Hi Chaps,
I've picked up a very nice 7 string Warrior custom bass a month or so ago via a trade with a gentleman from this very forum, I'm a player who likes many strings and thought it a good idea to add a fretless ERB to the stable, however... a fretless player I am not... it's fun to mooch around on, but as far as me playing it regularly, that is unlikely.
It is a really great bass and when it was made by the Warrior chaps out in the US of A it was originally fretted, somewhere along the line it got de-fretted, and now I want to re-fret it!
I have tinkered with many a bass, but certainly nothing so daring as re-fretting a bass myself, my question is, should I do it myself? Acquiring quality fret wire is easy enough, and the bass is lined where the frets once were so measuring precise marks is already done. Seems like a self-fret could be potentially easy enough?
Does anyone have advice or can offer any help with this? Any thoughts or tips etc. would be most welcome! I don't want to cock up this extremely nice bass so feel free to tell me it's not worth doing if it is truly not worth risking, if you've re-fretted something yourself I'd be interested in your experience to guide my decision.
Alternatively, if you can do the job and are local-ish (I'm in Essex) I'd be very happy to have you do it while I help/watch/take tips! Paid work obviously!
Thanks!
Russ.
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