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What epoxy for a fretless conversion


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I take it your thinking of a Jaco style conversion?

I recently had a fretted converted to fretless and the luthier used thin strips of Veneer to fill the fret slots, and no epoxy necessary.

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If protecting your fretboard is your only reason for doing it then I wouldn't bother; roundwounds don't cause too much damage, and it's easily repaired after a few years with some light sanding. Epoxy does change the sound giving a brighter attack, but that's not something you necessarily want a lot of on fretless. And I found it very hard to keep the board level with multiple coats.

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I recently did that with a Squier fretless neck that had a rather soft fretboard.
Just use epoxy that is suitable for boat repair, with the usual hardener.
Level and sand the fretboard, then put tape everywhere on the neck you dont want the epoxy...
lIt was actaully pretty easy, and the neck looks great now, and plays great.

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