I'll never play in tune again...

[hippietim]

Here’s one I am just about finished with – info and more pics here

[Joe_Steeler]

That thing looks sexy!!
Could you post some sound bites when you finish it?
I am curious...

[hippietim]

That thing looks sexy!!
Could you post some sound bites when you finish it?
I am curious...

Will do. The cool thing is all the wiring worked the first time. I was really sweating it - troubleshooting that rat's nest of wires and plugs would have sucked.

The only thing left to do is drop the nut down - it's way too high right now.

[rjohnstone]

Fretless with a Floyd?
Hmmmm.... interesting.

[kelly user]

link doesn't work dude.

[rjohnstone]

http://hackolutions.com/gear/currentgear/warmothfretlessstrat/warmothfretlessstrat.htm

[scotty]

http://hackolutions.com/gear/current...tlessstrat.htm

I had to dig for that to. Is the battery for the sustainer pickups? Very cool guitar.

[thetroy]

The Floyd is presumably for bending open strings and just general tuning stability.

I really like the sustainer idea. This thread is encouraging me to make a "good" fretless now which is not so good!

Think I could get by playing in a metal band without frets?

[VitaminG]

cool idea, and good looking to boot!

but now that it's a guitar, what are you going to chop your veggies on?

[hippietim]

what are you going to chop your veggies on?

I'm sure that I can dig up an Australian

[hippietim]

link doesn't work dude.

Fixed.

[Flatpicker]

I don't see a lock nut in the pics. Did you have to make a new nut to keep the action lower?
I'm thinking of making a squire 51 I have hanging around here fretless. Any info would be helpful.

[hippietim]

I don't see a lock nut in the pics. Did you have to make a new nut to keep the action lower?
I'm thinking of making a squire 51 I have hanging around here fretless. Any info would be helpful.

I have not fixed the nut yet. The slots still need to be cut deeper. They're way too high right now. A Floyd nut isn't going to work without shaving the shelf deeper. I am probably going to block the trem and put a D-Tuna on it and some locking tuners. That should work fine.

[j4vice]

Fender Strat made in the 80's that had a string lock on the headstock after the nut.

[hippietim]

Who does? you'll be surprised, it might not go out as much as you anticipate. They make 'pegs' that lock only they are annoying. there's a strat-type of lock that goes on after the nut.

Sense your post not makes.