Dr.Dave Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Nobody seems to want my fretless shuker so I'm going to have a crack at getting ris of the scribed fret lines myself. It's an ebony board and I'm wondering if anyone's any experience of grades of sandpaper - tips etc to refinishing a fretless board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ednaplate Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Please leave it well alone... For somebody, somewhere that will be their dream bass. Mr Shuker, like God got it right the first time round so there is nothing to be gained be tampering with the natural order of things. Do you really need to get rid of it? If it's a bolt-on couldn't Mr S simply build you a replacement neck? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Explanation required , I fancy. Mr Shuker did a fine job , but later in life it aquired scribe marks in the fret positions which are a hinderance to me. They're light enough to be sanded out , and I have little enough money invested in it to 'risk' attempting it myself. I honestly think I could do the job in the time it takes me to drive to the mucky end of Sheffield. Just want to know about grades of paper required , poss lubricants etc. Hints and tips really. I get a lot of pleasure from fettling things myself but I've never had a go at a fretless board before. Refinished a few bodies, but this is ebony , harder wood than I've worked in the past. Of course I could get Jon to do it - just want to do it myself , partly because the poor sod has got orders til the next century from the likes of us BCers and I want it sorted soonish before I lose interest in it and flog it for peanuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm no expert at all on this sort of thing, so this may be complete rubbish, but would a radius block be advisable? I assume that they're effectively concave sanding blocks that you use, er, sandpaper in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 why wouldnt someone want one??? Please tell me you want 1,000,000 for it cause my creditcard is nearly maxed out as it is cause of GAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 It's still in the for sales - I guess nobody wants to either do the work on it that I can't find time to do or pay to have it done. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14422&hl=shuker"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...2&hl=shuker[/url] Shame , as it will probably suit someone just as it is. Fair price I think - the bridge is a black one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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