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Re: OT: Fretless Guitar

Also, give the neck a good look before you start.  I started in on a 
project 
and I didn't realize until I put the neck back on the guitar that it was 
back bowed and the truss rod wasn't fixing the problem.  String buzz that 
couldn't be fixed except for raising the action a mile high.

t


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Fretless Guitar


I've done two de-frets now.

The best advice I was given from a luthier was 1. For the electric
make sure and cover the pickups (better still, remove them if you can)
BEFORE you start any work on it because you will want to
re-surface/refinish the finger board and if you use fine steel wool,
well, that should be self-explanatory. 2. DO consider "filling" the
slots that remain from the fret removal, unless you're putting a plain
fingerboard back on...it helps keep the neck from warping ever so
slightly.

Otherwise, yeah, it's pretty straightforward...sounds like a really
cool project!

Best,

Dennis

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On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Kevin Cheli-Colando
<billowhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just realized I have a guitar equipped with sustainer pickups that
> I'm not likely to be playing much at all as is and something made me
> think I should pull the frets off to give it another life. Its a
> Korean Kramer Strat copy if that matters. I've found the unfretted
> site and it looks straightforward but I thought I might ask for any
> tips any of you might have before I go ahead with this (didn't you
> defret a guitar a while back Per?).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> --
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> form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all 
>trouble.
>
> - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
>
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>
>