Members jimwratt Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I posted this in HCEG, but I just discovered this forum, so I figured you guys might be interested as well. original thread here:http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=1906702 Well I finally got underway on my first fretless conversion this morning. It took about 45 minutes to pull all the frets out. Then I just spent an hour and a half this evening gluing in wood veneer lengths where the frets used to be. I let the wood glue set for a while (a little over an hour), then I started shaving and sanding the markers down to fretboard level, and strung her on up. Here are the pics Before Frets coming out Frets totally out Markers going in Markers totally in Ready for sanding Half way done All strung up and I'm rockin the intonnation thing is a lot more manageable than what I'd anticipated, so I'm actually quite relieved. Would anyone happen to have some exercises that deal specifically with intonnation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sunlit Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Good job man, it looks great. I saw the original thread, and when I get home I'll take a listen. I'm in the middle of refinishing my Jackson guitar. I got the paint sanded down the other day, and plan on doing some more light sanding and grain filling before I prime. Now you got me thinking about converting the neck on that guitar to fretless. It's a 24 fret guitar, so that should be fun, lol. Good job mate! Edit: May I ask what tutorial you followed? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musicdog400 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's cool. I like the clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimwratt Posted February 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Good job man, it looks great. I saw the original thread, and when I get home I'll take a listen.I'm in the middle of refinishing my Jackson guitar. I got the paint sanded down the other day, and plan on doing some more light sanding and grain filling before I prime. Now you got me thinking about converting the neck on that guitar to fretless. It's a 24 fret guitar, so that should be fun, lol.Good job mate!Edit: May I ask what tutorial you followed? Thanks. sure no problem, like the college student I am, I needed several sources. my primaryhttp://www.bassland.net/howto1.htm secondarieshttp://infohost.nmt.edu/~jstarret/guitar.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/charlesarms/defretintro.htmhttp://www.geocities.com/lessthanjakebass/defretting_guide.htm here's what I used for fret markershttp://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1224 here are the fret pullers and sanding block I used as wellhttp://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_supplies/Pullers,_nippers,_sizing/Fret_Pullers.htmlhttp://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_supplies/Leveling/2/Fretboard_Radius-sanding_Blocks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hvymtl939 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's badass. How hard is it to learn to play fretless, or at least get used to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimwratt Posted February 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Not too hard. I've just started working on it as of last night so I'm no expert. But it doesn't seem impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alan Roberts Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Nice job!As for intonation exercise - trust your ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members makingbeds Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 jim- do you think this would work for an acoustic? I just got a {censored}ty acoustic for free and i want to try it on that before i mess with a more expensive guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Awesome job, and I must also compliment you on your fine, fine dreads. My thick white-boy hair will not dread well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimwratt Posted March 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 jim-do you think this would work for an acoustic? I just got a {censored}ty acoustic for free and i want to try it on that before i mess with a more expensive guitar. I definitely think it would work. A lot of guys like to do this with classical guitars because they have ebony fretboards which are very friendly to fretless playing. Even if yours isn't ebony, I think that a fretless steel string acoustic would be pretty cool and certainly wouldn't have a terrible sound. Just remember to use flatwound strings so you don't tear up your fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimwratt Posted March 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 Awesome job, and I must also compliment you on your fine, fine dreads. My thick white-boy hair will not dread well. Lol. Well, better safe than sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldman2 Posted March 2, 2008 Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 Nice guitar project. Might try it with one of my cheap ones. Like the finish, looks like the finish on an old set of Ludig drums I had back in the 70s '.thanks for sharingoldman2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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