DIY Fretless Guitar Conversion

Pete from Tritonic converts an old guitar to a fretless one, with plenty of mistakes along the way.
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Check out Ninh Ly's original video that I used as inspiration
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[@gregorio4646]

I’m not an experienced guitar builder, so I learned from trail and error, but there is a method to the madness. I play bad enough with frets, I’m really gonna swim on a fretless.

[@amj.composer]

There's no way you're as bad as me, yet I'm still trying to convert my cheap and crappy guitar to a fretless XD

[@abaf209]

Hey, great video, I enjoyed it very much ! (Shootout to the performance at the end btw)

[@tolgacangumussoy4879]

Thanks for this.

[@kevinnielsen1356]

The scale length of any given fretted stringed instrument neck is twice the length from nutt to octave fret. In other words, the 12th fret is in the center of the string.

[@kalvinbaxter6125]

1:00 this happened to me when I was putting together my first partscaster. I had an old strat body and I tried to put a Jackson style neck on it. Naturally, when I tried playing the strings (prior to any electrics being installed thankfully), the notes were in the wrong place. The 12th fret was one octave up and half a step down from the open string notes (E string would be D# on the 12th fret for example). My solution was to take off the wood between the neck slot and the neck pickup slot and slide it down to what the scale length for that neck would be. It worked out but it didn’t leave much space for the pickups I wanted to use.

[@kevinnielsen1356]

The scale length of any given fretted stringed instrument neck is twice the length from nutt to octave fret

[@kalvinbaxter6125]

@@kevinnielsen1356 that is actually very helpful (and sounds quite obvious now that you've mentioned it 🤣).
Thank you 😊

[@kevinnielsen1356]

I'm going to make a half fretless.

[@Marta1Buck]

that's a better idea

[@ovo5112]

dang this is sick. the noodling was rad ass too.

[@dracula4715]

Great vid pete, continue with the music

[@itonicast7871]

Yeah, I agree he makes top quality content draculablah😘

[@bmint]

I’ve been thinking of making one of my guitars fretless ❤

[@bmint]

Using your fingers with wood filler is usually the correct way…
next time for a more full fill..
do one fret at a time..
apply and spread one way, then the other to ensure proper coverage..
your technique works/worked, but it’s cleaner and will last longer to take the time on each fill..
don’t smear it 😂

[@kevinnielsen1356]

I'm gonna make a half fretless

[@lainecheriton4904]

SPLENDID!!!!!

[@yo-tobyrush6943]

THANKS🎉

[@acidset]

I'd like to do this on a cheap acoustic
How well would it work if one were just to fill the slots in with wood filler and sand it down?

[@kevinnielsen1356]

Thats the best way. I am going to use wood putty epoxy. The difficult part will be sanding level without having to refinish the whole sheebang

[@ericsanders5357]

I wouldn't worry so much about mix and matching different scale length necks-as long as you are aware of the fact of difference in intonation and make accommodations for...if confused by the off placement of notes in relationship to where the frets were....I think placing a nice durable veneer over the fingerboard would help...just a suggestion...from someone who is 'all in' with the fretless thing.

[@kevinnielsen1356]

The scale length of any given fretted stringed instrument neck is twice the length from nutt to octave fret

[@MrJimboberusky]

I love the cut in from the future about the neck lol

[@KordTaylor]

Thank you for the video as my son and I are going to work on a fretless conversion. Too bad you used that diff neck. Want there a scale length problem as it was a Strat on a Mustang? Thanks again. 👍🏻

[@kevinnielsen1356]

The scale length of any given fretted stringed instrument neck is twice the length from nutt to octave fret

[@RodneyMcMinge]

You should check out Beau Hannam's channel. He explains why you Don't use woodfiller in the fret slots. I'd never heard of it before, but it just made so much sense.

[@MrUNIXsnob]

cool

[@humming_birdman69420]

Dude 😂 love the content actually. I'd love to collab sometime in music for our own ears. Maybe if we ever get good enough in the future, we can upload and make money. If not, we can at least geek out about cool ideas. Hmu

[@prsnc4]

should've been a music teacher😪