sepultura999 Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Hey all. My friend is thinking of taking his electric guitar and turning it into a fretless. I've read it's best to take a soldering iron, heat the fret, take nippers and start from one end to the other slowly rocking it until it comes out, and continue with all the frets (correct me if i'm wrong on anything please!) How would you go in about filling the holes though to making it a fretless. Thanks! -Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscovill Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 To do it right, why not remove the entire fret board and buy a new, non-slotted one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 well if you fill the slots with maple(unless it is a maple neck,then use ebony)then you will have markers...which is a good thing,and it is still a "right way" to do it...why replace the fretboard?extra work for nothing i think use veneer...try to get it in as close to the thickness of the slot as you can(about .024 is pretty standard slot size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugz Ink Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Dumb question time: Why not grind/file the frets level with the fretbaord? Here's why I'm asking: The biggest problem I've seen with fretless boards is that people put the wrong strings on them and chew up the wood. (I saw a fretless bass at Guitar Center that had round-wound strings on it, and the fretboard already had very noticeable impressions.) So, if you leave some brass in the neck, would it help to eleviate wood erosion? That may sound stupid, but I'm just trying to learn. D~s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Someone I know filed the frets off on his brand new Warwick Dolphin... a braver man than I. It led, however, to unfortunate buzzing when it was played on the fret line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 you just kind of have to accept the fretboard wear on a fretless...but you can use really hard fretboard wood and coat it with 2 part epoxy,then just keep leveling and re applying the epoxy when it wears...much the same as you relevel and refret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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