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I defretted a cheap-ass fake telecaster I picked up at a yard sale by pulling hard on the frets with a pair of pliers. I filled the fret holes with some dupont plastic wood compound that you can sand and paint like wood once it dires. I used the neck to build a cigar box guitar, so I wasn't too concerned with things like precision or tuning... Sylvain On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Dean, Hal <HDean@wcupa.edu> wrote: > Chiming in briefly: I’ve defretted a Casio MG500 and an Ibanez bass. In >both > cases I used wood filler for the slots; I like having the fret ghosts as >a > guide to position. I finished the necks with several applications of > polyurethane. > > > > The Casio is now a fretless MIDI guitar, quite fun. I have it tuned down >a > whole step from standard tuning as it seemed to me that the defretting > somewhat compromises the stiffness of the neck (you’ll see others talk >about > this on Unfretted, as I recall). I have flatwound strings on it, which I > like, but if you do the toothpicks and superglue job others have >described > here, it seems unlikely you would really HAVE to use them. > > > > Kevin, your thought that defretting a guitar with a sustainer is a good > project is spot on – I have a Vertigo with sustainer, from ebay, waiting >for > the same treatment when I have the time and money. The sustainer will > address, at least in theory, the issue of defretted instruments being > sustain-challenged. Let us know how it turns out! > > > > Hal Dean > > > > On 4 March 2011 09:28, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Kevin Cheli-Colando > <billowhead@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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?). > > Yes, Kevin. I actually have defretted two. The Telecaster works kind > of ok but the other one had an old Schecter neck and I suffered from > the typical issue with doing fret job on old instruments; parts of > wood come off when you remove old frets. So this neck needs more work. > Lots of great hints have been given in this thread already, so I have > nothing to add. Just read up well on unfretted.com, that's where I > found guidance when took the leap. > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 4:21 AM, doody <ringdangdoodled@gmail.com> wrote: >> I got the plans to build a hurdy-gurdy... >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZKQf-JIvRU > > Wow! That instrument is a complicated machine inside. You're looking > at some seriously advanced project. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se > www.perboysen.com > www.looproom.com internet music hub > >