Need your ideas

[Disappear]

I bought a used fretless over ebay last year and there was already some wear-and-tear on the fretboard. It seems to have gotten a bit worse because I hadn't heard of tapewounds until recently. It's not too too bad but I want to pretty it all up. Now I know that I should get the fretboard as level as possible and that's the biggest hurdle I'm facing. How confident in my skills am I? Well, I'm known for not being too patient but when the call is made to be patient, I can be and I can certainly take my time and make it right. Should I take this to a luthier or should I try it out myself? I got meself a palm sander and sandpaper is easy enough to get. What you think?

[Craig_S]

Take it to a qualified repair person. It's more involved than sanding out the rough spots.

[dmusic148]

+1 to the above, but you CAN do it yourself, with the right radius block/stickyback sandpaper(StewMac). But to know what block you need, you'll need a radius gauge(StewMac again), or make your own, etc......it's a bit of a commitment, but can be done.

[Disappear]

Originally Posted by Craig_S

Take it to a qualified repair person. It's more involved than sanding out the rough spots.

Yeah, all about leveling and preservation of tone and whatnot. It's like every time I go to do something, the bass just gets a billion times more complex, I love it.

[JustDavid]

I agree that major fingerboard work can be quite a process.

But I feel minor &/or cosmetic touchups are quite do-able. My experience (FAR from broad) is the fingerboard looks lousy far before it actually needs work. For rosewood; 800 grit, fingerboard conditioning oil, & lightly wet-sand the whole board evenly.