2005-11-23, 04:21
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Some questions about re-conditioning my acoustic.
So I have an old acoustic i want to fix up as a random project.
I plan on removing all frets, sanding the whole thing down. Replacing the tuning machines, painting or staining a design onto the body, and customising the inlays.
THe thing is I want to make a fretless acoustic, just to see what happens. Will it work? I was thinking i could fill the fret slots with some kind of liquid wood then flattening it off.
Then I would re-coat it, not too sure what to use for this though. Do I need anything special?
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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2005-11-23, 05:56
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You could use wood filler for the fret slots. I'm not sure if theres something special that you're gonna have to get for the bridge and/or nut though.
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2005-11-23, 06:27
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yeah thats what i figured i would have a problem with, i may actually have to get a whole new bridge all together for it, because the last one broke off.
Also would having a fretless make bends fucking hard?
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2005-11-23, 06:39
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In regard to the fretboard,i would rip the old one off,and get a fretboard blank and attach it.
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2005-11-23, 06:47
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I dont really want to spent much money, im really doing this for the hell of it. Its not a good enough guitar to begin with to bother with replacing anything more than the basics.
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yeah, one night he (BassBehemoth) came with some GHB and he put it in my drink, when i woke up....i lost my hymen....terrible
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2005-11-23, 07:23
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You could just file the fuck outa the frets, may cost you alot of time and blisters though..
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2005-11-24, 04:34
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I removed the frets just then with some pliers, they came out so easily. Now i need to get a whole lotta sand paper and get rid of all the coat and blemishes ect.
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yeah, one night he (BassBehemoth) came with some GHB and he put it in my drink, when i woke up....i lost my hymen....terrible
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2005-11-24, 05:17
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yeah thats what i figured i would have a problem with, i may actually have to get a whole new bridge all together for it, because the last one broke off.
Also would having a fretless make bends fucking hard?
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If its got nylon strings then it'll make bends harder but not impossible. But really you don't really need bends when you've got a fretless.
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2005-11-24, 13:46
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Fill the fret slots with some black dyed epoxy and youll have some markers for you to follow and I would recommend coating the fretboard in a layer of epoxy else your going to ruin the wood.
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