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    Can you roll the bound fretboard edges?
    I have rolled the unbound fretboards in my collection

    Is it possible to roll bound ones as well?

    I had always thought of those as just the way they are
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    Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

    Sure, just use a razor and go slow.

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    -Chris

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    • #3
      Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

      Another one



      I use a thinner razor and just drag it up and down the whole neck. Light pressure and the razor passes over the frets.
      -Chris

      Originally posted by John Suhr
      “Practice cures most tone issues”

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      • #4
        Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

        I had an SG that someone sanded down the binding so that it was super thin at the fretboard. That neck felt wonderful.

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        • #5
          Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

          I've never rolled fretboard edges with the frets in before. :P


          The razor blade method looks like the way to go to do this.
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          • #6
            Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

            Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
            I've never rolled fretboard edges with the frets in before. :P


            The razor blade method looks like the way to go to do this.
            You should always roll the edges after the frets are installed. Doing it before undercuts the fret ends.

            You want it to look like this (extreme example, but same idea)

            Last edited by Ayrton; 12-10-2019, 10:15 PM.
            -Chris

            Originally posted by John Suhr
            “Practice cures most tone issues”

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            • #7
              Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

              Originally posted by Ayrton View Post
              You should always roll the edges after the frets are installed. Doing it before undercuts the fret ends.

              You want it to look like this (extreme example, but same idea)

              I agree; rolling the edge of the fretboard before the frets are in simply makes the ends of the frets stand MORE proud, which works against the whole idea of rolling the board.

              I typically use Micro-Mesh pads to break that corner after finishing up the fretwork, polishing until the ends of the frets are rounded and smooth, and the sharp corner of the board between the frets is slightly softened.

              Larry

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              • #8
                Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

                Originally posted by Ayrton View Post
                You should always roll the edges after the frets are installed. Doing it before undercuts the fret ends.

                You want it to look like this (extreme example, but same idea)

                Wow! Talk about a beauty to behold!

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                • #9
                  Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

                  Originally posted by Ayrton View Post
                  You should always roll the edges after the frets are installed. Doing it before undercuts the fret ends.

                  You want it to look like this (extreme example, but same idea)

                  That general approach is what the edges of fretboards and frets should look like for best playability. The extremes of them not being this way, and a poorly cut nut, are the overwhelming factors resulting in a guitar that feels like a "cheap guitar." Do this to any old "crappy" $150 guitar (along with the installation of a hand cut nut), and it will play better than a new Gibson.

                  I've heard lots of online people complain about strings pulling off the edges...but that's just a sign that someone has done it wrong. If done properly, there should be a very minimal, if any, difference in how deeply the fret bevels go in from the ends of the frets. They just get a hell of a lot smoother to move over.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Rolling A Bound Neck

                    Originally posted by Ayrton View Post
                    You should always roll the edges after the frets are installed. Doing it before undercuts the fret ends.

                    You want it to look like this (extreme example, but same idea)

                    That does look pretty . . . although I haven't run into the undercut fret ends thing you're talking about. After rolling when you finish refretting the dressing you give to the fret ends is maybe slightly more involved with rolled edges (you've got to round the fret ends a bit more than you would otherwise), but ends up being very comfortable to play.
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                    Originally posted by Douglas Adams
                    This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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