Can anyone suggest a luthier for: 1. Taking off a maple fretted fingerboard and replacing it with a lined fretless ebony fingerboard 2. Defretting a maple fingerboard, insert black fret lines, and epoxy the board I live in Ohio but don't mind shipping my neck/bass away. Anyone have an idea on an average price for either of these?
sorry i can't guide you to a luthier who can do it, but i i'm sure the board and i can help you out in terms of defretting. it isn't a very painful process. changing the fretboard on the other hand you'd probably want to send to a professional
I don't know who would change a fretboard for you. From what I've heard, it isn't very easy to do and would probably be pretty expensive. Converting to a fretless (with inlaid lines) is something that I know Mike Lull does. He quotes it at "$280 and up". There's a walk through here so you can see how he does it. Very cool! http://www.mikelull.com/fretless conversion/conversion1.htm
Pedulla would do a great job with the defret and coating... http://www.pedulla.com/html/service_parts.html info above... shawn
I am in California but I do that sort of stuff all the time. {} Those are just markers not frets. E-mail me at nelson_luthier@comcast.net if you would like to discuss the options. Greg N
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