Re: fretless, gratitude- recommended loop box?

["James Pokorny" <j.pokorny@worldnet.att.net>]

Curtis wrote:
>(how the &$&%$&%  do you remove frets correctly?)   if any of you have any
>additional tidbit--  ANYTHING at all to contribute to this thread, please
>feel free

Here's a good website for luthiers/stringed instrument repair:

www.frets.com  (what else?)

there's an article on removing/replacing frets, but nothing really on doing
the "fretless" conversion
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Technique/Guitar/Frets/00045BarFrets
/00045barfrets1.html

Good luck!