bassatnight Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I have a hankering for a fretless Stingray, but having searched for several months they appear as rare as hens teeth. Compared to say Fender or other brands they really seem to release very low numbers to market, is it me or can anyone enlighten me as to why they seem so rare. Cheers, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 It doesn’t appear to be you, a rapid search revealed… nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassatnight Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 Musicman fretless are really highly thought of, Pino can’t be wrong. Why so few built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Those who have them, keep them. Not sure why it seems relatively few fretless MM’s are produced relative to the other name-brands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Easy to pull frets out of a neck. Neck has to be VERY true to do fretless, but I have done it on two basses. Nippers and soldering iron to heat the frets and they pop right out. Plenty of videos on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassatnight Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 I have considered picking up a fretted and having her defretted, but not brave enough to do it myself, if I can’t pick one up soonish I might start looking at reputable luthiers to do this for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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