Abalone Upgrade! Replacing Fret Markers

Tired of boring plastic fret markers? Replacing them is not the most difficult of tasks. Here I go over the easiest way to do a professional job. Plus I got a new guitar! It's a Jay Turser Cutlass, don't knock it till you try it!

[@gregmullins6927]

Your instructions were excellent,some really good tips

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thanks a lot Greg! I appreciated you watching and taking the time to comment.

[@anthonysilva5934]

Great job on the video tutorial. Straight to the point and no bs.

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thanks!

[@jamescramer9988]

I agree -- but would have been better with lower volume background music

[@Shuffit]

Thanks for the video man, I'm going to do this with my Yamaha Pacifica. Nice jams too.

[@KreyZ8]

Nicely done! Really like the way that turned out

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thanks man! Me too.

[@sleevelessace]

wow the diffrence a abalone dot can make on the fretboard! such a small mod makes worlds of diffrence! 2 of my best and most used guitars have dots and i feel aesthetically thats the only spot they are lacking as i modded alot on them so im going to try this! (doing blocks look like it would be next level luthier stuff) lol

[@bretspangler8717]

Great tutorial, this looked very doable and I love abalone, It was such a nice upgrade, well done!

[@sniffmatip3865]

Just sat and sorted through a pack of 60 dots to find the ones with the figuring and colour i like for my rg, cant wait to get them installed, thanks for the video😁👍

[@ForsytheVideo]

Good luck and glad to help!

[@isowannabeleftalone1023]

Really helpful. Thanks for sharing your process

[@MonicaMolinar]

That’s awesome! Thank you for showing how to do this! Much appreciated! :-)

[@ForsytheVideo]

Glad to help, thank you for watching!

[@user-gq4dm1er2p]

I Love this!I’m going to swaymine on my old 1980s AS Strat next! I need to clean out my basement workshop first..ugh!!!😬

[@lousekoya1803]

Old video but man what an awesome job you did ! Cheers from Quebec !!

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thank you!

[@BanjosandRobots]

I did this on my Deering Goodtime banjo, which has a solid maple neck and fretboard. The only problem was the maple wood was softer than most guitar fretboards, and splintered a bit when I took the old dots out. I am touching it up with super glue but it's a very long process tofix.

[@RobYoungband]

Maple is much harder then a rosewood, etc.

[@M5guitar1]

Pretty cool. I bought a Solo guitar neck that has no fret markers, so i also bought some dot stickers. I might try to inlay some real dots as you show, but im nervous about it. This gives me some confidence.

[@ForsytheVideo]

You can do it!

[@dionnand0003]

How do you nt have more viewers? This video was great!

[@ForsytheVideo]

I don't know, but the page has grown steadily this year so maybe soon I will, thanks so much for watching man!

[@joechou34]

Dude... really enjoying your channel! Great job!

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching.

[@GianlucaImprotaPT]

Hey great video. I have a question. What do you do if the hols for your old inlays go all the way through the fretboard and you have no "floor" to pour the glue? I just found out that my inlay holes are like that. What do I do????

[@krimeggers6650]

Beautiful beautiful guitar! Enjoyed watching

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thank you!

[@scbtx]

Very helpful thx!

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thanks for watching!

[@anthonycongiano8890]

Fantastic work! Thanks for this!

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thank you for watching!

[@ronhenry2025]

Spot on thanks!

[@Daniel-xn6os]

Great video, and good tips man!

[@dougretrodaze7963]

So there is no way to remove and replace the same inlay? In other words, the inlay is ruined when removed?

[@ForsytheVideo]

You can get more of the same material, which in this case was plastic, and replace it, but unless an inlay like these falls out on it's own you can't get them out without damaging them.

[@WOrtiz117]

increible.!!!

[@southpawOO7]

Is this my man Ben Eller?

[@ForsytheVideo]

No clue who that is my man, my name's Richard.

[@auralfury]

nice, did the same to 3 bass necks

[@briansimpson8116]

I'm watching older videos to catch up. These are interesting.

[@derrickharmon7980]

Wonder what it takes to do a full top like on the wolf guitars from aio guitars with some killer shell 🐚🥟🦪 I'd be scared that id mess up the fretboard for good and there goes a nice dark ebony or a killer figurered brazillian rosewood which isn't easy to find with wood quality and conservation these days

[@adamdagosto570]

Great video

[@THRobinson]

Been after one of these for years, but here in Canada... they never show up for sale.

[@johnadams9044]

Good video and good job.

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thank you!

[@bluwng]

What kind of glue did you use?

[@ForsytheVideo]

Just regular CA glue(super glue). You can use epoxy or whatever you like really as these are not structural. I just like the CA glue because it cures fast. Thanks for watching!

[@xXxjmannxXx]

Hoe much to do that and side dots?

[@georgewhitestar6761]

Nice, just wondering if most manufacturers use plastic like fender?

[@ForsytheVideo]

Most do, yes.

[@davekiddie4467]

Nice fret dots to bad they don't ship over the border

[@ForsytheVideo]

Why not? I order mine from Amazon.

[@davekiddie4467]

@@ForsytheVideo stew Mac won't send them to Canada.

[@ForsytheVideo]

@@davekiddie4467 Have you tried ordering from China? It'd take longer for sure but maybe you could get them.

[@davekiddie4467]

Stew Mac sells real abalone, I always question an items authenticity, especially comming from 🇨🇳 . Nice job.

[@ForsytheVideo]

@@davekiddie4467 you might want to ask where they get it. It all comes from Asian countries. The dots in this vid came from China or Vietnam I think.

[@Pilan_Bee]

Do not try at home!

[@wezilman]

Have you been pronouncing abalone wrong your whole life or what?

[@ForsytheVideo]

I only converse with real people who have actual names. Thanks for the view!

[@dylansalcedo2797]

Great video

[@ForsytheVideo]

Thanks!