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Marking a fretless guitar...

Posted by James Pobog on November 4, 2019 at 12:02pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

My 2 string bass calls to me softly, and I am going to play with it a bit. 

I built it fretless, mostly because I don't play. I bought some nice decorative tacks as well as some silver thumb tacks, and I am thinking of using them on the side of the neck to mark:

1. standard fret positions (at least until they get too close)

2. octaves

3. diatonic positions.

Because of being fretless, I had the idea to place them not at the normal 'dot' positions, but at the place where the fret(s) would be. Suppose i could use brass brads too...

Thoughts?

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  • BrianQ. November 5, 2019 at 2:16pm

    https://cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/cable-tie-frets

  • BrianQ. November 4, 2019 at 2:37pm

    Have you looked at any of the older photos in the Pics for any ideas, maybe the best place?

  • Tom T November 4, 2019 at 2:05pm

    An alternative option:

    3697187950?profile=RESIZE_710x3697189005?profile=RESIZE_710xThese fret position markers are made using flat brass strips (available at hobby stores). They are not that hard to install and stand out well from the underlying wood.

    Just a thought

    • James Pobog > Tom T November 4, 2019 at 5:25pm

      I like that a lot, but my fretboard is glued on now. Matter of fact, I'm considering the bass finished, Couple more coats of poly-u, new strings (.095/.075, open 'G' I think? G-D tuned.Sounds like a bass guitar to me...
      Are those placed staandard, or are they at finger contact position?

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