A day later, and I’ve got two variations on the original design.  I asked Mica to give the wedges a little more character for this round.  The results are shown above, including a fret marker detail.  It’s amazing what a small variation can do!  At the very least, I haven’t seen this exact shape on any other fingerboard.  At the same time, it retains the simplicity I asked for.  Simple and unique – just what I’m after.

Version three (the bottom fingerboard) shows a clever design where the markers travel up the thumb-side of the neck, but then “change lanes” at the 12th fret, continuing up to the nameplate on the finger-side.  At first, I wasn’t crazy about this design, but the more I look at it, the more I am warming up to this layout.

I do have at least one more idea for the shape of the wedge, and I will probably have another fingerboard layout with that design in a few days.  After that, I’ll probably sit on the fingerboard ideas for a bit, to make sure I’m at peace with my final decision.