Just out of interest... anyone got any tips on a fretted/fretless conversion?
Instead of seeing this (admittedly awful, but of sentimental value) bass get dumped, I took this old P-bass copy off a friend and decided I'd make something out of it. I'm a pretty big fan of MuteMath, so I figured a fretless P would be rather fun. See: [url="http://vimeo.com/4445025"]http://vimeo.com/4445025[/url]
So I've re-painted and re-finished the lot, re-shaped the headstock and replaced all the hardware and electronics etc etc. All that's left now is to get out those frets - Jaco style! It's a rosewood neck, and as far as I can tell the frets seem to just be glued on, but I figured it'd be worth asking if anyone's got any advice before I go and accidently ruin the whole thing!
