I’ve never come across Rocklite. I’ll check it out tomorrow but I thought it was Richlite that Martin use for fretboards and bridges. Cheers

I'd assume it was real wood It’s made up from layers of paper bonded with a phenolic resin.

Has anyone ever used this stuff? I think it is mainly sold as Richlite, certainly in the UK. It is a great alternative to natural timber for fretboards and there are some really funky colourways avai...

@boo there are several reasons for fanned frets (also known as multiscale or compound scale). They vary between tonal and ergonomic. Tonally, scale length makes a difference, given the same gauges of ...

What is the reason for it? Good question!! I think the idea is that the bass response can be enhanced whilst retaining nice crisp trebles. Also, it looks cool and expensive!!

Right, excuse me for being ignorant but I’ve never looked into the whole fanned fret thing. What is the reason for it? Why? Thanks in advance for my education.

Having now watched the video I have to agree with @darrenking, in practice this would be an awful system to use, because errors will happen at every step. As an illustration of how the numbers relate ...

I came upon this youtube video, I thought it would be of interest. I never saw this before. @richie718 Yeah that is cool for sure and I haven’t seen it before either. It kind of takes me back to my ...

no allowance is made for this with standard parallel fret positions. @darrenking There's no allowance to make in that case. draw out a rectangular representing a neck (from bridge to nut) with parall...

that you have to include the string angle into your calculations I think that the differences caused by small variations in nut/fretboard/bridge widths aren’t going to matter. I mean, no allowance is...

I'm going to have to draw it out, but it seems to me that an issue with fan frets may be that you have to include the string angle into your calculations, at least for the outside ones (the ones in be...

as it angles the fretboard rather than the saw Yup, definitely the most sensible and easiest way to go. I’ve had an idea on how to adjust for the different ‘square fret’ but I need to draw it before ...

@darrenking You're correct that there is no standard for which is the right angle fret. Strandberg seem to make it the zero fret, but they don't have a big difference in scales (just 1/2 inch between ...

I’ve just watched this video and I’m sorry, but there is no way that this method would be anywhere near as accurate as simply measuring each fret position from the nut. Every time he measures the next...

A universal, adjustable fan fret jig is almost impossible. There are just sooooo many variables not least of which is deciding the fret that is square to the centreline of the fret board. This affects...

Now you just need a license to paint it in Vantablack

@markbailey. Thanks for this Mark. I was just thinking about this very thing this afternoon. Cheers, Russ 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Cheers @markbailey appreciate this link. 👍

@markbailey thanks for that, do you know of any non-spray finishes that work well over them? Given the economy of scale clearly A3 is best “value” which also means I’ll have to make many many guitars ...

Coming along nicely there @boo. 👍 🙏🎶🎸🙂