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Insert the fret board position marker material in the hole you
just drilled and snip it o with 1/8"–3/32" protruding above
the ngerboard. (It’s not necessary to glue the material in if
it ts snugly in the hole.)
Now repeat the process between the 10th and 11th fret.
When this is completed carefully align centerlines you made
on the ngerboard with the centerlines drawn on the neck
and rmly squeeze the ngerboard onto the neck. (Remem-
ber to align it with the pencil mark you made for the nut. It’s
a good idea to cover the pencil line with nger board. This
will ensure the nut ts nice and snug.)
The plastic ngerboard marker material will easily embed
into the softer mahogany. These will serve as registration
pins to help hold the neck in place during glue up.
It’s important that the ngerboard seats tightly on the neck.
Align the nut against the headplate and trace a pencil along
the face of the neck to determine the ngerboard location.
Carefully measure and mark a centerline on each end of
the ngerboard, and draw a centerline down the back of
the ngerboard.
You should already have a centerline drawn on the face of
the neck. Carefully mark the underside of the heel with a
pencil at the centerline location. This will help you ensure
the ngerboard is perfectly aligned on the neck.
Registration pins
It’s very important that the ngerboard is perfectly aligned
on center to the neck. As you may have experienced parts
tend to skate around during glue up.
To help with this we can optionally add 2 locating pins in
the ngerboard that will hold the ngerboard securely in
place during glue up.
You should have excess side dot material left over from an
earlier step where we added side position markers to the
ngerboard.
Using a 1/16" drill bit carefully drill a hole 1/16" deep in the
reverse side of the ngerboard between the 1st and 2nd
fret. You want to drill this hole about half way between the
centerline and the edge of the ngerboard.
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