Can anything be done about an ugly inlay?

merlin

Can anything be done about ugly inlaws?

Divorce is the only legal and guaranteed option. 

Offset

merlin said:

Can anything be done about ugly inlaws?

Divorce is the only legal and guaranteed option. 

Or murder.  With lots of planning.

Sporky

I understand that you're most likely to get away with it if you run them over, but make sure the first hit counts. If you reverse back over them repeatedly the police tend not to see it as a tragic accident.

Don't ask me how I know. 

CavemanGrogg

Inlay stickers?

Svartmetall

I really like the inlay, it fits the guitar's aesthetic well; but then I put Brussels sprouts in a curry, so what do I know? 

CavemanGrogg

Or you could go all ghetto, and just colour it in with a black sharpie.  Which will have to be redone every time you play the guitar.

Kittyfrisk

Offset said:

JCA2550 said:

Buy a large medallion, get a perm, and bare chest wig no one will notice the inlay... 

Post of the day.  If not the week.  You just need to add the merkin.

Merkin. Man's Jerkin 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerkin

merlin

Offset said:

merlin said:

Can anything be done about ugly inlaws?

Divorce is the only legal and guaranteed option. 

Or murder.  With lots of planning.

Fuck, I wish I'd known murder was now legal. 

enjo

Paint it:

https://dsgb.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/finished-fretboard-8-26-11-2018.jpg

or:

https://www.talkbass.com/attachments/70905_l-jpg.1622223/

But actually, keep it. I think the 90's is cool again right now.

Kittyfrisk

enjo said:

Paint it:

https://dsgb.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/finished-fretboard-8-26-11-2018.jpg

or:

https://www.talkbass.com/attachments/70905_l-jpg.1622223/

But actually, keep it. I think the 90's is cool again right now.

Paint? Looks like it was covered in gimp mask material... ermmm, apparently, allegedly.

Kurtis

It probably wouldn't be toooo difficult to remove it (might be glued in solid?) and fill the hole with some kind of resin that's a more discreet colour?

Any colour other than white would be less obvious really.


I'd probably just live with it though. 

Funkfingers

How deep is the inlay material? Perhaps, a really deep scalloping job would banish it from your sight?

Or not.

Philly_Q said:

Anything you do to hide/replace it is going to look worse.

This.

BigPaulie

Sarge said:

is it too big to fill with rosewood dust and ca glue?
I'd be tempted, and the frets wouldn't need to come out

To get the surface of the dust/glue composite infill uniform with the surface of the board requires it to be made slightly proud then sanded back to the correct radius. This would require the removal of frets 10-13 to allow enough "travel space" for the sanding block to move parallel to the wood grain.

To try to do it by working between the frets in situ would theoretically be just about possible by scraping with a razor, but the skill required to do it without ending up a total mess (i.e. much worse than the original inlay) would cost as much as the "proper" partial refret approach.

mrleon83

Thanks all, so general consensus being that I’m being a tart :-)

danke schön 

Roland

No, you are welcome to your likes and dislikes. There will always be someone here with a different view.  

The other issue is the complexity/cost of removing the inlay and making good, where many people wouldn’t bother. 

guitarjack66

First World (non) problem for me.

TTBZ

Almost bought one of these guitars years ago, it was really nice to play from what I remember! I don't love the inlay either, but I wouldn't bother getting it "fixed" !

Zoolooter

I agree with you, it’s visually irritating.

Iamnobody

I’m not a fan of that inlay at all, but it seems it’d be an expensive job to correct and the end result might not be great. 

Maybe try these as a more refined effort of your taping over.

https://neckillusions.com/collections/steel-string-guitars/blackout

Or you could give the whole fingerboard a new look!

https://neckillusions.com/collections/steel-string-guitars

mrleon83

Iamnobody said:

I’m not a fan of that inlay at all, but it seems it’d be an expensive job to correct and the end result might not be great. 

Maybe try these as a more refined effort of your taping over.

https://neckillusions.com/collections/steel-string-guitars/blackout

Or you could give the whole fingerboard a new look!

https://neckillusions.com/collections/steel-string-guitars

Oooh now that I like!