Re: anyone de-fretted a Warwick bass w/ wenge fingerboard?

gigabit wrote:

Personally, I wouldn't recommend defretting any neck, after time and
expense, you might as well have picked up another instrument. Or even
better, if it's bolt on, another neck.



I dunno, I used to own a Peavey Unity (unfinished koa neck-thru w/
purpleheart stringers & rosewood fingerboard) that I had de-fretted by
the guys at 48th Street Custom Guitars. Total cost of the bass + the
de-fretting was $700, and I have *never* seen a bass for less than
twice that price come close to playing or sounding as good. I still
kick myself for selling it.

I'll agree you probably don't want to do a de-fretting by yourself
unless you're an accomplished craftsman. But it's not at all a given
that to de-fret a good sounding bass takes more time or costs more
money than to find a good-sounding fretless bass.

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