Hey, Rich!
 > On 21 Jan 98, Michael Mcsorley wrote to Jim Miller:
 > JM>> Pulled the frets out and coated the neck with epoxy.
 > MM> To fill in the cracks, eh? Interesting...
 > Another method is to fill in the slots with contrasting wood
 > strips (maple for a rosewood/ebony neck or rosewood for a
 > maple neck).  This is excellent for a beginning fretless
 > player... buy a cheapo Memphis or Rogue and do it yourself.
 > If you like it, once you get good enough not to have to look
 > at the neck, buy a real fretless.
        Way ahead of you, my man! I don't have it anymore, but I used to have 
a Ibanez Soundgear fretless with a marked neck. They didn't have one without 
the markers and I was ready to buy, if you know what I mean. It had active 
electronics, and it seems I can't live without them (only on a bass, though) 
anymore. I like the control over my volume that I get with a preamp.
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