It turned out that my "sweetspot" for picking on my Eastman 305 was right over the end of the fretboard extension. Unfortunately, this resulted in a lot of annoying noise from the pick hitting the fretboard. So this morning, I decided to scallop the end of the extension to get it out of the way of the pick. I was actually pretty easy.
I pulled the last three frets. I don't have a fret puller, so I used the edge of a sharp knife to pry up under the edge of the frets. I did put some water on the fretboard before I tried this, but I still got a LOT of severe tear out on the fretboard. In this case it didn't matter, but I would NOT try this method anywhere else on the fretboard.
Once the frets were removed I shaved down the fretboard with a small rotary sanding drum bit on my Dremel tool. It only took about 10 minutes to get it down to the thickness I wanted. I thinned it just enough to get rid of the old fret slots, finish sanded it by hand, and dressed the entire fretboard with mineral oil.
I really like the result. It is easier to play, and sounds great, and was not difficult to do.
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