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The inlays on my 4001 are "peeling out" from the fretboard. I dunno why i did not notice this earlier as i can feel it whilst playing. almost every inlay is lifting out of its hole on the G strings side.

How can i fix this? i guess i could reglue and clamp them, but i cant really get the glue under them without pulling them out (probably not a good idea - i would chip the varnish or worse snap the inlays)

any ideas guys?

Superglue?

Owen, the same thing is happening to two of the inlays on my '73 4001. It's first owner lived in Minnesota, so it's possible that this is occurring due to cold weather exposure. You really can't see it on mine and I only noticed it when I was changing the strings and was cleaning and polishing the fret and fingerboard. It's very slight, almost not measureable, so I'm not going to wory about at least for now as long as I take good care of it. It it ever becomes severe enough, I sure I could carefully pop them out (might need a bit of warmth), and use small amount of super glue and a clamp or two to reseat them.