Fretboard string abrasion...

[jsbass]

I know I've posted about this before, but it still bugs me. In the middle of my frets 1-3 on my jazz bass under the E string and under frets 1-2 on the A string there is like spots where I can see where the string has rubbed against the board, making kind of like grooves from the rounds. It is a fretted board. The previous owner must've pushed and played real hard right down on the middle of the fret to do that. I even just applied a coat of lemon oil to the board (Pau Ferro Rosewood board, if I didn't mention it yet) and it still shows quite a bit. I don't like having these marks on there because its such a stupid and preventable 'mojo' if it was just played on correctly and pushed near the actual fret, the string would never hit the board. Any ideas?

[Kronos]

There's nothing you can do besides having it sent out to have the frets taken out, have the board sanded down, and have the frets replaced.

[jsbass]

Ouch. Does anyone else have this type of thing on their basses?

[workdaddy]

a really good repairman can make it look new again, IF the grooves aren't too deep.

1. if the wood has just been dented in, and not ground away, "steam" out the dents.

2. use a razor blade to scrape the board. this is done going with the grain and will shave down the fretboard material just enough to take out the grooves, but not too much that alot of the wood is removed. it will not be noticeable if done CORRECTLY!

3. a little wax and some 0000 steel wool to the entire board and like new!

to this type of repair is not all that uncommon.

[King Tut]

Man - just live with it - it's not a big deal - your bass is for playing - play it and don't worry about it. Playing music is meant to take you away from all the worries in the world - not add to them! Enjoy your instrument!!

[jsbass]

Yeah, I tend to over exadgerate it. I'm just pretty much a perfection freak when it comes to my bass condition. Its not really even any 'abrasion', mainly just rubbing lol.