weaponepsilon Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 I've seen some guitars, fretless basses mainly, where the fretboard has an epoxy finish. I know this seems dumb, but has anyone done this? I have a conversion bass neck where I think it would benefit greatly from an epoxy finish. I once mounted it on a body and played it, but I never put any kind of finish on and it got all scratched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 why does it seem dumb - its a proven technique ??? personally i dont like the feel of i, but many players are fine with it. iirc there is plenty of info over at talkbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Ross Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 It's kind of a pain to do since epoxy will get EVERYWHERE, but it's well worth it, especially if you're going to be using roundwounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 I am considering doing it on my fretless bass build over Ziricote. It really depends on how I get along with the tone of bare wood - epoxied boards are more "mwah"-ish AFAIK. There are a couple of good videos on YouTube which I found via a Talkbass thread as Wez mentions. Very worthwhile - it does demonstrate that you don't need a lot of epoxy, and how to mask the neck from getting epoxy everywhere (which is my speciality). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mors Phagist Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Ive seen Glass covered wood on Fretless guitars, and even stone fretboards. Epoxy should work well, from what you and other people have seen. And on topic, I have my own question, sorry for any thread jacking. I just made a Fretless guitar, and after a few coats of poly, and being glued to the neck, my Dad told me to put epoxy on it. I guess I could still do it, if I were to tape off the Neck, but what would you guys do? Will 3 coats of Poly hold up to Flatwound strings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 At a guess, I would say it would depend on which poly. Some might be a bit too plastic, if not all of them. I'd stay with epoxy myself as it would be a big problem to repair if the poly failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Simo got a good result doing a fretless bass conversion Fretless Bass conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 (edited) I guess I get used to people acting like some idea that I've seen used before isn't the greatest and get offensive about it. I was half expecting a "just use flatwound strings" response. I figured that epoxy would be simply enough, i just wondered if anyone had done it and it was as simple as it sounds. Edited June 13, 2010 by weaponepsilon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Practice on scarp, and use a high quality epoxy (West Systems, System 3, something like that) that's formulated for easy application and/or suitable for finishing purposes. The cheap hardware store type will tend to stay rubbery and be a pain to sand, while sanding a good epoxy (when cured) is very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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