How to make a fretless guitar with a glass fretboard!

Step 2 Sand of Gypsies

This step is IMPERATIVE to this project. Almost all guitars will have a fretboard radius, be it nearly flat (12", like in classical guitars) to 7.25" on a strat. You don't want this. Pull out the electric sander, put on some 60 grit coarse, and have at it. I thought about using a plane, but the blade would get caught on every slot. You could try it sideways too, but that would take AGES. You need to devote at least an hour to this for a good job...I only put in about 15 minutes of effort, and it shows in the final product.

Comments

[captainrobby37]

what are your thoughts on doing this to an electric guitar?

[guitarman63mm]

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[guitarman63mm]

My thoughts?  Well, I'm a bit biased, as I only play one or two types of guitars now, both acoustic (a Selmer guitar and a tricone resonator).  I grew tired of the electric sound, and both of the aforementioned have the snappy sound that I heard in my head for so many years.
     But to answer your question:  Look on youtube, and decide for yourself.  They show them with and without distortion.  I personally despise the sound a fretless electric ANYTHING makes, be it double bass, fiddle, etc.  It just sounds poor.

[captainrobby37]

So I want the fretboard to be completely flat, right?

[guitarman63mm]

Precisely.  That's the reason I had to use so much filler at the end, if you read my descriptions.  It would be much more professional looking with a perfectly flat fretboard, my filler method was quite crude in retrospect.