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 Post subject: Dallas TX Fret Slotting
PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:24 pm 
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Anyone in or near Dallas that can slot 29 frets at 34" scale for me? I normally cut with the hand saw but it makes my thumb go numb for like a week. This is for a fretless 5 string bass. I have wood but it needs to be sanded so I'm open to buying a piece if it's good fretless material.

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Why do you need fret slots for a fret less bass?
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ZekeM wrote:
Why do you need fret slots for a fret less bass?

For note position.

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Call Chris Jenkins at Lame Horse Guitars. He's in Mansfield, and a great builder/super nice guy.
If he can't do it, I'm 3 hours south, but a lousy builder who is terrible with people.

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I'd just use rattle can spray paint in a nice chartreuse color and free hand it.


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ChuckH wrote:
I'd just use rattle can spray paint in a nice chartreuse color and free hand it.


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There you go!
Just send it to Chuck. He works pretty cheap, too!

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Since it's fretless, couldn't you measure with a ruler, rough in about where the fret goes and eyeball it on a router table or table saw? A little wider would be easier to see too.

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