We recently undertook a pretty cool project here at Rocket Music. My biz partner Danny is the in-house repair tech, and he did all of this work.
A friend of ours in Norway wanted a fretless L-2500, but he wanted to pay closer to the Tribute price... so for a nominal fee, we agreed to modify this lovely Tribby L-2500 that we had in stock.
Here's the bass in it's original condition (fretted and tuned B-E-A-D-G):
Then Danny went to work on it, pulling out the frets:
Then Danny filled the fret slots, re-levelled the fretboard, and started applying coats of spar urethane.
After the fretboard finish cured, Danny levelled and polished it so it's a lovely high gloss now. The last thing he did was cut a new bone note so that the bass is now tuned E-A-D-G-C.
So here's the BEFORE
And here's the AFTER:
Now that we know just how much work is involved in a project like this, we would charge a bit more. If anyone is interested in having this done to a bass or guitar, we'll charge $250 for the labor. And if you're not local, you'd also have to pay shipping both ways.
But I dare say it's worth it. I've been setting the bass up this morning, and I just can't put it down. Sounds great, plays great, looks great... I'll be sad to see it go, but go it must today.
