Lyn #13 - MMB-4 (Fretless)

[Swanny]

Interested to see how you go, Robin! Don't forget to put the iron back in case the missus needs it!

[wazkelly]

Interested to see how you go, Robin! Don't forget to put the iron back in case the missus needs it!

Probably needs a refill as it would have run out of steam after 2 and a half hours use. Better refill it mate as you know what they say, 'Happy Wife, Happy Life'.

[robin]

@Woks
Yeah I remember that fretless fingerboard of yours........ too beautiful to cover up for sure.

2.5 hours is a bit extreme, but if I were to do another one, with what I have learnt, it would probably take closer to 1.5 I should think-

I got a Rosewood fingerboard off DB. I am thinking now that Maple would have looked better with the rest of the bass, but meh, if it works I'll be happy.

@Weirdy
Thanks Scott.

@Swanny and Wazza
The steam only lasted about 45 min. so I had to do a couple of refills. The only time the iron gets used these days is to steam out dents in guitar bodies and removing fretboards lol.

Cheers guys
rob

[robin]

Hey Guys (and Gal), after a bit of advice.

I would dearly love to have a 2 octave fingerboard, but that would mean the fingerboard will over-hang the heel of the neck by about 10 to 15 mm. I will have to consult a fret calculator to get the final length. I can't see that this will cause any structural or other problems, but just want to make sure..

Any thoughts??

thanks
rob

[dingobass]

No problem with that Robin.
The scale length will still remain as normal, you just end up with more room to slide around on the neck

[robin]

Thanks Phil, pressing down (when playing a note) on that small amount of overhang won't cause structural problems?

[wokkaboy]

Hey Rob,
the fingerboard should have enough strength to overhang it 10 or 15mm past the heel, unless you have super strong fingers !

[robin]

Thanks Woks, that's what I figured. If it all goes belly up at least now I have someone else to blame. ;p

[ShazzRandom]

Robin. I think you have inspired me! I think I'm going to buy just a cheap prebuilt bass and knock the frets out and the fret markers, and I just watched a vid where a guy uses a wood filler to fill the gaps back in! It's cheap and nasty way to do it, but I will get my frettless haha

[dingobass]

Thanks Phil, pressing down (when playing a note) on that small amount of overhang won't cause structural problems?

No problems there Robin... You would have to have superhuman strength to cause any damage

I recall seeing a Guitar that had an extended fretboard that went to two and a half octaves.... Not sure how you could reach the high notes and you would have to have pencil thin fingers to play them.......