Defretting..

[tischbein]

Anyone ever have one of their basses defretted... I mean a good job, no home-made crap.

[noelk27]

Yea - G&L L2000 and Aria SB900. Both done by local luthiers. Both excellent jobs. But it's no guarantee that you'll get what you envisaged. One of these projects was more successful than the other.

[tischbein]

both rosewood fretboards ?? I´ve got one with an ivory fretboard.. and I know that´s a tuff one to defret.

[henry norton]

[quote name='tischbein' post='613048' date='Sep 30 2009, 04:45 PM']Anyone ever have one of their basses defretted... I mean a good job, no home-made crap.[/quote]
There are probably allot of people on this forum who could do a very nice defretting job at home... It's probably worth asking their opinion too.

[bh2]

Hmmm ivory fretboard eh... is that legal?

[Sonic_Groove]

[quote name='bh2' post='613164' date='Sep 30 2009, 06:24 PM']Hmmm ivory fretboard eh... is that legal? [/quote]


I bet it's hell of a tusk to clean !


I'll get me coat...

[Rich]

[quote name='tischbein' post='613048' date='Sep 30 2009, 03:45 PM']Anyone ever have one of their basses defretted... I mean a good job, no home-made crap.[/quote]
Yup. I pulled all the frets form the neck of my Yamaha RBX765A, and Jon Shuker was kind enough to finish it all off when he built my bass. He did a beautiful job, as you'd expect from a good luthier. The bass has worked out very nicely, plenty of mwah. It has a rosewood board, so I've tried to avoid too much wear by putting some nice slippery Elixirs on. I can't stand the feel of flats.

[bh2]

I had the frets stoned down to the tangs on my Jazz... so it looks like a metal lined fretless... 'cept a couple have fallen out!

[tischbein]

[quote name='bh2' post='613164' date='Sep 30 2009, 07:24 PM']Hmmm ivory fretboard eh... is that legal? [/quote]
course I mean ebony....hihi

[noelk27]

[quote name='tischbein' post='613114' date='Sep 30 2009, 04:12 PM']both rosewood fretboards ?? I´ve got one with an ivory fretboard.. and I know that´s a tuff one to defret.[/quote]

One rosewood, one jacaranda. If you do intend to remove the fret wires yourself, then you should mask the touchboard with micropore tape, to protect the wood, before heating the wires and carefully teasing the wires from the fret slots. Heating the fret wires helps to break the bond between the seating glue and the wire/wood.

[Beedster]

[quote name='tischbein' post='613515' date='Oct 1 2009, 05:00 AM'] course I mean ebony....hihi[/quote]

Jeez, you got yourself out of a potential situation there dude, word has it that a few p*ssed looking elephants were on their way over to your place even as you were typing

Been listening to any Macca/Wonder recently.....?