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per I've been playing fretless pretty much exclusively since this past December and loving it. I had thought about fairly seriously modding one of my guitars to the 'village of the unfretted'. on the unfretted site someone else has already listed in this thread there is much doc on the process. in the end however I decided to purchase a generic 'adamas' style acoustic-electric off ebay which I got for $132 with shipping. its been a gem and great experiece thusfar. I mention this to say though there is an advantage to modding what you have but for me in the end time against money. the sustain does become different, for me most noticeable on some of the tapping that I do. however what I've found is the fretless becomes its own animal and not just a guitar without frets. flatwounds are the way to go as no squeaking and doesn't eat away at the neck. a great resource on the frettless world is a guy who really inspired me in this path named Michael Vick. http://www.themickevicktrip.com (may have site wrong right now). Jim Goodin http://www.jimgoodinmusic.com http://www.chinapaintingmusic.com post.. playing slide on the fretless just becomes the best... On 3/18/07, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thought I should ask if someone on the list has experience and tips > on this project. I'm thinking about rebuilding one of my guitars > (probably a telecaster) into a fretless guitar. I'v been playing > fretless guitar quite a lot in the past, but I was never happy with > the short sustain. Today I'm playing my Stratocaster with "tone > extention" provided by a tiny speaker cone gaffa taped to the neck's > head, driven from an amplified signal tap taken from the guitar's > pickups (i.e. a "poor mans Sustainiac"). So I just had the brilliant > idea to combine these two somewhat dissatisfying experimental trips > into something that actually works as a playable instrument to rely on. > > Here are the details as I'm envisioning the process so far. Please > comment if you know better methods: > > - Taking off the frets. (done that before, no problem) > - Covering the fretboard with some super strong gloss (what's the > best? The stuff you do floors with? Boats?) > - Tapping the signal (how to do this inside the guitar's electronics? > Can I simply solder a "Y" connection somewhere? At the moment I'm > tapping it from a Pod pedal with two outputs) > - Mounting the little speaker somewhere inside the instrument's body > (eventually also the battery driven amp; a disassembled mini Marshall > practice amp) > - Maybe I should as well think about a "power plug-in" jack on this > guitar? (batteries tend to let you down) > > My idea is to use flat strings for a murky sound and minimal string > noise during the glissandi. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) > http://tinyurl.com/2kek7h (CC donationware music releases) > > > -- The Acoustic World Guitar of Jim Goodin - http://www.jimgoodinmusic.com MySpace (solo) - http://www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic Chinapainting - http://www.chinapaintingmusic.com Chinapainting on My Space - http://www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic.com The Jim Goodin label and home for 7 other creative souls - http://www.woodandwiremusic.com Jim Goodin uses GHS Strings - http://www.ghsstrings.com and Seagull Guitars - http://www.seagullguitars.com, Jim Goodin is published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. - http://www.melbay.com Associates and friends on the web - Daryl Shawn - http://www.swanwelder.com Adam Werner - http://www.adamwerner.com John Stowell - http://www.johnstowell.com Matt Richards - http://www.mattrichardsmusic.net Michael Manring - http://www.manthing.com Will Ackerman - http://www.williamackerman.com New Land Music - http://www.newlandmusic.com