Playing a FRETLESS Guitar! 

This is how you take off that fret buzz

Since it’s a fretless instrument now try the e-bow, I think it would be very interesting to play.

What do you guys think of the fretless Squier? Its really fun, but has a steep learning curve :) Would you guys like to see more Garage Sale guitar projects like this one?

But does it have fret buzz?

That sounds freaking sweet. Love how the ebony stain turned out. Still having nightmares about the relic job though... *shivers*

Cool, now whenever somebody tells me "You can't slap on a fretless bass" or "You can't slap on a guitar" I'll have one video to share with all of them! And comparing fretless vs slide is the type of brilliant, helpful move that makes me love this channel. Rock on, man.

I'm saying this again... this strat looks killer!!! And that ebony-tinted fretless board... my gosh!!! Stunning! Great playing as usual! 😊

Ayyy, a slap-guitar Squier! Looks really cool and restored in playability and value! Awesome work!

Absolutely hate to see guitars thrown away, most are beautiful pieces of art.love the sound of the fretless guitar for the type of music you played. Great job

David Gilmour starts playing slide in the middle of the song - High Hopes. That's what this kind of reminds me of. Nice job on the geetar and awesome playing as always.

Your intro ROCKED! My foot started tapping right away. LOVE it!

I dig the garage sale guitar projects. It remind me of the deals I’m usually looking for around where I live.

It's takes dedication and a whole lot of practice to become proficient on fretless guitars. I've been playing for 40+ years and the 1st time I picked one up it made me realize just how important those frets are! Great job sir. Bravo.

Kind of reminded me of sitar, at points. That was definitely a cool build project!

Can i just say that the whole hip hop soundtrack solo sounded legit. Too cool darrell!

The process of making this, was really painful to watch, but it actually looks really cool now

Absolutely awesome Darrell. I would love to see more videos like these. Great work!

too much buzz though.

That's a serie of videos i really want to see continued. Keep up the great work !

Wow, some of those sounds were really exotic. Sometimes closer to an eastern instrument (a sitar or a shamisen) than a guitar. I really dig that. Do you have an ebow? I bet that would sound gnarly on those fretless slides.

Love it. First time I've seen a fretless guitar played. Well done.

Great series as always! Thank you for the time you put into it!

I stand corrected, you sound great and the guitar looks better. Now I want one. Thanks.

You rock that guitar ... for us mortals ... we would be lost ...nice job

That has a really unique sound, I really enjoy watching this kind of video and hope you do more.

this is the first time i enjoy hearing darrell play a guitar!!

Love the slide work you did there...you knocked it outta the park

Such a unique and very well made video. Keep up the amazing videos please, can't wait for the next one😌

that was so freaking cool! love it, keep rocking! you have such a awesome content, thanks for that!

Thanks for demonstrating this. It has a very pleasing sound imo this could be the way of the future (I hope)

Fretless instruments really take "the tone is in your fingers" to the next level. I'm currently learning violin, so i am becoming familiar with the suffering haha

Amazing! Must be extremely precise when playing it. The sound as well is muddy, dreamy. Lovely!

That turned out unique and awesome! You’re definitely not finding anything like that in the local shop. Love your content, you can do no wrong

I'm amazed by your creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to bring back this guitar to playing form. You have so many nice Fenders that no matter how much you'd upgrade this one, it would still feel like the cheapest Squier available. The idea of attempting things you wouldn't normally do to achieve a really cool and unique instrument in the end was very clever, and the result says it all!

Bend a note. I dare you.

Puts a whole new definition on a garage sale 'Picker'! Absolutely Darrell. Keep it up!

Such a joy to watch your videos Darrell!

I was looking forward to this video! Nice playing as always!

Wow man, that Strat looks and sounds stunning. You surely gave life back to it.

Sounding much better!!! Great job Darrell

Oh my god that thing sounds AMAZING with the slide

Bringing back the 80's. Cool guitar man.

Mind blown! Great playing after only a weekend of going fretless. :) I love tinkering with guitars, so I'm all for seeing more of this type of content as opportunities present themselves.

This video is one of my favourites! Great playing!

This really shows what a great player you are. You look like the most sympathetic guy I have seen on youtube. love all your video's.

cool it has a bit of that neat fretless tone to it.

John Frusciante had a fretless strat. It was a early 60's, I wanna say '62, and when he bought it the frets were terrible. He had the frets redone but he hated the job the tech did, so he just had someone make it a fretless strat. He plays it on the solo to Mellowship Slinky in B Major.

Got some frusciante funk at the beginning.. Love it

Keep making this kind of stuff Darrell!

Great series Darrell. Thanks. I've got a spare tele neck lying around. I'm gonna give it a go.

Well played Darrell. Maybe it’s time to put little dots in the edge banding at every fret!

Nice dude it actually sounds really good!

I love how much better his “struggling” to play a fret less guitar is than any of my playing on a regular guitar

Such an awesome project!! Thanks for posting the process, love your channel

Very cool! Would love too see more of this series!

imo looks and sounds great...ditto your playing aces vid imo

thnx for sharing this series! It sounds way better then I'd expect or from what I heard people tell (about i.e. the lack of sustain). One tip for the playing: if you adopt a more classical left hand style (fingers parallel to the fret-lines) also on the high notes it will get easier to switch strings without loosing the tuning. The fingering of the low notes is fine but take it up to the high strings (just lower the left wrist).. I used to play in this type of angle too for a long time, but playing in a straight-angle will free up strength in hammer-ons and pull-offs aswell (something that is already very difficult to 'get right' on a fretless). Well thanks again! will definitely rid some old guitar of its frets someday!

This is way better than Rob Chapman’s fretless guitar video. Not disrespect to him, but you really went in depth and settled all of my curiosities about this instrument. Robs video was just all over the place. Great job on the video!

Again, so awesome. I started pulling the frets on my spare neck and just had a wave of panic hit me when I started thinking about intonation. Too late to go back now haha.

Your videos are always a joy to watch! Great playing and always coming up with original video ideas.

The slide has that something extra. Alternative tuning enables you to play and slide bluesy chords.

I've never seen you concentrate so hard! Awesome slap section.

you should change the bridge to convert it to a fretless choral sitar... awesome video by the way!

I actually really loved the solo after the slide. Makes me want to get one of my own!

Darrell playing "New Age-y" music + those Ken Burns' Pan & Zooms = 🔥🔥🔥

Sounds great ! For the fret markers you could use inlay wire for this. It’s brass so easy to see. Love to see more projects that’s for sure. Thanks for the video.

I don't know if this has been covered but a an advice from a fellow fretlessboy: sand down/cut the nut as much as possible, with there being no frets you can basically sand it down till it barely touches the fretboard (and even if it does you have a slight sitar-ish buzz). makes playing so much easier and sustains a lot more. Also i think slide is not suited tootoo much for fretless if it's the mellow wooden tone you're after. but that's just my 2 cents. great playing and great mods!

I had some doubts about this project, but I shouldn't have. I underestimated you a bit, and that won't happen again. Masterful work, and great playing as usual. You are always an inspiration.

Mod a squire strat with clear scratch plate front and back, do some 920d cloth wiring and paint the cavity black , no covers on the 65 vintage pickups so you see the coil wire threw the scratch plate and the trem system in back. I think its cool to see threw to all the working's. love your show.

It must be really difficult to play chords without the frets. I know my fingers would have a hard time staying right on the lines if I was playing a 4 fingered chord.

Thanks for this interesting series. Great stuff, keep it up. I really look forward to your videos.

I have been watching your videos but what really made me get subscribed was soli deo gloria, sorry for my bad english im from uruguay, allways like to support brothers!

Amazing sound. It's beautiful. I love it.

Maybe you should do a "real" build for a fretless. One with a good neck, pickups, etc. I think this thing turned out pretty neat!

Really interesting how the lack of frets really changes the attack of the note.

I think that it sounds great

holy this is like the perfect jazz tool now :o i love it!

Sweet! You totally turned a lemon into sweet sweet lemonade. Rock on 🤘

Sounded pretty darned good, Darrell! And I remain a reformed, hammer-free kind of fellow :)

Your site is top 3 on youtube!!! Just AWESOME!

Sounds way better than I thought it would. Perhaps I’ll add a fretless to my collection in the future.

Well done playing on a fretless in such a short time! You have a good sense of pitch.

never seen you play so good!

Yeah, man, projects are fun!

Sounded really modern with the slide wow!

I like the tone a lot. Its mellow and subdued. Definitely limited with regards to application, but I think it can serve as a specialized instrument beautifully. If it was a baritone guitar with the same setup, it would be simply perfect for atmospheric stuff.

I would actually like to have this guitar now! Good job

From Leo: Looks like you are getting the fretless skills pretty fast. Good man.

Awesome stuff! Kinda sounds like the solo from High Hopes by Pink Floyd on the album “The Division Bell”. Love it!

That was an excellent backing track....WooHoo.

Never before have I heard such a gilmour-like solo over an 808 trap beat hahaha. Kudo's!

Cool stuff. More garage makeovers would be fun

A good player can make a Walmart plastic guitar sound amazing...You are a GREAT player! Kudos, Sir!

soundz, great in your hands ! well done

Coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Gonna follow your lead and start going to garage sales in hopes of making a fretless. Thanks for posting the project!

Really fun stuff! I'd love to see another junkyard conversion. Maybe working w headless guitars?

Thanks for this fun little series. Very enjoyable! Only someone with your incredible technique and talent could get that fretless mod to sound so great!

Amazing as usual

Love this "make something interesting out of a cheap ass guitar" concept! Godspeed, Darell!

Awesome project! Didn't thought this would be that amazing but juste after the first video I was already waiting for the next one! 😅