Suggestion for DBK-esque neck - Not b!tching, just a cool id

[Patrick Deno]

I said this in another thread but I don't know if the great folks at Ibanez read everything in the other sections so I thought I'd put it here.

That new "super-wizard" is soooo built for me it's scary. It's exactly what I wanted and one of the major reasons I bought the DBK. If I could I would only improve on one thing; the inlay.

Imagine the exact same guitar but with a vine inlay done the same way as the mirror pickguard? I.e., clear plastic with that mirror foil under it? That would be so awsome IMHO! It wouldn't be as expensive as abalone or MOP and you could actually use scraps/cuttings from whats left over from the pickguards (or even cut up ones that don't pass inspection) *and cut them to shape. Of course, the vine routing would hike the price a little but then I think it would be worth it.

Ibanez, you guys ROCK! Keep up the great work!

LJ

[jemsite]

Request noted. Here's my input before locking the thread.

One problem with abalone, and obviously metal inlays is they are difficult to work with. So if you had a metal (or even more 3-d screw inlay which i think would be cool) you would have to cover them in plastic or counter sink them below the fretboard. This is because they must be sanded to match the curve of the fretboard.

When creataing a neck, inlays are glued in the fretboard. Then the entire fretboard w/ inlays is then sanded to match the curve (radius) of fretboard radius. If this is not done, the inlays woyuld be palpable to touch. When the fretboard is silky smooth, the frets are typically installed, then dressed.

Ultimately this allows the inlays to match the radius (curve) of the fretboard exactly. Many good ideas are not quite possible given current technology and machinery... glen