Doublesided tape for fretboard, how much is enough ?

Jim Palmer · Post by **Jim Palmer** » 22 Dec 2012 10:54 am

Merry Christmas everyone.I am installing doublesided tape on my sho-bud dustcatcher fretboard,I never used this stuff before ( tape is inch & half wide )I don't want to go overboard here. Thanks in advance,Jim

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 23 Dec 2012 7:28 am

Don't put any on top, just on the underside.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 23 Dec 2012 8:24 am

I'd use about 5 three inch pieces.
Are you wanting permanent or removable?

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 23 Dec 2012 9:33 am

Don't put any on top, just on the underside.

So that's why it never worked for me.

Jim Palmer · Post by **Jim Palmer** » 23 Dec 2012 12:19 pm

I didn't think I was going to get a reply so I put the tape on top and turned the fretboard over.Now I need something to draw some fret lines with. Would a Sharpie do?

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 23 Dec 2012 12:27 pm

Jim. I used tape on occasion. I had some very thin tape a half inch wide, from England. strong stuff with a reinforcement web in it. I applied it all around the outside edges. It wouldn't come off in a 100 years.
Got mine at Lee Valley Tools. Got one of them in NB?

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 23 Dec 2012 12:28 pm

A Sharpie will work fine, but don't use a ruler or tape measure and never use a straight edge to draw the lines. Free hand it.

Jim Palmer · Post by **Jim Palmer** » 23 Dec 2012 2:37 pm

Hi Bent, I wish we did have a Lee Valley Tools down here.Yes, I put a half inch strip all around the edges and a one inch strip down the center.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 23 Dec 2012 3:16 pm

I put a half inch strip all around the edges and a one inch strip down the center.

Would that be of double stick tape or the lines you made with the Sharpie?

Jerry Kippola · Post by **Jerry Kippola** » 23 Dec 2012 5:55 pm

A piece on the side will hold yer beer

Dickie Whitley · Post by **Dickie Whitley** » 24 Dec 2012 7:29 am

Bent, it sounds like you do yours for a "permanent" install. What if I just want to put another fretboard on top of the original because I like the design better? In other words, just sorta temperary in case I sell it later with the original fretboard.

Suggestions?

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 24 Dec 2012 8:33 am

Hi Dickie,
Then I would just cut some 1/2" pieces..put 2 in each end and two in the middle

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 24 Dec 2012 12:33 pm

You can order lightweight thin tape from places like GolfWorks or buy it at a bigger golf shop. It is thinner and lighter than double sided carpet tape. I would cover the entire underside of the fretboard and cut away the excess. You can get the tape in two inch widths. They also sell single strips that are two inches wide and as long as a golf grip.
Use naphtha, or if you are in a state that no longer sells Naphtha, use the safe golf grip solvent you can buy along with the tape. Wetting the tape with this stuff allows you to slide the fretboard around for thirty seconds before it sticks forever. That is how you are able to slide a golf grip onto a shaft before it sticks.

Clean up with the same solvent.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 24 Dec 2012 5:34 pm

You can buy double-sided clear or masking tape at any office supply store. (The clear is a little thinner.) I'd recommend a 1" strip down each side.

Jeff Metz Jr. · Post by **Jeff Metz Jr.** » 24 Dec 2012 9:45 pm

why not use some self adhesive velcro? That way you could just mix and match fret boards as you desire.
Sorry to hijack the thread but...does anyone know if I could put a 12 string emmons fretboard on my Sierra Olympic? Thanksa

Jeff Metz Jr. · Post by **Jeff Metz Jr.** » 24 Dec 2012 9:46 pm

why not use some self adhesive velcro? That way you could just mix and match fret boards as you desire.
Sorry to hijack the thread but...does anyone know if I could put a 12 string emmons fretboard on my Sierra Olympic? Thanks

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 25 Dec 2012 7:53 am

I thought Sierra used longer scale length

Bob Cox · Post by **Bob Cox** » 25 Dec 2012 8:21 am

A CNC ingraved fret board right in the alunimun neck would be neat and very lasting. Then use epoxy colors of paint in the etched area. That would last and be very beautiful. One could do designs such as stage coaches or many things.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 26 Dec 2012 2:56 pm

How much tape to put on ?
Well, you put a bit on, and then, if the fingerboard comes off, you didn't have enough.

Whichever way you do it, it's a lot easier to remove and do it again than it would be if you had used glue, and double-sided tape doesn't dissolve its way into the plastic like some glues do.