Spector performer fretboard repair

[Stewie]

 

[Root 5]

Someone’s selling a Spector Performer 5 that was converted to fretless. I’ve always wanted one of these basses and they are willing to let it go for 250. Just trying to feel out how difficult it would be for me to get the fretboard looking proper again. I hate that they didn’t stain the wood filler to match. How much of an effect would this have on the bass as far as playability? I don’t mind keeping it fretless if it plays nice and plan on trying it, but would a simple touch up pen from Home Depot be enough to stain this back to normal? How extensive of a repair would it be to make this fretted again? Any advice is appreciated. Is it worth the $250 in components alone?

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[GTHintz]

Someone’s selling a Spector Performer 5 that was converted to fretless. I’ve always wanted one of these basses and they are willing to let it go for 250. Just trying to feel out how difficult it would be for me to get the fretboard looking proper again. I hate that they didn’t stain the wood filler to match. How much of an effect would this have on the bass as far as playability? I don’t mind keeping it fretless if it plays nice and plan on trying it, but would a simple touch up pen from Home Depot be enough to stain this back to normal? How extensive of a repair would it be to make this fretted again? Any advice is appreciated. Is it worth the $250 in components alone?

Well that’s about the hackiest hack job on that fretboard I’ve seen but yeah you can try staining it and it’ll blend it in better. The professional approach would be to sand it all back and fill everything and then refinish but if it plays well and you want to refret it then it should be ok. Personally I’d probably just refret it and touch up the finish and play on. If you don’t like the end result you can find a neck to put in and it shouldn’t cost more than it would be to pay a luthier to fix the ugly.