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Thanks so much for the reply, I actually already tried almost everything you mentioned. I must have tweaked the relief back & forth a 100 times using a straight edge steel ruler as a guide raising & lowering the action. And no matter what the relief or action is I still get the “twang”. I think the ...

Hi Gang, Well my little de-fret project just seems to keep going downhill, and I definitely have a new-found respect for professional Luthiers that do this stuff for a living. Long story short – after bolting everything back together and tuning the bass with D’Addario Half Rounds, my D & G string ha...

I wish you well with your latest project, and it definitely sounds like your no stranger to any of this. The original neck that was on my bass didn’t have poly and I loved the sound. I only did the poly thing because I figured it was a good time to try it since the replacement neck had to be de-fret...

I thought about those things as well but I was extra careful “not” to use any type of cleaner that might have oil as I have seen several threads on other bass forums where people had disastrous results because there was an oil residue left on the wood. I think it was a combination of the humidity le...

Well……………………… Epic fail on the poly guys….. :roll: I applied three coats (per the manufacturers instruction) let it sit for over two weeks in a cool dry atmosphere to really cure well, and when I went to wet sand it yesterday, it literally peeled off in layers and was still soft from top to bottom. ...

No, Thank you, seriously…… Just when I was about to give up on checking to see if someone would answer my post I got the best reply & answer anybody could ask for. Everything you said makes perfect sense. I used to paint cars and do body work a thousand years ago when I was a kid so none of the mate...

Hi Gang, I’m not new to fretless bass guitars or fretless playing but I am new to de-fretting bass necks, and I just de-fretted my first neck a few weeks ago. I sanded down the pointed tip of a soldering iron, and then I cut a concave shape into it with a dremel stone so that it would sit flush agai...