roman_sub Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) Hi guys If you saw a fretboard like the one in attachment - would you be concerned? It's supposed to be ebony fretboard with maple lines. It looks like some of the ebony shrank / chipped away around a few of the maple lines? Is that common with lined fingerboards, any idea what caused it? How serious is it? Assuming it's a defect, presumably a fix would involve some sort of ebony dust + glue? thanks in advance for your views! cheers Roman Edited May 29, 2017 by roman_sub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manton Customs Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) It doesn't look like shrinkage to me, looks more like it was defretted and took some chipping during fret removal. Yes, Ebony dust and super glue for the win. This would make it invisible. Edited May 17, 2017 by Manton Customs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_sub Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 thanks. Apparently this was a factory fretless from Sandberg...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 [quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1495038473' post='3300776'] thanks. Apparently this was a factory fretless from Sandberg...! [/quote] I think 'factory fretless' generally involves the bass starting life as a fretted and being de-fretted in the factory before it sees the light of day. I gather it's cheaper than setting up aspects of production for what will inevitably be minimal numbers of fretless basses in the first place. It's also why FF basses tend to have their dots between the fret lines. I'd guess this is usually the case with larger operations where most aspects of production are batched or uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I think it unlikely that a factory lined fretless will ever have actually had frets fitted. But it will have gone through the process of having had a saw blade cut the slots. Any saw blade, no matter how sharp, will be pulling at the wood grain as it cuts and small whiskers of wood will be ripped out. This will leave small gaps in the grain. The fix is to do as Mamton Customs says, or have an unlined fingerboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I wouldn't give it a second thought, it will make no difference WHATSOEVER to how it plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1495272140' post='3302580'] I wouldn't give it a second thought, it will make no difference WHATSOEVER to how it plays. [/quote] Excuse me Sir, but this country has had enough of truth and experts, if you don't mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 If it was my bass I would not be pleased if it is a new bass I am surprised that Sandberg let it pass qc like that as they have very high standards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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