Maple fretless?

maple is more succeptible to denting and wearing and dirt than is the rosewood. It will be brighter. But with flats, you should have no problem with most of this. You might want to consider what I saw someone do to a fretless on this site. Use mylar sheet to coat the fingerboard. get some really high quality adhesive, and try that. It will probably soften up the sound a bit, but provide a hard shell for the fingerboard.

 

now that depends on personal preference. If you want to do the coil tapping, do it. I would. It would allow you to get a bit more of that traditional jazz tone. Phase is not so great. I liked it on guitar, but not on a bass. Just doesn't seem very useful. Why take out the bottom end by out of phasing? Just stop playing and the guitars take it. You are the low end. Keep it that way

Anyways, post some pics. I wanna see this thing!

 

Hey, Im dead serious when I say thats really cool looking. Im modding the crap out of a yamaha my friend gave to me because it was unplayable (no truss rod nut, horrible job defretting, badass bridge with screw broken off inside bass, unslotted and badly installed).

Are you going to put the pickgaurd back on? (I assume there was one from the dirt trails) Or just clean it up and leave it?

I personally think it might look a little little plain minus a pickgaurd, but either way awsome stuff man.

 

I like the pickguard shape you have drawn on it. It's not too hard to imagine this looking really great once you get a finish on it.

 

Are you gonna refinish with color, or just slap some finish (poly, nitro, oil, whatever) and leave it natural?

Also, what color is the pickgaurd going to be?

 

Just got back from the hospital...I saw it and had a heart attack!

 

definitely go with the white finish. that thing will be badass-tastic!

 

I've made money with worse looking basses than that. I think it looks kinda cool just like it is. I think, however, it will look really cool when you're done with it. I've seen a few old Fender P fretless with maple necks.

 

My vintage white strat with tortise pickguard. I like this look.

 

Son, there seems to be something wrong with your bass...

 

I vote white/tortoise, if you give a big hairy rat sass.

 

I thought you might be interested in this fretless maple neck that an acquaintance of mine in Switzerland plays. It's a completely stock 73 P Bass, unlined fretless maple neck. Brian swears by it - plays it through a Sadowsky outboard.

 

I just had a bass built with a maple fretless board and I love it!!!