Why epoxy on a fretless bass?
According to interviews with Jaco, he used it to prevent wear on the famed already fretless $90 1962 Fender Jazz bass. I understand Jaco’s epoxy began to peel off and around 1978 Kevin Kaufman of Kaufman-Daenzer Instruments gave it a poured on treatment and filed it down with a rasp (Bill Milkowski: August ’84 Guitar Player; January 2002 issue of Bass Player, CMP Information Inc., “Jacos Gear Through the Years” By E.E. Bradman & Scott Shiraki). My product today is applied and worked much differently, and is recognized to have many notable qualities. Xavier Padilla’s analysis is: “…everything is brighter and all details come out clearer”, and “…with epoxy coats on the fingerboard a fretless electric bass still gets a woody sound, but with a new element that brings it closer to that of a grand piano.” The full quote can be read on the main Epoxy Fretless page along with more of Xavier’s quotes in Testimonials. Perhaps much of this can be attributed to the fact that my coating is just
