

These are skills that always so far away from me until I see your videos. Masterfully produced, explained and executed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dsgb]

Thanks for your kind words Thomas. 💜😀🙏🏻

[@Adam_Halford]

Hi Doug. I doubt that I would have the confidence to ever attempt this procedure but it was interesting to see it done. I guess CNC will only deliver precise results if you align everything correctly. Did you consider just drilling out the dots on a drill press aligning by eye?

[@dsgb]

Hi Adam. Yes, I did consider avoiding all the alignment faff and just drilling the dots out manually using my drill press. However, I thought it would be more of a challenge and, if it worked out o.k., make an interesting video. 👍🏻😀

[@sisajtegabre]

Strange...I have Oak that is old several 1000's years from a river, and water didn't do any damage. It made it stronger, it's an extremely hard wood, not a fossilized but it just got harder, color is black-purple. My aim is to make a guitar body from it.

[@dsgb]

I have heard of this phenomenon. It should make great tone wood. 👍🏻😀

[@sisajtegabre]

@@dsgb yes it should be and it is. A very hard for tools ( a significantly harder then ''usual'' oak), but it has due to added hardness very nice resonance - added sustain. I guess that difference is when water is used to wet wood and dry on air VS when it's submerged under the water fot a long time. There is no free O2 and for sure there is N2 (that is over 70% of our air). So wood don't fall apart, and is ''cured'' naturally, raisin do it's job etc. Some Italian famous violin maters use that trick, i guess i can share that with you Sir. BNTW great videos, and i like your site.

[@dsgb]

Yes, as you say, preserving and hardening under anaerobic conditions. Thanks for your kind compliments and I'm pleased that you find my content useful and informative. 👍🏻😀

[@norsangkelsang7939]

I've done this with an under sized forester bit and a hand drill... chip out the remainder, done in a few minutes

[@dsgb]

I assume that you meant "Forstner" drill. I needed to remove the old dots and drill the existing holes deeper so the job was a bit more involved than just a straightforward remove and replace, that's why I chose to re-run the CNC toolpath. 👍🏻😀

[@TristanJCumpole]

Afternoon Doug! I'd like to follow up on your advice about not letting water to contact a finished wood surface. I agree and disagree, however this is not atypical of me as you might expect by now. Water is actually incredibly useful as part of a finishing schedule as the cells that comprise the fibres of wood will readily take on water and swell, as is their biological purpose. The main point is that fibres which are cut, damaged or unsupported from sanding processes will swell and rise up from the sanded surface. They can then be knocked back with a lick of 320 grit paper at 10 o' clock and 2 o' clock with respect to the grain direction, as in line has a higher likelihood of pushing them back in place. This handles the initial fuzzies raised from finishing. In general it is unwise to get surfaces wet for no reason. I'd probably say this is more of a wood biology issue than one of chemistry in terms of informational value. ;-)

[@dsgb]

Thanks for chipping in. It's sound general advice rooted in physical science principles. Some species are relatively impervious to water such as ebony. Of course, several factors such grain orientation, structure and damage from cutting or abrasion will influence water take up. Please bear in mind that I pitch my videos to a general audience including people with a primarily musical or artistic background and try to edit them so that they have some pure entertainment value, rather than being informative or instructional. 👍🏻😀