What is the material used for the 2 dots on the PGM90 neck?

[cowcowcow]

It should be:

Paua Abalone?


or

Paua Heart?


or

Abalone Rim?


or

Green Abalone?

[Christopher Chen]

That's a toughie!
It's either paua, or abalone rim, I guess

[cowcowcow]

ya........I think so.......i need to order some dot inlay sticker for my PGM......but I don't which one I should order..

[Project Guitar]

cowcowcow e-mail me your address in Hong Kong and I'll send you enough of the Abalone material I have to do that ( the self adhesive type).

I mean no sence in you spending alot just for two dots and I'm sure a letter with a square of the material wouldn't break the bank for me to send you for free...

Peace, Brian

[cowcowcow]

haha

thanks for your helping....

i am not asking for 2 Abalone dots
i want to make sure the 2 dots currently on my PGM90 neck are made of which type of abalone , so that I can order some sticker from here http://www.fretware.com/home.shtml for adding more dots onto it



(Edited by cowcowcow at 2:26 am on April 27, 2001)

[Project Guitar]

Ahhhhh ok I didnt know sorry about that.....

[cowcowcow]

so.........................

anyone knows which type of Abalone they are?

[Project Guitar]

Guess the biggest question I would have for you at this point is simply what color is the strongest in the dot's on your fret board?

I would stay away from the Paua Heart because the detail is simply to fine unless thats what your looking for. Same goes for the Green Abalone ( by their example ).

The Paua Abalone is usualy a more Green to Blue hue of color and the Abalone Rim is always predominently shades of Red and Green......

All in all it really is up to your own taste....Not to mention you may have mother-of-pearl fret marker's which are usully white with a touch of rainbow......

[Christopher Chen]

Cow...have you tried sending pics of your inlays to the company? I think they would be in the best position to fid you a match

Good luck!

Chris

[Fretware]

Yup,

The best way to match up current inlay material is to just take a look at what YOU have. *Get a digital camera pic or something and send it to me at beau@fretware.com and I'll take a look at it. *Even better, if you have a flatbed scanner, take a scan of the fingerboard (easier to get a really good pic that way). *Paua abalone is the most abundant of all and is usually what guitar makers use if they are watching their dollars. *If it's a high-end instrument, then they are likely to use Red abalone because it costs nearly double.
I don't have red abalone in Fretware, but can usually find something in my stock to match up pretty good.

Beau
Fretware