lea Eric

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lea Eric

Hi

I now own a 1980s Ibanez RS924 Roadster bass. It replaces one I sold over 40 years ago and have regretted ever since.

Unfortunately its fretless. I'm no player so learning fretless would be a challenge.

Does anyone know where I can get a replacement fretted neck? I tried Headstock, AllParts, and GuitarBuild. No joy.

Any thoughts at all would be most welcome.

Thanks .
- October 14
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1. LowB_FTW
  
  For what you'd pay for a good replacement neck, would it not be better to get this one fretted?
  
  Mark
  
  October 15
  
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2. Fishman
  
  Stunning!
  
  October 16
3. LeftyJ
  
  For what it's worth, this doesn't appear to be a factory fretless (RS940) but a defretted RS924. A 940 would have no fretlines, and only tiny dot inlays near the edge of the fingerboard where the fretlines would have been, rather than inbetween fretlines. Maybe this helps lower the boundaries to have this neck refretted instead . Being a lacquered fingerboard there will be some extra work involved to do a tidy and invisible job. These are fabulous basses, I really enjoyed mine a lot when I had it! It was prohibitively heavy though, and nowadays I favour a narrower nut width.
  
  October 28