who here has a fretless with a epoxy coating on the fretboard? how well does epoxy hold up to roundwound strings? are we talking months or years before a re-coating of epoxy?
Well, it's not epoxy, but FWIW, I just finished a Warmoth/Frankenbass fretless a few months ago and had a polyester finish put on the fingerboard (by Pat Wilkins). I've been playing it a lot (roundwounds), with even some slapping, and it's got only some very minor scratches on it that you can see in the light but not feel. I hear the polyester should last many bass moons, and I'm curious to see how it holds up. I've never tried an epoxy-coated fingerboard, so now I'm curious if it differs from polyester.
dear mate i defretted my old epiphone and coated the rosewood board with epoxy ( since this is an experimental project of me, i used those handy epoxy which people use to pour laminate the embossed artwork-those easy type of epoxy) the result was good. I use round wound, the epoxy hold it pretty well, bending the string occasionally, it leave no serious marks on the board after a year of playing. Of course i am just a beginning fretless player, which i was told to slide along the neck instead of crazy bending or slapping alot... so i will say under normal play the epoxy will do its job.
