The hills are alive, but not with the sound of music yet. They are alive because i have been cutting and sanding and fitting and routing them into the fretboard. I am liking the way they look, my theory is that if a can't make good music with the guitar, distract people with good looks. (Not mine, the guitar).
The picture shows white lines drawn on the fretboard, that is where the fretboard will actually be cut, it is narrower near the head than the body. While working on it it is much easier if it is the same width, i will cut the angle at a later time.
I used tiny drips of craft glue to temporarily tack the mountains in place after they were fit together. I was very surprised that the glue was strong enough to actually rip off a little of the wood from the mountain backs a little later when I removed them. My wife said she wasn't surprised...it seems I should have asked her opinion. :)
A couple of things.. when you use a router on ebony wood, you make a lot of black dust. I bought a plunge router attachment for my Dremel tool. The router attachment is awesome for $29 and i would gladly spend the money again, it is nice and light, it has a clear base so you can see what you are doing. I can see many uses for it in the future. Not heavy duty enough for all uses but for light duty and detail, much nicer than a full sized router.
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