Fretting a fretless neck

[Beedster]

I have two almost identical fretless Warmoth necks, they’re both trusty old friends and I’d quite like to fret one of them. Can anyone here do the work for me, preference would be to simply put the neck in the post. Idea of timescales and costs would be helpful 👍

[alexjbassist]

20 minutes ago, Beedster said:

I have two almost identical fretless Warmoth necks, they’re both trusty old friends and I’d quite like to fret one of them. Can anyone here do the work for me, preference would be to simply put the neck in the post. Idea of timescales and costs would be helpful 👍

 

Following replies with interest!

[AndyTravis]

@Andyjr1515 did a yamaha neck for me and it was ace. 
 

not sure of his current workload, or current cost. But he was amazing.

[Andyjr1515]

14 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

@Andyjr1515 did a yamaha neck for me and it was ace. 
 

not sure of his current workload, or current cost. But he was amazing.

Flattery will, of course, generally get you everywhere with @Andyjr1515 , @AndyTravis  Many thanks for the endorsement    

 

Sadly, @Beedster, I will have to side-step this one.  The old hand-arthritis (the hands are old as well as the arthritis  ) is causing issues at the moment and I've had to drop fret and neck work, which tends to need all the bits that hurt the most.

 

It's worth looking through the 'Basschatters willing/able to help other basschatters' list on the forum - there are some super-talented folksaround here who might be able to help and some might be in your area. 

[Beedster]

16 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Flattery will, of course, generally get you everywhere with @Andyjr1515 , @AndyTravis  Many thanks for the endorsement    

 

Sadly, @Beedster, I will have to side-step this one.  The old hand-arthritis (the hands are old as well as the arthritis  ) is causing issues at the moment and I've had to drop fret and neck work, which tends to need all the bits that hurt the most.

 

It's worth looking through the 'Basschatters willing/able to help other basschatters' list on the forum - there are some super-talented folksaround here who might be able to help and some might be in your area. 

 

Hey @Andyjr1515, thanks for the reply, and very sorry to hear about the arthritis, not a nice thing especially given your line of work. Thanks for the heads up re the thread which hadn't occured to me, I'll post there 👍

[Hellzero]

Did you try @Jabba_the_gut, Chris?

[Beedster]

Still looking 👍

[police squad]

On 20/02/2025 at 06:59, Beedster said:

Still looking 👍

are you familiar with Andy Crockett in Shottenden? He's semi retired but might do it

[Beedster]

41 minutes ago, police squad said:

are you familiar with Andy Crockett in Shottenden? He's semi retired but might do it

 

Many thanks @police squad, yes but IIRC he was pretty busy/tied up last time I enquired. I'm going to try the guy who did the work in this thread, I'm hoping he can do it without it taking months 👍

 

 

[police squad]

yep, defo worth a go

[Geek99]

On 13/02/2025 at 12:40, Andyjr1515 said:

Flattery will, of course, generally get you everywhere with @Andyjr1515 , @AndyTravis  Many thanks for the endorsement    

 

Sadly, @Beedster, I will have to side-step this one.  The old hand-arthritis (the hands are old as well as the arthritis  ) is causing issues at the moment and I've had to drop fret and neck work, which tends to need all the bits that hurt the most.

 

It's worth looking through the 'Basschatters willing/able to help other basschatters' list on the forum - there are some super-talented folksaround here who might be able to help and some might be in your area. 

Top advice from a hand surgeon to me was turmeric and creatine supplements