Squire/fretless

Yes, it's Squire, budget Fender axes, really good when you find the right one. Chris...funny, I've played/recorded with fretless for years, haven't thought about it much...but sure, a strong fretting hand doesn't hurt, especially for vibrato/sustain. But...I've played for over 40 years, and have very strong hands...which isn't an accident, cause I have done/still do, exercises for that purpose. And very precise playing, of course, really helps too. Chris, I'm at microstick@... 303-231-0063, feel free to post/call with any ideas/questions, it's great you're getting this guitar done...best...HHH

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Hey Neil - thanks I will take you up on your offer. I just wanted to drop a
line for would be microtonal guitar makers - the frets came off with this
type of wire cutters
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_07szG_fx2Ms/SIZjH0fIoBI/AAAAAAAAAwY/sCd-Piyjj2A/s400/Grandpa+Bangle%27s+Toolbox-2.jpg
very easy - I grabbed one side close to the edge of the fret board and
pulled - "pop" came out the fret in one glorious piece in good enough shape
to reuse.

Chris

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Neil Haverstick <microstick@...>wrote:

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> Yes, it's Squire, budget Fender axes, really good when you find the right
> one. Chris...funny, I've played/recorded with fretless for years, haven't
> thought about it much...but sure, a strong fretting hand doesn't hurt,
> especially for vibrato/sustain. But...I've played for over 40 years, and
> have very strong hands...which isn't an accident, cause I have done/still
> do, exercises for that purpose. And very precise playing, of course, really
> helps too. Chris, I'm at microstick@... <microstick%40msn.com>303-231-0063, feel free to post/call with any ideas/questions, it's great
> you're getting this guitar done...best...HHH
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An hour and a half and I got a playable fretless surface! (I used plastic
wood to fill the fret grooves and roughed it out with 150 grit carbide
paper.)

Awesome!

Chris

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...>wrote:

> Hey Neil - thanks I will take you up on your offer. I just wanted to drop a
> line for would be microtonal guitar makers - the frets came off with this
> type of wire cutters
> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_07szG_fx2Ms/SIZjH0fIoBI/AAAAAAAAAwY/sCd-Piyjj2A/s400/Grandpa+Bangle%27s+Toolbox-2.jpg
> very easy - I grabbed one side close to the edge of the fret board and
> pulled - "pop" came out the fret in one glorious piece in good enough shape
> to reuse.
>
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> Chris
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>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Neil Haverstick <microstick@...>wrote:
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>> Yes, it's Squire, budget Fender axes, really good when you find the right
>> one. Chris...funny, I've played/recorded with fretless for years, haven't
>> thought about it much...but sure, a strong fretting hand doesn't hurt,
>> especially for vibrato/sustain. But...I've played for over 40 years, and
>> have very strong hands...which isn't an accident, cause I have done/still
>> do, exercises for that purpose. And very precise playing, of course, really
>> helps too. Chris, I'm at microstick@... <microstick%40msn.com>303-231-0063, feel free to post/call with any ideas/questions, it's great
>> you're getting this guitar done...best...HHH
>>
>> __________________________________________________________
>> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
>> Hotmail.
>>
>> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
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