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Fretting a Fretless neck


AndyTravis
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If you get in touch with Phillip Porter, http://www.philipporterguitars.co.uk/, he will give you an idea of price. His work is fantastic and really reasonable. He's only in Salford near the start of M602.

Really it is not much more work than a re-fret as the fret lines are there.

Other alternative is Steve Robinson, Manchester Guitar Tech https://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/repairs/

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4 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Funnily enough I’m at the studio next to phil’s workshop on Monday.

i played his final dissertation build (hollow Ric inspired thing) in 2003!

you do the thinking, I’ll do the walking - cheers @BassBunny

Result.😉

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Well, he wasn’t there to speak to on Monday, and hasn’t replied to my email.

I did however strike up a conversation with a mate who’d asked the same luthier to build him a custom bass 4 years ago and the wood still hasn’t been cut...

so im speaking with our very own @Andyjr1515 about options.

it arrived today and feels great. But very, well...fretless.

So we’ll see what costs are like.

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Hello, Don't want to make shadow on Andy's but you can contact me too…. Happy to give you a quote on this. 

As I Don't have any "luthier work" right now, it can be fast, if you're in a hurry…. (I think my friend Andy has a lot to do….)

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2 minutes ago, dyerseve said:

I just had the SB Elite I bought re-fretted for £135 by a local pro luthier:

http://www.lakestoneguitars.co.uk/phone/index.html

If I get this bb200 for less than the £150 mark, I get the fretted 80’s p/j I want, and a fretless P project I fancy.

we’ll see, it’s up to £70 with a few days to go.

surprised really - but I put a bid in early, probably shot myself in the foot - but didn’t want it going walkies.

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