Author Topic: Fretless with glossy fingerboard? (Read 204 times)

hb3 · « **on:** July 14, 2006, 06:45:48 PM »

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?

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:25:39 PM »

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 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:33:15 PM »

We've made a few. The last one was in 2004. There's a picture of it on this thread.

David Houck · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:43:59 PM »

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2006, 08:26:35 PM »

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