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I just bought a guitar and it doesn't have fret inlays. Where can I find a place where they sell guitar fret inlays. Like the stick ons.
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I'm afraid that "stick on" inlays would not do too well on a guitar fretboard.
I found one guitar forum that addressed the subject.
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-94023.html
No help for you there, though.
I did find mother of pearl sheet of veneer you can use to make inlays on ebay
http://crafts.shop.ebay.com/items/Crafts__W0QQ_nkwZVeneerQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZCraftsQQ_sacatZ14339
However, this is not something you'd just "stick" on your fretboard.
Inlaying MUST be performed by a qualified Luthier (guitar maker), unless you want to F*** up your guitar for good and all.
Stick on anythings would work for appearance , hell, use gold stars or little colored dots you can get at the stationary store. but the minute you try to play your guitar( unless you are strictly playing chords, no string bends or anything fancy) the strings will catch on the edges of them and rip them off.
Now when I was a little kid (8) I took lessons form a guy from the Kingston Trio( a very famous folk group in the 50's and 60's)
He had this funky chord system for beginners in which we placed multicolored stickers on the fretboard about 3/8' long and when placed 6 across the fretboard, completely covered the upper part of each fret.
each color represented a different chord. For instance, all yellow spots were for a C chord or something like that.
I saw them on a concert TV show a while back and the guy still had those stickers on one of his guitars like 25 years later.
So if all you want is a visual reference on your fretboard (aren't there at least dots on the edge of the neck?)
you could take some of those little silver dots from the stationary store and put them in the proper frets, right below the upper fret wire. That way when you play the string won't hit the dots and may stay on for a while.
That's the only option I can think of for stick on "inlays"
I'm afraid that "stick on" inlays would not do too well on a guitar fretboard.
I found one guitar forum that addressed the subject.
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-94023.html
No help for you there, though.
I did find mother of pearl sheet of veneer you can use to make inlays on ebay
http://crafts.shop.ebay.com/items/Crafts__W0QQ_nkwZVeneerQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZCraftsQQ_sacatZ14339
However, this is not something you'd just "stick" on your fretboard.
Inlaying MUST be performed by a qualified Luthier (guitar maker), unless you want to F*** up your guitar for good and all.
Stick on anythings would work for appearance , hell, use gold stars or little colored dots you can get at the stationary store. but the minute you try to play your guitar( unless you are strictly playing chords, no string bends or anything fancy) the strings will catch on the edges of them and rip them off.
Now when I was a little kid (8) I took lessons form a guy from the Kingston Trio( a very famous folk group in the 50's and 60's)
He had this funky chord system for beginners in which we placed multicolored stickers on the fretboard about 3/8' long and when placed 6 across the fretboard, completely covered the upper part of each fret.
each color represented a different chord. For instance, all yellow spots were for a C chord or something like that.
I saw them on a concert TV show a while back and the guy still had those stickers on one of his guitars like 25 years later.
So if all you want is a visual reference on your fretboard (aren't there at least dots on the edge of the neck?)
you could take some of those little silver dots from the stationary store and put them in the proper frets, right below the upper fret wire. That way when you play the string won't hit the dots and may stay on for a while.
That's the only option I can think of for stick on "inlays"
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