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Omg i pulled a jaco

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by bassfunk329, Jul 9, 2008.


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  1. Jul 9, 2008 #1
    bassfunk329

    bassfunk329

    Jul 5, 2008
    yo i was really bored last night and decided hell ill make two of my basses fretlees so i was reading how to. And the one bassplayer mag i have with randy jackson on the cover had a section on jaco and the bass of doom or whatever and so i was reading and it said he did it with a butter knife and i decided to do it with a knife and so i got to work and to tell you it didnt come out all that bad and so i got a acoustic ibanez and a piece of **** squier fretless anyone else do the same or just made somethin fretlles:eyebrow:
     
  5. Jul 9, 2008 #2
    Mark Wilson

    Mark Wilson Supporting Member

    Jan 12, 2005
    Toronto, Ontario
    Endorsing Artist: Elixir® Strings
    Pfft.
    Jaco didn't read any magazines.
    Wanna-be.
     
  10. Jul 9, 2008 #3
    mjolnir

    mjolnir Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta

    Jun 15, 2006
    Houston, TX
    Haha, cut him a bit of slack, he's new.

    Welcome to TB. :D

    There's a whole sticky on defretting around here somewhere if you look hard enough.
     
  14. Jul 9, 2008 #4
    bassbrock

    bassbrock

    Feb 20, 2007
    Callahan, FL
    What did you fill the holes with?
     
  18. Jul 9, 2008 #5
    bassfunk329

    bassfunk329

    Jul 5, 2008
    i didnt fill em yet but its goin to be filled with wood fillier and mark wilson he didnt have to read a mag to have section put on his bass
     
  22. Jul 9, 2008 #6
    gmstudio99

    gmstudio99

    Mar 11, 2000
    Cleveland, OH
    He was joking, son.

    Relax.
     
  26. Jul 9, 2008 #7
    Rune Bivrin

    Rune Bivrin Supporting Member

    Oct 2, 2006
    Huddinge, Sweden
    Sentences. They are your friends.
     
  31. Jul 9, 2008 #8
    Arx

    Arx

    Jan 22, 2008
    Yeah.. The wannabe thing was definitely either a joke or a troll. Ignore it.

    I did mine.. I used a pair of end cutters I ground down flush (less gouging than a butter knife.

    Filled it with bondo, then surfaced it with some superglue. It came out awesome. <$20 in materials, and I turned a bass that I never played anymore into something useful.

    -Nick
     
  35. Jul 9, 2008 #9
    rarbass

    rarbass

    Jul 3, 2008
    I recently defretted my Fender Squier Precision. It would play nicely if it wasn't a piece of crap. It's probably because I'm not such a huge fan of the Precision sound, and the lack of a bridge pick-up kind've takes away the specific sound I want. I make up for it by leaving roundwounds on there though. I can always resand the thing if I want to fix the scratches. Flatwounds are on my Warwick fretless :hyper:
    Let me know how yours play when they're finished.
     
  39. Jul 9, 2008 #10
    SLaPiNFuNK

    SLaPiNFuNK Inactive Commercial User

    Jul 28, 2006
    LA California
    The Brains: FretNation.com
    I practiced on an electric guitar the first frettless I made...

    So I have a frettless guitar now... hard to play chords on!
     
  43. Jul 9, 2008 #11
    bassfunk329

    bassfunk329

    Jul 5, 2008
    Yea but i didnt use a butter knife i used like a hunting knife and it really didnt do that all of damage just some slight chips but that should be no problem
     
  47. Jul 9, 2008 #12
    fourstringdrums

    fourstringdrums Decidedly Indecisive Supporting Member

    Oct 20, 2002
    Massachusetts
    Can't you heat the fret up a bit first with a soldering iron to help melt some of the glue to make removing easier?
     
  51. Jul 9, 2008 #13
    Darkstrike

    Darkstrike Return Of The King!

    Sep 14, 2007
    Yeah, I've heard of a lot of guys doing that.
     
  55. Jul 9, 2008 #14
    Stingray_EB

    Stingray_EB

    May 1, 2006
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Lol im struggling to figure out how its really a fretless with 21 or so holes in the neck ?
     
  59. Jul 9, 2008 #15
    Darkstrike

    Darkstrike Return Of The King!

    Sep 14, 2007
    There isn't any frets in them holes.:smug:
     
  64. Jul 9, 2008 #16
    HEADLE

    HEADLE

    Oct 13, 2003
    Colorado Springs, CO
    He didn't say it was holeless, he said it was fretless. :D


    Fill in those grooves and file down the nut. Give it a good setup and you'll be amazed.

    H
     
  68. Jul 9, 2008 #17
    steve66

    steve66

    Sep 17, 2005
    South Florida
    +1 just dont let the soldering iron sit on the fret to long
     
  72. Jul 9, 2008 #18
    I am Domokun

    I am Domokun

    Feb 15, 2005
    Limerick, Ireland.
    I used a clothes iron! Worked a charm too! :smug:

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  76. Jul 9, 2008 #19
    Hoover

    Hoover Inactive

    Nov 2, 2007
    New York City
    When I read the thread title "OMG I pulled a Jaco" all I could think was "What, you woke up the neigbors by playing basketball in the schoolyard at 5:00 AM?"
     
  80. Jul 9, 2008 #20
    Arx

    Arx

    Jan 22, 2008
    Might help if they're glued. ;)

    I tried this on mine, but realized it wasn't doing anything, so I just pulled the rest.

    neckgrain.jpg
    shinyboard.jpg

    A little jaggyness on the top couple frets. The rest came out really nicely.

    You can do it nicer with hardwood, but I'm happy with it.
     
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