fretless neck help

[Tommy Nat]

Would anybody sugest gluing a pre cut sheet of rosewood veneer onto the entire length of a defretted fretboard in lieu of the tradional method of filling in fret marks and sanding?

 

[Matt R.]

Interesting idea, but sounds like a lot of needless work honestly. Why not just leave inlaid lines? Is it an aesthetic decision? Good luck either way

 

[vbasscustom]

yeah, that sounds interesting, but rose wood is quite soft, for a fretless finger board, you would probably be better off with aen ebony veneer, its harder

 

[mikeyswood]

Neither veneer would be good. It would rub through. You can replace the fretboard entirely, it isn't hard to do.

 

[Jools4001]

Would anybody sugest gluing a pre cut sheet of rosewood veneer onto the entire length of a defretted fretboard in lieu of the tradional method of filling in fret marks and sanding?

Assuming that the fretboard is rosewood, use the rosewood veneer edgewise to fill the fret slots.

Martin Petersen (of Sei Bassfame) did this for me when he de-fretted my 5 String Eggle Milan bass. The fret lines are invisible unless you look really closely - which, since I wanted an unlined board, is exactly what I desired