Hello all!
I recently got a CNC machine and will soon be cutting my own pearl inlays. Unfortunately, I don't currently have any original Gibson necks on hand to accurately recreate the classic patterns.
I'm hoping some of you might be willing to help by taking high-resolution, straight-on close-up photos of your fingerboard and peghead inlays with a ruler or tape measure visible in the same photo. The ruler will allow me to accurately scale the inlays when tracing them into CAD.
I'm currently looking for the following 5-string patterns:
If possible, it would help if:
Thanks in advance! I really appreciate anyone willing to help with this project.
Edited by - Lemon Banjos on 06/30/2026 20:26:40
Why this insistence on copying everything Gibson? Why not design and make your own like Deering has? Come up with something completely unique!
They have most of them available here:
https://luthiersupply.com/Banjo-inlays.html
I would suggest contacting Tim Davis of Davis banjos to see if he would be willing to help. He went through this a few years ago as he started CNC in his neck and fingerboard building.
Somewhere buried in my stuff are two volumes of inlays put together decades ago by Bob Flesher of Liberty Banjos. Each volume is about 20 to 40 xeroxed stapled pages of actual size drawings of tons of inlays, and includes all Gibsons as far as I recall, and plenty of cool stuff.
If I can locate these I can sell 'em cheap.
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