Got my Sea Sick SD-1 - Sharp Fret edges!?

[Jack Napalm]

Funny...my "it's not a Jake" c/s Charvel has a fretboard that looks EXACTLY like the Jem that was posted. I actually like it, but what the hell do I know?

sully

You know quite a bit. Don't sell yourself short. That won't make for good TV.

[AndyK]

I set up the guitar and strung it with the 10's I am used to, and the neck is the same shape as the blue guitar. Except for the sharp frets, the guitar sounds great. My wife says the Sea Sick Green is "silly and a girls color"!
A) What does she know about vintage Strat colors
B) Keep the Blue guitar, sell the "girls" guitar?

[Trem]

IMO this is not a good example of what to do... He's gone too far and beveled his fretboard edge along with the frets.

looks fine?
should be that way, it's for comfort and looks sharp if you ask me it's attention to detail.
even the cheap ibanez i'm sitting with right now the binding is beveled like that too, but somewhat more round, i look for this in my guitars.

My RR1 is actually unique in that my other one was sharp edged along the neck, this one the binding is kinda angled inwards somewhat like so /------\, especially down in the first position area - probably actually a mistake, but anyway it's more comfortable than any other i've played.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Sure, rolled fingerboard/binding is great, but not like that. That bevel is huge... I haven't ever seen anything like that on a production guitar, but I don't look at Ibanez guitars so... :dunno:

My Charvels have had the outer edge of the binding filed between the frets. My Jacksons are the same way. They did not just run the beveling file down into the binding, they hand-rolled it with a small file.

[ekalb09]

It's your guitar not your wife's, keep what feels good. if it was a money issue I think she would have a say but color is your personal preference.

[AndyK]

It's your guitar not your wife's, keep what feels good. if it was a money issue I think she would have a say but color is your personal preference.

True. I like the fact that the sea sick green color is way different than any guitar I've had. The blue is a classic color, and very well done in candy metalic.

Not a tough decision by any means - which killer Charvel should I keep?!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Keep them both!

Or, take a couple of years to decide...

[AndyK]

Keep them both!

Or, take a couple of years to decide...

Ha! Good plan - except for the paying for both part!

[toejam]

I set up the guitar and strung it with the 10's I am used to, and the neck is the same shape as the blue guitar. Except for the sharp frets, the guitar sounds great. My wife says the Sea Sick Green is "silly and a girls color"!
A) What does she know about vintage Strat colors
B) Keep the Blue guitar, sell the "girls" guitar?

All shades of blue and green are the perfect colors for Strats! You need both!!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

All shades of blue and green are the perfect colors for Strats! You need both!!

And any other shade of blue or green they come out with, right?

[toejam]

Exactly!

[sully]

You know quite a bit. Don't sell yourself short. That won't make for good TV.

Heh. Point taken!

As far as the rolling binding goes, it's done a bunch of different ways by different manufacturers. I'm biased and like Jackson's method (between the nibs), while Gibson usually will bevel the nibs as well. Either way, it's a super fast process and usually done with a couple swipes of a razor blade.

I got a neat tip from an amazing luthier named Roman Rist (he worked with Peter "Max" Baranet) who will roll the edges with a shaft of a chromed screwdriver. It compresses the edges and feels awesome.

I guess my overall point is that there's a bunch of different ways to do something, and clearly, there's all kindsa different tastes.

Sully

[AndyK]

Here's a shot with the jealous Soloist looking on in the background!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Nice... If I'm seeing the color right, it looks to be about halfway between Daphne Blue and Seafoam Green.

[AndyK]

Nice... If I'm seeing the color right, it looks to be about halfway between Daphne Blue and Seafoam Green.

That's about right. It's a little brighter in person. Funny, but if you have a Weller solder station, it's almost that same color blue/green exactly!