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Originally posted by Mike Money
2. What are somethings I can fill the fret slots with? Store bought or home made, I do not really care.
I think wood glue or putty are often used. I believe Jaco used wood glue.
3. Will I need to coat my neck in anything?
You won't *need* to. Whether you do or not is up to you. If you're really worried about the strings impact on the fingerboard, you may want to.
But, I don't. I'm using Rotosound steel rounds on my unprotected board. I use low action, and a light touch, and I don't bend the strings - and there's not really a problem. There are slight indents on the board, but I don't see it being a problem, really.
Brad Johnson has been playing fretless a lot longer than I have, and he seems to also think that strings indenting the board isn't really a problem too.
And, tend to wonder if it's really worth going to the effort of coating the board of a *Squier*?
4. What strings work best with fretless basses? |
Depends on what sound you're after. Flats will give you a deader sound with more thump - whereas rounds will give you a brighter sound with more edge. Just like you'd expect with a fretted bass.
Rounds also bring the mwah out much better than flats, so if you're after the mwah, you might like to go with rounds.
But, do a search on defretting - there's been plenty said about it already, I think.
