Defreting Ibanez AGB140 ?

[Ingemar]

I've thought about defreting my maple body,maple/mahogany neck Ibanez AGB140.

What's your oppinions? (is it suitable for defretting?)

[fretlessman71]

If it's got a good midrangey tone you like, going fretless might really suit that bass. Sounds like you'd have a lot of fun with it.

[Linkert]

Greetings my Swedish friend!
First you need to ask yourself why!
I love mine as a fretless sounds very nice! But it became discontinued in the middle of the process of defretting it. I wouldn't have defretted it if i knew that it was gonna be discontinued.

[62bass]

Don't do it. Leave it stock. Defret something else--maybe a Sadowski or Fodera.

[Ingemar]

Originally Posted by Linkert

Greetings my Swedish friend!
First you need to ask yourself why!
I love mine as a fretless sounds very nice! But it became discontinued in the middle of the process of defretting it. I wouldn't have defretted it if i knew that it was gonna be discontinued.

Hi compatriot

maby we've met at Pratabas ?

Thanks for your contribution on this thread.

Looks really nice (your bass on the pic.)

What worries me a bit is that the maple/mahogany neck isn't the most common fretles neck wood.

Would be verry nice to test your bass.

Im living on the west coast

[Alan U]

Hmm, I too have thought about it, but what put me off was the fact that it has a fixed neck.
If I didn't like it, or messed it up, that's it.
Can't just bolt on a replacement.

[Linkert]

Originally Posted by Ingemar

Hi compatriot

maby we've met at Pratabas ?

Thanks for your contribution on this thread.

Looks really nice (your bass on the pic.)

What worries me a bit is that the maple/mahogany neck isn't the most common fretles neck wood.

Would be verry nice to test your bass.

Im living on the west coast

The fretboard looks perfect on the picture but in real life its quite a amateur job and i have sanded of some of the werehouse floor lacquer becouse of an bumpy surface so it does not shine as much :P And the lines are "stress" made, but i think they look quite cool as they look "antique".

Yes i'm a new member on pratabas
Its currently not possible to play it because of one of the tuners. (broken..)
Got to buy me new Gotoh GB7 tuners first and a full set of strings (i have standard squier G string and some other kind on the rest )

[redielg]

i always wanted to buy that bass.