How much to refret?

[Guest MoJo]

Does anyone have experience of having a once fretted bass that has been converted to a fretless, converted back? If so, any idea how much it costs?

Thanks

[Cat Burrito]

The going rate I've been quoted is around £200

[Mr. Foxen]

£180 with local guy: http://www.edgeguitarservices.co.uk/rout_serv/

[brensabre79]

Assuming its a Rosewood it should be around £100 - £150 for a refret. But it depends how the fret slots have been filled when converting to fretless, it may be more work.

I paid Bernie Goodfellow £200 for a Maple neck refret and he re-laquered the sanded area and matched the colour of the 30 year old Nitro finish so you can't even tell its been done. That was a lot more work that a standard rosewood neck refret.

[rmorris]

Hi. Apologies for being obvious but is it really worth the hassle / cost ? What bass is it ? And might the neck / fretboard might not be compromised by the whole defret / refret thing.
Wouldn't it be a better choice to buy a fretted bass that you really like or a fretted neck to swap out ?

[lettsguitars]

200 quid to resaw the slots, level the board, refret, fret dress/level and polish is quite reasonable.

Edited August 28, 2012 by lettsguitars

[rmorris]

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200 quid to resaw the slots, level the board, refret, fret dress/level and polish is quite reasonable.
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Sounds about right. Would new strings be on top of that ?

[lettsguitars]

As long as it isn't a nine string.