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rps-10 wrote:Paul,

Ever thought of using a Dremmel type tool as a tiny Router to cut the block shapes into the fretboard?
This LINK illustrates how to do it with a dremmel router further down the page.

hey, thanks for the advice, but i normally do use a dremel for the inlay routing and grinding down the Mother of Pearl or Celluliod, but i think you might of missed what i wrote above, i mentioned that i normally use a Dremel, with a router bit but on this project, being that i love this guitar so much and wanted it for so long, and not easy to find a CIJ Fender Jaguar in practically mint condition,
(CIJ Fender Jaguar discontinued in 1997)
i didn't want to risk screwing it up, by possibly having a slip and the router shoot across the fretboard and totally destroy it or something, so i was not in any rush and would rather take the time and have this neck absolutely perfect, just how it would look from the manufacture,
some necks in the past needed a little bit fretboard dust and glue mixed up to fill in the tiny tiny gaps if any around the block inlay, even though that filler mixture works well and not noticeable , i still wanted these blocks to be so tight and perfect fitting that it looks just like the ones in the stores , and turned out better like this than ever, in fact, from now on, i think i might just use the dremel a tiny bit in the very middle of the inlay and just carve the rest out to achieve the same results

this is my dremel

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yeah, here is one of the last necks i used my dremel on, it does help a lot, but i started using this new inlay material i found , an 8 x 4 sheet of white pearliod celluloid plastic that is a lot thinner than real mother of pearl and honestly i like the look much better, more pattern and reflection to it than MOP and easier to cut and inlay , so i don't really need the Dremel, its not to deep of an inlay

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here is that sheet of inlay material i just mentioned, you can cut it with a coping saw from home depot, its pretty smooth cutting and just file it flush and smooth with a file

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here are the guys i got the inlay material from, i have used a few different kinds of inlays and materials, and this is the best i think,

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i have the chrome control plates , mustang term bar, and white pickup covers left from the jaguar when i first got it, they are in great shape, i just wanted it to look as new as possible so i ordered the control plates before the guitar even got to my house, and when it did, everyone was telling me it looked so good, even the chrome that i shouldn't even replace it and return the plates i ordered and received,. but i just put them on anyway, but the old ones aren't really even scratched, it just looks like marks from picks , i can post as many detailed pics in the classified section if anyone wants, but i will be posting this in the classified section but wanted to let you guys know first because you have been following my post on this stuff already,


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i don't need these things anymore and just figured someone might being doing a Jaguar Build and might need them, or maybe someone wants white covers, hard to find, all repros are aged white, these are in great shape, i cleaned them up and they look brand new, i just wanted aged white to match my bindings, but i know the rules, ill post this stuff over in classifieds,

but like i said, i just posted this here first because you guys have been watching my post and just wanted to let you know first, thanks

i also made an extra set of inlays out of that block of pearled, I'm not sure if i want to sell it, but i am taking a break for a while with this whole building thing, and don't really need the inlays either, but kinda want to save them for future projects, but if someone really wanted them especially because they are hard to find with these dimensions, usually the inlays online are to tall, narrow, short etc, but these are exact to fender jaguar jazz master specs, i got the dimensions off of Offsetguitars.com

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if interested in these inlays or jaguar parts, please check me out in the classified section, thanks guys, god bless

Great work Paul! Thanks for explaining how you do it. I've always wanted a blocked and bound jaguar like that.