Fingerboard

sanded entire fingerboard between frets 

with 600g sandpaper, twice, then 

scraped ever so gently the fingerboard, 

especially near the frets with a fresh razor blade. 

after that, i sanded the fingerboard again 

to remove any small nicks from using the razor blade 

with 400g and then finished it off with 600g. 

you can now dry-ice skate on this fingerboard! lol

[before]

[after]

the frets were stick out over the edge of the fingerboard,
so i filed them down (without taking meat off the top).
now it's comfortable to play.

after sanding the fingerboard, i used #0000 steel wool and
polished the frets. in doing so, it lightly smoothed them out
which was predominantly noticeable in the first 3 frets. 

you can't see your reflection in them, but they are shiney. :D 

you can also notice the fret differences in the previous two images.