Thanks. I came to the conclusion I was over thinking this. Words of wisdom given to me long ago (by myself) were "JUST DO IT!!!" . Words to live by.

Since I bought the cheapest kit I could find meaning to make it different than a store bought clone, my first thought was just sawing off the ubiquitous humdrum horns. But now................

My idea is to make a fretless bass. But I have never seen/played a fretless bass (I have fumbled with a fiddle). Just wondering about string clearance above the finger board or any other things I should bear in mind .
My plan is to just file the frets down to flush (which I think would look cool) or yanking them out and filling in the slots.
Any thoughts? Otherwise I will"JUST DO IT!!!.