aged vintage looking fretboard

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i got asked to make a new fretboard for a vintage gibson sg, i think it was 61, not up on sg's
He sent me a brazilian board that had already been thicknessed and tapered with inlay routes cut too deep so first thing make up rosewood inlays, i can't show pics of process because i broke my phone and everything is on there, bloody annoying to say the least
With the rosewood inlays in i was able to cut the inlay routes to a tight fit first then it's on the radius jig then i darken the boards first, they're not stained btw
Anyway after alot of hours the board was done and sent off, he was very happy and so was i
Another thing is if you age a guitar the fretboard needs doing imo or it looks wrong so i do mine this way too
https://i.imgur.com/GoREWcs.jpg

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Boards darkened enough
https://i.imgur.com/UvSyU9A.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/ps4joTo.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/dZmr7xb.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/TcJO9ZI.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/bZ1d98a.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/Jf49Rn9.jpg

WezV

it looks really good.  the ageing looks right.

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WezV said:

it looks really good.  the ageing looks right.

Thanks, been messing around with ageing boards for years and now got it about right I think, I don't like the really f##ked look like some old boards
He sent me a side by side with the original board and it did look good