Creating those wild flame inlays in the fingerboards of the Rockit guitars was an R & D project by itself. The process was worked out by Rod MacKenzie, the founder/owner of Rockit Guitars.
Basically, he had the rosewood fingerboard blanks laser cut; the flame pattern was cut all the way through the rosewood. The flames were poured in like a casting, a mix of polyurethane resin, transparent dyes and sparkling metalflakes. It was a tricky process, and every one was different. We trashed a few before we got it all right. Some of them were gorgeous. The fingerboards came to me like that, with the flames cast in through the whole thickness. I routed the back surface flat, glued them on the necks, radiused, slotted, etc.
I believe that Rockit Guitars is now gone. I don't know if Rod is even still alive. There seems to be no mention of him on the net past 2009. The whole project ground to a halt in 2007 when Rod had some serious health problems, and the company had some serious financial problems. I hope he's okay. A very interesting and creative guy.
As far as I know only 25 of the Rockit guitars were ever built, all now in the hands of rock stars and collectors. They were sort of stupid ugly overall, but they really had some sophisticated engineering underneath. Another interesting project in my history. I built all the necks. I still have one of the early prototype necks here.
Here's a shot of 8 of the bare necks, ready to go to him.
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