Re: "self resonating" fretleess electric guitar -- ideas?

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Oh people people!  Please do not file the frets!!

The uneven density between the wood and metal wil prevent you from 
ever getting a properly smoothed fingerboard.

I've de-fretted bass guitars and I used a combination of maple 
sawdust (fine grit sandpaper was used to generate the dust, and it 
should be literally dust), india ink and wood glue. The india ink 
makes the resulting filler black.  I would not recommend 'super 
glue', it sets up too quickly and is not a structural cement. Wood 
glue works perfectly.

After the slots are filled, the fingerboard should be re-radiused 
using the proper sanding equipment.

-CZ

>On 18 mar 2007, at 13.23, andy butler wrote:
>
>>Sometimes this alters the tension in the fingerboard and the neck 
>>goes banana.
>>(or so I hear, not actually seen this happen)
>
>
>Here's a quote from www.unfretted.com:
>
>>One quick note: If your neck is not reinforced with a truss rod or 
>>similar you will need to fill the frets with something like a 
>>superglue and wood dust mix. This will stop the neck bowing under 
>>the tension of the strings
>
>Maybe, after all, that's better then filing down the frets?
>
>per


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