Another Project done. Fretless Not a Winters!!!

[NavyBass]

I reciently had to do some fretboard work on my 69 Jazz. It had developed a small rise at the end of the neck where it meets the body. I had to defret it so I could sand the rise out of it. While I had the frets off I decided to make it a fretless seeing as I wanted one anyway. I inlayed white plastic for the fret markers then I gave it about 20 coats of gloss urethane. Here's the result.

I think the white fret mrkers go well with the white binding.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/jpwinters/Gear%201/fretless1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/jpwinters/Gear%201/fretless2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/jpwinters/Gear%201/fretless3.jpg

[BenJammin]

Nice stuff.

I thought it was a new bass you had built, though. :upset:

[thelowsoundofbass]

nice work, i thought that it was going to be another winters.

lowsound

[bottlerocket]

JP, your basses are beautiful, as always...awesome job, good sir.

I'd kill to play it. :upset:

How's it play? Like a dream, I'd assume?

:thumb:

-Gav

[thelowsoundofbass]

nice title change there JP

lowsound

[NavyBass]

nice title change there JP

lowsound

Thanks. I realized after that everyone would think it was a new custom.

Those are coming very soon.

[thelowsoundofbass]

Thanks. I realized after that everyone would think it was a new custom.

Those are coming very soon.

well they better be comming soon. we have been waiting for a long time

lowsound

[WHoRRID]

god i hate you!!!

might wanna take some tarnish remover/chome cleaner to that babe the tuning key look a lil nasty. maybe thats the camera tho.

oh and how bout some full body pics

[Zion Gates]

you have the nicest fenders (to threadstarter)

[trumpeter]

i dont know if i love it or hate it.

[sixner]

wow. great fretless work man.... much better than mine :lol:
-sixner

[Kayetan]

Nice work. It looks awesome.

[bassist_for_a_band]

That's pretty sweet but I don't like all the gloss...

[SWR410]

you modded a 69 jazz? why not buy something less priceless to defret?



EDIT: you did do it well, though. nice.

[FunkMetalBass]

Did you do the binding or was that already there?

Were the mother-of-pearl inlays there as well?

[NavyBass]

you modded a 69 jazz? why not buy something less priceless to defret?

No major thing. It's kind of a bastard jazz. The pickups are not original and neither are the electronics.

[neatobassman]

Ha, very nice sir. I guess being a lutier is useful in many ways.

[NavyBass]

Are the pieces actually inlaid or did you just get super-thin pieces and lay them over the top?

Also, did you do the binding or was that already there?

The binding was there. I inlayed the plastic strips.

[Radiobass81]

Beautiful.

:thumb:

[FunkMetalBass]

What did you use for the fretlines?

[full_bleed]

What did you use for the fretlines?
plastic strips

[Alma]

Nice

[Pluperfect_Arson]

Very nice.

&& They do go well together.
It keeps making me want to think it's still fretted, though.
Oh well.

[velvet goldmine]

awesome

[Bass_swede]

I wold be really scared to do such a nice fretless :p But you sure did a great job!

[blizzard]

That is a really sweet fretless, the plastic strips makes it almost look fretted.

[wonder_steve]

Good job :thumb:

What pickups/electronics did you put in there? Are you thinking about changing them now its a fretless?

[The Forgotten Bassist]

Nice job, that neck is damgerously shiney though.Maybe you'd be safer if you gave it to me:p

Seriouly though, the fret markers really suit the neck, looks like you spend quite a while getting that just right.

[The Forgotten Bassist]

wow. great fretless work man.... much better than mine :lol:
-sixner
Much better than all of ours put togethor I think, sadly.

[kilian]

Looks like a great job! Couldn't expected different though..