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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 31, 2014 at 5:51am

I usually charge £15.00  extra for fretting a fretless - £5 for the wire and £10 for the hour's  work :-)

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Lee dixon on October 31, 2014 at 6:41am

Thanks I was thinking 15-20 extra

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 31, 2014 at 9:13am

Given the he extra care, skill, and increased playability, I would say $50....not to mention the potential to goof something g up... Or am I the only one that screws up the occasional neck? :-)

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on October 31, 2014 at 10:17am

Fretting is a lot of extra work imho, 50-75 bucks for sure

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on October 31, 2014 at 12:43pm

I agree with John & Bluesheart...$50 is about right. It's more than just measuring & cutting slots and putting in the frets. There's filing the ends, leveling, dressing, and the added fun of adjusting the bridge to get the intonation spot on...that is what a customer wanting a fretted guitar will look for.

Pricing our work is a tough call, indeed. In the end, of course, its up to you what you feel is fair. Cheers and keep making sawdust.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 31, 2014 at 8:48pm

pricing is a difficult thing to decide - price too high you'll never sell anything, price to low and you'll be working for nothing....best way is prepare templates and buy machine tools to tackle as many jobs as you can, organise your workshop so everything is near at hand in a few seconds and work as quickly as you can,  build two or three models the same not all different ones, my first guitar took weeks a few years ago, now nearing 90 builds  I can make three fretted models in a weekend! :-)

also I might add if you buy your parts and materials in bulk you will make savings on postage, and stick with reliable suppliers, if you run out of anything a regular supplier will be more likely to get stuff to you the next day if you're stuck - it happens !  if you add up the cost of all your parts, say £70 or £80,  and add fifty pounds or so for labour  you'll be around the right figure, if you do three of these in a weekend including 20 - 24  hours glue drying time between each stage that's £150 labour (less advertising fees) still not a bad weekend's work, and maybe only 8 hours actually working!

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Permalink Reply by Mr.C on October 31, 2014 at 8:17pm

Fretting decently adds value and play ability invest in good tools take your time lots of great how to videos on you tube

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 31, 2014 at 8:42pm

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on November 4, 2014 at 11:54am

Cool video...

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on November 4, 2014 at 11:55am

Tile bond?

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on November 5, 2014 at 9:36am

Titebond III 

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Permalink Reply by Diglydog on November 5, 2014 at 9:20am

Nice work, Steve.  I admire people who can do 'production line' stuff and maintain consistency.  I can't.  I tried but I got bored after No2 and started making mistakes and not enjoying it.  Looks like you've got a good system worked out !

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