From Fretted to Fretless – Watch This Bass Transformation

This beautiful Hamer USA Cruise Bass (with the rare 2 Tek bridge) came into the shop for a fretless conversion. We picked a nice piece of ebony for the new fretboard, and I captured the whole process in this video.

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And as always, I’ve included a list of the tools and materials I used in this video:
Knipex - 70 01 140
Thin CA glue
WERA 838 RA S, 05051492001
WERA 800/4 Z, 05059466001, 0.5×3.0×70
WERA 851/4 Z, 05059775001, PH2×89
Біта WERA 851/5 J, 05380202001, PH1×89
HOSCO Guitar Nut Cube
Yato dead blow hammer
Bosh Iron (any iron wil work, lol)
Opinel Knife (№8)
Palette knifes
Knipex - 74 02 200
DIY HSS Scraper
Old 15mm chisel (some old schefield that I restore a while ago)
Stanley Sweetheart plane №4
Custom built CNC (900x600mm table)
Thick CA + accellerator
6mm bullnose carbide mill (I use from ali, cheap and works well)
Titebond Original
Rubber band for clamping the fretboard (I strongly recommend to use latex instead, bc this one is disposal)
Bessey clamps
Juuma block plane (this one my favorite)
Iwasaki small carving file
FretGuru Sanding beams https://fretguru.com/shop/p/fretguru-...
with FretGuru sandpaper https://fretguru.com/shop/p/fretguru-...
Makita Bo5041 (with 3d printed vacuum hose adapter)
Beta 016820100 1682 Flexible Ruler 1000 mm
Pentel Mechanical Pencil (P120) - 0.3mm
Kovax Assilex handpad
Kovax Assilex sandpaper 1000-1500p
Oil finish - https://ecoedelweiss.com.ua/shop/masl...
Incra ruler (as nut slot depth gauge)
UO-Chikyu - Hiroshima Nut Files - Set of 3
D'Addario ECB81-5 Chromes Flatwound Regular Light Bass Strings 45/132
Peterson Strobo+ HDC
FretGuru 8-in-1 Precision String Action Gauge for Guitar Setups (Metric+)
WERA 2054 , 05118076001, 1/16×60мм
YAMAHA THR10 II