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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on May 6, 2018 at 4:01am

There are no n00b questions Rodger, only n00b answers like mine. lol

Yes, basically just lower the strings.

However, if you plan on only playing fingered fretless you will want the strings much lower than you would on fretted guitar, about 0.1mm at the nut, the thickness of a sheet of 20lb printer paper . Your neck will need to be perfectly straight when under under tension, no bow.  And you'll probably want a bridge with individual string height adjustment so you can start with the strings touching the fingerboard and raise each one until you have no buzz. You may need to do this adjustment every time you change strings due to slightly different tensions, so a non-adjustable bridge wouldn't be a good idea.

If you want to use both slide and fingers you'll need to go quite a bit higher and find a satisfactory compromise between slide playability  and fretless intonation.

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Permalink Reply by rodger moore on May 6, 2018 at 4:17am

Awesome answer. Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on May 6, 2018 at 10:57am

Hi, I would use the same hights as recommended from the top of the fret for fretted guitars.

ive never played a fretless neck by fingering, I would imagine putting your fingers in the exact spot as the"marked" fret would have to be pretty spot on when playing chords, or you could be playing flattened notes. With fretted guitars we just plonk our fingers somewhere behind the fret, and the fret itself keep us in tune.

Mind you orchestral and fretless bass players get the job done ok. Then they don't play chords so much.

Taff

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