de-freting, re-staining

[kiranimo]

Okay, a while ago I saw Az Holl's bass, and I thought it was incredibly awesome (until he put the stickers on it). So I was thinking of buying a Fender Squire Affinity Series P Bass, and removing the finish, then re-staining it to look like Az's bass.

I have also been wanting a fretless, so I would also remove the frets. I have helped my friend remove the finish from his guitar, but I have not removed frets before. I was just wondering if you guys think this is a good idea and if you have any guides on how to de-fret effectively.

I really like working on projects like this, so I don't really want to buy a fretless.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

until he put the stickers on it.

lmao

[ROM]

Here is a guide I find that should help you out on defretting the bass.

http://www.geocities.com/charlesarms/

[zhyla]

That site is really doing it the hard way. For $10 you can get some fret pullers off of ebay. They're little clippers that are ground flush so you can get them under the fret. This is a good demonstration:

http://frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Technique/Guitar/Frets/00028Refret/00028refret01.html

If it's a maple fretboard I think it's gonna be a bitch, but rosewood is really easy to work with.

[kiranimo]

Here is a guide I find that should help you out on defretting the bass.

http://www.geocities.com/charlesarms/

I'll probably do this, but use a liquid filler instead. Thanks all.

[thezealots]

rip out the frets with a butter knife and cover it with marine epoxy. worked for jaco

[idspispopd]

make a picstory of it plz

[stranker]

well, you don't NEED to use the right tools (I've heard a flathead screwdriver and a soldering iron can do the job) but I was alot less worried when I was using a soldering iron and the specific tool to pull out frets. It went by hella fast ftw

stewmac.com is where i got the tool. Search Fret Puller or something