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  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars August 10, 2010 at 7:44am
    I used both cherry and black walnut on my fretless necks, both work ok for me and when someone who knows how to play well uses it its even better. By the way, all the musicians I have showed my fretless cbg's to like the without the frets, they love the note change when you slide from note to note without a slide, can't get that with frets.
  • Ben August 10, 2010 at 12:06am
    Hard woods are very important for fretless instruments. That's why instruments in the violin family are (should be) made with ebony fingerboards (not just because it looks cool). Obviously not as important with fretted instruments (although still somewhat).
  • Roger Martin August 9, 2010 at 10:55pm
    Old time fretless banjo pickers used to say that if you positioned your fingers so your nail is pressing the string you'll get a clearer sound.\
    I tried it and it DOES work fine.
  • Don Thompson August 8, 2010 at 12:33pm
    As so you are saying it measures up then................

    Mark Werner said:
    I just built a 2-string fretless model, used an aluminum fretboard. (Old yardstick) Works quite well; you get a clear tone if you press hard, and that nice "singing" fretless tone if you don't.

    One member uses hard masonite material for fretless fingerboards.
  • 2a5a6xo7po5rd August 8, 2010 at 11:25am
    Thank you Mark. I have only just started out building but I like the sound of that idea ... awful pun intended.
  • 2a5a6xo7po5rd August 8, 2010 at 11:19am
    Mark Werner said:
    I just built a 2-string fretless model, used an aluminum fretboard. (Old yardstick) Works quite well; you get a clear tone if you press hard, and that nice "singing" fretless tone if you don't.

    One member uses hard masonite material for fretless fingerboards.
  • Mark Werner August 8, 2010 at 11:17am
    I just built a 2-string fretless model, used an aluminum fretboard. (Old yardstick) Works quite well; you get a clear tone if you press hard, and that nice "singing" fretless tone if you don't.

    One member uses hard masonite material for fretless fingerboards.
  • 2a5a6xo7po5rd August 7, 2010 at 6:01pm
    Boom tish !! thanks Don for confirming my thoughts and making me chuckle.
  • Don Thompson August 7, 2010 at 4:12pm
    Yep, it's the soft wood fingerboard, so I wouldn't.................drum roll..........fret about it.


    groans rise from the crowd.......
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