I spent the free time of the last 2 days trying to master a CAD software to design the fretboard:
But I think it's worth the time... First, I could do a real simulation of what will be the nut with 8 strings... Do you think that 1.5 mm as margin will be enough for the 1st and 8th strings at the end of the nut?
Second, the inlays design... I designed them to fit the fretboard. Now I have the choice:
-Either I build an ebony fretboard, and inlay the frets in MOP or better in bone, and varnish it, that could be nice, and I own an ebony fretboard blank (but not the bone inlays) and I like inlay job
-Or the cheaper way: I print it on photo quality paper and cover it with acrylic lucite, and the problem will be to find the lucite here...
I will contact Andy DePaule at
http://www.luthiersupply.com (he made a nice job for my previous instruments) to ask him if he can do something for me...
Next stage, the reshape of the headstock and the ebony veener...
I'm waiting for a piece od "bone" corian to build the nut and bridge I bought on Ebay...
Xavier