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muthafunkabass
10-30-2005, 05:23 PM
the title says it all.
Crudd-Bucket™
10-30-2005, 05:31 PM
Defretting is when you take a fretted bass (one with frets) and remove them (defretting) to make your bass fretless...

You defret by heating up your frets with a soldering iron so the glue is weakened then you remove them with pliers.

Someone has a link to an entire lesson.
muthafunkabass
10-30-2005, 07:15 PM
Defretting is when you take a fretted bass (one with frets) and remove them (defretting) to make your bass fretless...

You defret by heating up your frets with a soldering iron so the glue is weakened then you remove them with pliers.

Someone has a link to an entire lesson.

so my guitarist is getting his guitar defretted, but not so its fretless. is there any other reason for defretting?
Caleb3221
10-30-2005, 09:08 PM
Mabye if there is wear on the frets and they need to be replaced.
nicatterberry
10-30-2005, 09:16 PM
He is probably talking about a refret then.
muthafunkabass
11-01-2005, 03:49 PM
He is probably talking about a refret then.
okay, thanx
Jody LeCompte
11-01-2005, 04:02 PM
It makes you funky as hell