| Author | Message | ||
| hb3
Intermediate Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 115 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does anyone know if alembic has ever made a fretless with a glossy fingerboard, like a Pedulla buzz bass? And...would they be willing to do so? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4081 Registered: 5-2002 |
I'm guessing a glossy fingerboard would be a sealed fingerboard. I don't recall seeing an Alembic that had a fingerboard sealed at the shop. I do recall seeing an Alembic on Ebay whose owner had a local luthier seal the fingerboard. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3435 Registered: 6-2000 |
We've made a few. The last one was in 2004. There's a picture of it on this thread. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4082 Registered: 5-2002 |
Ha! I had forgotten about that thread! I've been searching around and here is a previous thread on the subject of fretboard care. Scroll down a little over halfway and read Mica's comments. | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 668 Registered: 11-2004 |
There's a recent Bass Player article by bass tech Dan Erlewine in which he describes finishing the maple fingerboard of a P-bass with superglue after he pulled out the frets to make a fretless. I suppose he knows what he's doing but, personally, I like what the elves did with my Alembics just fine. Rich |
