Jim, John, Ken, thanks for the info.  Richlite looks like a good source and I am already talking with them.

I have Richlite fretboards on two of my Martin guitars. You can't see a difference between it and ebony and I think the Richlite lets you slide better than ebony.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

Etsy and eBay are good sources for micarta.  Luthier's Mercantile sells Richlite fingerboards, which looks similar to micarta.

Matt,

I have not made a fretboard from micarta, but I use it for nuts & saddles.  I buy that stock from "Texas Knifemakers", but I think maybe they would not handle pieces long enough for a fretboard.

A good place online would be:

https://www.professionalplastics.com

They have many types and colors of micarta - listed under "Phenolics".  You would probably want the "linen" grade - itis a very fine weave.

A couple of months ago, I found some blocks of micarta on Ebay that I used for a guitar repair job (internal insert) - so you can check on Ebay.  It was very nice material.

Good luck,

Jim Phillips

Wondering if any of you build using Micarta fretboards and if so, where to you source the material?