Eddie Loves You Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Has anyone done it? What did you use (brass?)? How did you attach it (epoxy?)? Pics if you got 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 vigier do it with some kind of metal alloy they call delta-metal http://www.vigierguitars.com/html/Descript...cheUS_surf.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 That would be brass I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 most likely! i know when they first came out they were more obviously brass like and the magazine reviews referred to them as brass. they look darker now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'm not entirely sure, but you could ask all the details of the very many variations here... unfretted.com forum I became aware of them through the sustainer stuff as a lot of people use sustainers with the fretless board as a part of the whole technique. (say hi to transient for me if you sign up!) Fretless guitars come in a lit of varieties...wood boards, conversions, various metal and epoxy finishes...glass seems to be the rage...not fiberglass...real glass! Generally, fretless guitars have a different setup to a normal guitar as well...much heavier strings and a high action is typical...since you are not bending strings the higher gauge helps prevent your finger flesh dampening the string as much and the higher action gives a better separation from the board to prevent sitar like buzzing when you "fret" a note. But it is a wide area, some people believe the buzzing is an important part of the sound... pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Loves You Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Yeah I've checked unfretted, definitely a good source of info. Most of the discussion about actually making fretless instruments is about ripping out frets, though. I'm thinking some thin brass sheeting could be cut out and epoxied to a wooden substrate? I'm planning on a flat board but this could work for a radiused one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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