#4 Baritone Fretless

[FaustoB]

Now... those dots on the fretboard...
How would I get rid of them?
I am not sure of they are decals or if they are actually dots glued to the fretboard..
In an ideal scenario I would love to get rid of them for a sort of fretless unlined look..
any tips?
sand s
My guess is: drill them out, fill the gap with something. in which case that razor blade on the 12th fret could stay.
But if they are decals? just sand sand sand with a radius block? How do I know if they are decals?

[WeirdBits]

Removing/replacing fretboard dots*

Once they’re out if you have a plug cutter and some thin rosewood (like a headstock face/head board etc) you could make some ‘fill’ dots to glue in:




Some judicious grain matching and/or dark stain then seal the board with CA glue for fretless joy and you probably won’t even see them*.

(* some risk involved)

[FaustoB]

Thanks WeirdBits! I love the * !
great tips.. I am sourcing all the required bits and pieces!
I am having fun just thinking about this step

[FaustoB]

resuming operations on this build!

sanded, stained, spray painted, tru oiled

photos of a dry fit after the tru oil





ground wire run from bridge to cavity


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happy times so far all going smooth.

I've got some time this week, I m planning to finish this build in the next few days.

I have decided that this will be a bass VI fretless instead of a baritone fretless. The strings should be here soon!

[fender3x]

You have something really unique there. What is the scale on it? Curious how you plan to string it. Are you giving it a low B? Or are you planning to have the upper strings to get some Baritone out of it?

[FaustoB]

the scale is 30" ish



After a fair bit of research, based on what's available and at a reasonable price, I have bought Stringjoy's 24-90 strings, specific for bass VI

the current plan is to tune it all in fourths: E A D G C F

[FaustoB]

Wiring done!

These are the bits that came with the kit (plus a bunch of assorted wiring and 5-6cm of soldering wire)



and this is the wiring diagram:
the B500k linear pot was used for the volume, the A500k logarithmic pot for the tone

[fender3x]

I like using log pots on the tone control. It will be interesting to see if you like having the linear pot on the volume. That's less common but there are people who really like that. Particularly for swells.