Fretless Guitar Conversion

A Fretless guitar allows the player to achieve an amazing sound not possible with a fretted instrument. A fretless conversion can be done on Classical, Steel string, Electric and Bass guitars. If you have never played a fretless guitar, I recommend you start with a conversion on a cheaper instrument as the learning curve of playing a fretless guitar can be long and frustrating, like all good things.

A guitar can be converted to a fretless instrument in two ways.

1. Fill fret slots with veneer (Veneer can either match fingerboard for invisible look or the opposite).

2. New fingerboard (Requires finish touchup on neck).

See my YouTube video below on how I convert a Classical guitar and check out the links to two amazing fretless players: Cenk Erdoğan and Buzz Gravelle