Re: fretless guitars

[Adam Levin <alevin@DarkAether.net>]

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Jon Grant wrote:

>       Jeff Collins mentioned someone named Bobdog fitting a "stainless
> steele board" onto his guitars to make them fretless.  Can you enlighten
> me as to this procedure?  Years ago, when I wanted a fretless, I just
> went out (on the advise of a very respectable guitar tech/luthier) and
> bought a set of good quality metal files, then set about to filing down
> the frets.  This took forever, and resulted in a sore arm for a few
> days.  It worked beautifully, however, and I'm still enjoying the
> guitar.  For those for whom cost is an issue, the files cost me $15
> Canadian.  As long as you're careful not so damage the actual wood on
> the fretboard, everything should be fine. 

Yaman, the guitarist in my band plays a fretless guitar that he put
together and hand carved the body himself. Here's what he said about the
neck:

"The company I got it from is called Warmoth. They specialize in making
necks for Strats.  They'll customize to what you need (type of wood for
neck and fretboard (mine is mahogany/ebony), with or without tuners, etc).
It's located in either Oregon or Washington state (they have ads in
Acoustic Guitar magazine and probably in others)."

-Adam

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